Richard Ramirez (musician)

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Richard Ramirez is an American noise music artist from Houston, Texas, recording and performing both as a solo artist and as part of several groups and Houston Noise Bands, including Black Leather Jesus,[1] Priest in Shit, An Innocent Young Throat-Cutter, Oasis of Fear, Last Rape and the "static noise" solo project Werewolf Jerusalem.[2] He is notable for being one of the earliest American harsh noise artists[citation needed].

Ramirez, though extremely prolific,[2] draws a distinction between his relatively few professionally printed CDs and LPs and the many CD-Rs and tapes he produces for smaller record labels.[citation needed] He has done collaborations and split releases with many figures in the noise field, including Merzbow, Emil Beaulieau, Skin Crime, and MSBR.[citation needed]

Ramirez's work tends to consist of long, slowly changing or static tracks of heavily distorted low- to mid-range noise, with a gradual move over the last several years toward more drone-influenced sounds in addition to his harsh noise work. Parallel to this evolution has been a shift in thematic concerns, with album covers, titles, and general themes changing from more typical noise music concerns such as violence and war (largely borrowed from Industrial culture) to a focus on homosexual themes and gay porn artwork. In addition to his musical work, Ramirez also runs the noise and experimental music label Deadline Recordings. Ramirez is also an "avant-garde" fashion designer under the alias, Richard Saenz.

See also

  • Houston Noise Bands

References

  1. ↑ Richardson, Nick (September 2010). "Flesh Puppets: Medusa". The Wire (319): 63. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hutson, William (September 2011). "Werewolf Jerusalem: Confessions of a sex maniac". The Wire (331): 59. 

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