Melt Zonk Rewire

Melt Zonk Rewire
Studio album by New Klezmer Trio
Released	1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Jazz, Klezmer
Length	53:42
Label	Tzadik TZ 7103
Producer	New Klezmer Trio
New Klezmer Trio chronology

Last updated April 24, 2019

Melt Zonk Rewire is the second album by the New Klezmer Trio, Ben Goldberg - clarinet, Dan Seamans - bass, and Kenny Wollesen - drums, which was released on the Tzadik label in 1995.^[1]

Ben Goldberg is an American clarinet player and composer.

Kenny Wollesen is an American drummer and percussionist.

Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

In her review for Allmusic, Joslyn Layne observed "With a perfect mixture of a sincere love of music, wit, and serious chops, they create a new klezmer that draws from jazz, rock, and improvised traditions. Melt Zonk Rewire is full of creativity, with high energy and grooves tastefully offset by subdued, whispery pieces... essential for anyone whose music collection holds many disparate musical styles".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ben Goldberg except as indicated

"Gas Nine" (Traditional) - 2:24
"Sarcophagous" - 5:02
"The Haunt" (Dan Seamans) - 4:33
"Thermoglypics" - 3:33
"The Chant" - 3:23
"We Got There" (Seamans) - 5:27
"Feedback Doina" (Kenny Wollesen) - 5:08
"Freilakh Nakht" (Traditional) - 3:04
"Hypothetical" - 3:22
"The Shot" - 3:59
"Distiller" (Traditional) - 2:35
"Phrases" - 3:29
"Fourth Floor" (Seamans) - 2:59
"Starting Place" - 4:44

Personnel

The clarinet is a family of woodwind instruments. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight, cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell. A person who plays a clarinet is called a clarinetist.

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

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References

↑ Tzadik catalogue accessed January 10, 2014
1 2 Layne, Joslyn. New Klezmer Trio – Melt Zonk Rewire > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 10, 2014.

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[1] Tzadik catalogue accessed January 10, 2014

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Layne, Joslyn. New Klezmer Trio – Melt Zonk Rewire > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 10, 2014.