Just couple days ago, I was watching Ramirez "Memorial" CD at my shelves, thinking should I listen to it. Due having recently finished reading Cosey Fanni Tutti -book, I decided to got for Throbbing Gristle. Seeing this new Noisextra episode, I decided to play "Memorial" and then listen the episode.
For me, the CD was never THE Ramirez release. It is something I got after several other items. It is good, but it did not hit with the same impact as some of earlier BLJ / RR stuff. Maybe it was partially the "soft" artwork (although fitting to concept), and fact it was one of the rare regular CD release of PdB label.
Listening material now, I could only conclude that it is very good CD. Especially I like the darkest material of the CD = third track. Even more, combination of listening Noisextra guys talk about it, makes me somewhat uplifted feeling. Why? I guess just about every noisehead in the world usually ends up listening material that "nobody" gets. It is pretty much speculation whether anyone really gets what your own harsh noise works are trying to accomplish. YET, when you hear couple guys from other side of the world talk about one particular CD, and have almost identical conclusions, identical remarks about very very small details. From abrupt end of the CD to overall composition to nature of dark suffocating feedback drone... There is this sort of uplifting feeling that there are people who get it. Lets say, existence of true noiseheads as opposite for genre tourists those who have passing interest on phenomena.
Naturally that is the goal of SI forum as well. To promote and enable communication of those truly committed to this area of experimental sound arts.
So, all in all, excellent - and certainly recommended.
So far I do have almost every release these podcasts have dealt with, and I have listened almost every release they have covered. Lets see when I need to start making purchases...
