Sub Rosa's Son Mémorisé is both grand finale and goodbye to French composer and electronic music pioneer
Luc Ferrari, who died unexpectedly in August 2005 at age 76 in the very wake of a rediscovery. For some years prior to that, Sub Rosa head and
Ferrari's rediscoverer Guy-Marc Hinant had devoted a number of discs to propagating the electronic lifework of
Ferrari (he wrote conventional music as well) and Son Mémorisé was originally designed as yet another entry in a proposed slate of releases. However, as
Ferrari's expiration date arrived just slightly prior to the release date of the album, something else about this project becomes apparent -- Son Mémorisé truly does have an air of finality to it that nearly seems intentional.