MERZBOW 'Rainbow Electronics' CASSETTE (Italy, Urashima, Catalogue #UMA 144) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2022 Urashima label special CASSETTE release edition of Harsh Noise/Electronics album entitled Rainbow Electronics by Japanese noise kingpin Merzbow (originally first issued as a CD-only release in Japan in 1990 on the Alchemy Records label.) (NOTE: ALL CASSETTES ARE PACKED AND SHIPPED IN PROFESSIONAL, SUPERIOR QUALITY RECTANGULAR SHAPED, CORNER PROTECTING 5 1/2"x1"x3" CORRUGATED CARDBOARD CASSETTE MAILERS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!) (NOTE: BRAND NEW/FACTORY SEALED ITEM!) (NOTE: LIMITED EDITION OF 199 COPIES ONLY!) |
Originally released on CD in 1990 by Alchemy
Records as part of the Good Alchemy
Series, Rainbow Electronics marks the pinnacle
of Merzbow's late 80’s noise phase. Selected and transformed from
about 21 hours tape of primitive raw material recorded during three
years (1987-1990) in 14 fragments lasting about 74 minutes, this
monumental work is an aural trip through a cold plotted universe of
intergalactic space ships and golden celestial bodies. Remastered in
December 2019 and split into two parts directly by the artist
for the cassette version it opens up with a slow, kind of creepy
tempo, reaching from dirty harsh noise flows coupled with eerie
reverbed screeches and scrapes of iron objects. Noise and blasts come from
every angle, and all you can do is sit and take it. Then continues
with solid drumbeats briefly emerging from the static and
disappearing just as quickly, again long stretches of
subdued electronic drones buzzing along sleepily and the occasional sudden
shift of noise into something more violent, though it all happens kind of
slowly and gradually. A truly mesmerizing and immersive body of sound
and its intense finish is something of pure artform.
“I don't need a lot of words about Merzbow. All you have to do is immerse
yourself in the sound.” translated from Japanese liner notes of
Alchemy Records CD by Toshiji Mikawa.
Tape comes in only 199 copies with O-card 300g wrapping clear box
with j-card and laser print orange shell plus download code. If you
looking for a great starter title by Merzbow, an amazing piece of
art, or something to get high to, this tape is perfect!
Tracks on this Cassette are as follows:
| A1 | Rainbow Electronics, Part One | |
| B1 | Rainbow Electronics, Part Two |