It might be considered sacrilege to some Sandwell District fans, but listening to recent mixes from Juan Mendez has left this writer with the feeling he would have been much more well equipped to provide Fabric with a truly memorable mix CD than the resultant effort from Karl O’Connor and Dave Sumner. Both the SD Radio Mix 2 from a few years ago and the more recent live recording of Mendez DJing at Honey Soundsystem have remained constant listening companions, whereas Fabric 69 has become a musical memory of 2013. Furthermore, Mendez’s own productions resonate most with this writer when he pours his undeniable love and knowledge of jagged industrial sounds and primitive electronics into the music.
Juan Mendez goes solo for the third release on the Jealous God label.
It’ll never be as good as it used to. That’s the argument often advanced when an electronic music artist or organiser tries to do something new. In the case of Jealous God, the new label from Regis and Silent Servant, this claim could have more resonance than is usually the case. After all, Jealous God is brought to you by two-thirds of the collective behind Sandwell District, the label that defined techno for over half a decade.
James Ruskin – who runs the Jealous God imprint together with Karl O’Connor and Juan Mendez – delivers the label’s second offering.
Young Turks, Public Information, Créme Organization and Antinote feature amongst a baker’s dozen of record sleeves from May.
The celebrated techno triumvirate have revealed tantalising details of new multipurpose project Jealous God “intended for the mutants of our age”.