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MERZBOW stands as the most important artist in noise music. The moniker of Japanese artist Masami Akita was born in Tokyo in 1979. Inspired by dadaism and surrealism, Akita took the name for his project from German artist Kurt Schwitters's pre-war architectural assemblage The Cathedral of Erotic Misery or Merzbau. Working in his home, he quickly gained notoriety as a purveyor of a musical genre composed solely of pure, unadulterated noise.

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 '80s 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 four parts directly by the artist for the double vinyl 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. Solid drumbeats briefly emerge from the static and disappear again just as quickly, along stretches of subdued electronic drones buzz along sleepily and the noise occasionally shifts suddenly into something more violent. A truly mesmerizing and immersive body of sound and its intense finish is a thing of pure art.
"I don't need a lot of words about MERZBOW. All you have to do is immerse yourself in the sound." - translated from Toshiji Mikawa's Japanese liner notes for the original Alchemy Records CD.

Limited to 299 copies. Housed in a gatefold jacket that faithfully reproduces the original artwork. Includes a 12" insert. Whether you're MERZBOW fanatic seeking to complete your collection, a noise newbie looking for a good place to start with MERZBOW's immense catalog, an audiophile in search of an intense and amazing piece of art or just someone who wants something to throw on the record player to get high to, this double LP is perfect!