Silent Servant

Silent Servant was the recording name of John Juan Mendez (1977-2024), a techno producer and DJ born in Guatemala and raised in Westminster, California, who was based in Los Angeles. He was a member of the Sandwell District collective and mixed techno with post-punk, industrial and darkwave. He also worked as an art director. Mendez was part of Sandwell District with Regis, Function and Female, and was a member of the darkwave group Tropic of Cancer. After the collective split in 2011 he co-founded the label Jealous God with Regis and James Ruskin.