Remix of the Rainbow Electronics Disc.
| 1 |
| Untitled (21:42) |
| 2 |
| Untitled (9:28) |
| 3 |
| Untitled (11:30) |
| 4 |
| Untitled (5:19) |
| 5 |
| Untitled (9:54) |
| 6 |
| Untitled (8:20) |
| 7 |
| Untitled (6:20) |
| 8 |
| Untitled (2:26) |
Dexter's Cigar, the label curated by Jim O'Rourke and David Grubbs, made its name as a platform for reissuing works by Derek Bailey, Loren Mazzacane Connors and Rafael Toral, but Rainbow Electronics 2 stands as the imprint's one and only original album. Legend has it that the label contacted Masami Akita looking for an out of print Merzbow release for reintroduction to the great listening public. According to legend, the label mentioned 1990's Rainbow Electronics as a personal favourite, and so a few weeks later a master tape with "Rainbow Electronics 2" written on it arrived through the mail, much to everyone's surprise. It's an alternate mix to the original Rainbow Elecronics, and as its title points out, this is electronic noise music that lifts itself out of the murk and gloom associated with more industrial sounding material that was popular at the time, and fills the stereo spectrum up with virtuosic, articulate and finely crafted noise. The sound sources are all strictly analogue on this one too; Akita chooses bowed instruments, various metal scraps and an electric shaver as his starting points, making for a lively coming together of layered, brain-evaporating noise. It's great having this in circulation all these years on, especially given Akita's recent return to these sorts of sound palettes. Excellent.
- Boomkat Presstext
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