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CD (JNR11)
Release Date: 06/13/06
Track Listing:
- Mene
(Sample mp3)
- Tekel
- Peres
Joyful Noise presents a re-issue of the gritty, all-improv debut from Midwestern noise rock outfit Melk the g6-49. In this 42 minute piece, the duo composed of John Spencer and Karl Hofstetter unleash the first fruits of their spiritual havoc into the world. Though still for the most part unknown, Melk the g6-49 would go on to achieve critical acclaim with 2002's s/t and 2004's Glossolalia, which was featured as one of the year's best on National Public Radio.
Mene mene tekel parsin captures the earliest stage in the evolution of Melk. With this recording we see the duo in their most introverted and uncompromising form. The whole album was recorded with just two mics in a garage belonging to John Spencer's mother when both members were still in High School. The album was originally released in 2001 on the Indianapolis based "Ol' Gravy Records," which we would describe as "defunct" but we're not really sure if the label ever existed in the first place.
The pieces contained in this disc are just three of many lost recordings sessions from the primitive Melk. Mene mene tekel parsin is as honest an album as they come. This is the recorded history of two young men experimenting in the only way they knew how, and we can't help but feel that they stumbled upon something remarkable.
REVIEWS
"You know there is trouble when 42 minutes of "music" fails to create a single memorable hook or even an enjoyable note. This can't be real, can it?"
— Delusions of Adequacy
"Mene mene is uneasy listening for sure... but its dark, difficult demeanor only masks a white-hot purity that brave souls will discover and appreciate."
— Splendid
"Forty-two minutes of sonic debauchery and noisy soundscapes with heavy distortion and nightmarish ambience that will inspire you to leave the trappings of pop music behind and go for something way more daring. I love it."
— Smother
"Feedback drone with percussion that at times drifts off into a simple bliss-out. Clattering drum fills and aggressive, distorted bass lines (turn) into jagged interruptions of the listener's ambient soundspace... Yes, pretentious as heck. (4.5 out of 5)"
— All Music
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