Richard Ramirez - Tracking Device (2003, Freak Animal)
Definitely not what I was expecting from an RR release, still pretty harsh but there's a much larger focus on ambience and discernible loops than what I'm used to from him. There's also a good amount of uniqueness and distinctiveness to each track - for instance, "Metal Limbs Flailing" has some nice Vivenza-esque loops of machinery, while "Bad Omens" has distorted snippets of classical music that seem to loop in and out, and "Eyes Slowly Adjusting to the Darkness" is an almost Prurient-esque build from a foreboding synth tone that accelerates into a pulsing, apocalyptic wall.
Richard Ramirez - Trick (1999, Hospital Productions)
A classic that I'm only now getting around to listening to. Hypnotic and minimalist, but never wears out its welcome on one specific timbre. Very nice use of what sounds like phasers and various filter effects at different points, as well as some spacey-sounding delays that become more audible during some of the quiet sections, but those effects aren't overused and there's also some great sections of dry, very minimal feedback. The ending of "Voyage of Tempted Flesh Part III" in particular has an extended section of rhythmic, pulsing feedback closes out the album perfectly.
