Career
He is notable for being one of the earliest American harsh noise artists. Ramirez, though extremely prolific, draws a distinction between his relatively few professionally printed CDs and LPs and the many Civil Defense-Rs and tapes he produces for smaller record labels. He has done collaborations and split releases with many important figures in the noise field, including Merzbow, Emil Beaulieau, Skin Crime, Prurient, Smell & Quim, and MSBR. He has also toured the United States., Japan, Canada, and Europe.
Ramirez"s work tends to consist of long, slowly changing or static tracks of heavily distorted lowto 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. He recently collaborated with Giovanni Mori, musician power noise, mind of the project L.C.B., his album "Born" (Old Europa Cafe in 2015) and has also made with L.C.B. an album on cassette entitled "Homo Sense" (Black Leather Jesus - Le Cose Bianche, Signora Ward Records).
