WE LOVE SCM

Here are our plans for 2010. In February we'll be touring with Dutch Sand Creek Massacre. Below you can see dates and places we will visit. Also we plan to tour in April/May. We haven't started booking the tour yet, but any help is more than welcome!!!!! So if you can help us, or if you know someone who can, please get in touch.

Love
Melete

Melete/SCM tour:
19.02. - Klet (Ptuj, Slovenia) w/ Sand Creek Massacre, Anaeroba
20.02. - Medika (Zagreb, Croatia) w/ Sand Creek Massacre, Petnaesti Čeh
21.02. - Fili (Beograd, Serbia) w/ Sand Creek Massacre
22.02. - Jety (Niš, Serbia) w/ Sand Creek Massacre
23.02. - La Cana (Skopje, Macedonia) w/ Sand Creek Massacre, Xaxaxa
24.02. - TBA (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) w/ Sand Creek Massacre
25.02. - Art Lab (Bihač, Bosnia and Herzegovina) w/ Sand Creek Massacre

Learning is the discovery that something is possible

Hey,
I uploaded some photos from our release party and made a gallery from them. Last photos we uploaded from our European tour are collected in slideshows, but if you click on the slideshow, there is also a gallery and you can look at them as long as you like.

Release Party 28.10.2009

We are planning to re-design our blog, because it needs some changes. You can read it for more than a year in that version.

In next few days we'll try to record some new demo songs for our upcoming release. We would really like to release our first full-length album on LP, but nothing is for sure yet.

"Let's burn the dry brush of our hearts!"

Bye, Jure

NEW YEAR

Ufff, it's been a while from our last post. In a meanwhile we played some really great shows. We had a release party in Pivka, and we would like to thank Growing rats to play awesome show and to all the people that came. The day after we played in Trieste. We played a decent show, a lot of people came, food was amazing... Thanks to pianoearthquake guys and Tetris crew. Last show we did took place in Graz. What to say? We had a great time, got a bit drunk and played one of the best show this year. Thanks to Boredom, Plague mass and Sub people.
This Friday we play our last show this year. Channel zero is a club and is a part of one of the best places in the whole world. Almighty Metelkova mesto in Ljubljana. Come if you're around.

We also have some plans for the next year. In February we will visit Balkan again, but this time with our friends Sand creek massacre. We are still looking for some dates, so help us out if you can. Also April tour is in preparation, but i will keep my mouth shut, since we are waiting that Luka and Jaka come back from the tour with Human host body and we discuss the last details. I can only say that we will be touring for around 16 to 18 days.

Take care and all the best in upcoming year.

Balkan dates:

19.02. - Slovenia
20.02. - Croatia
21.02. - Serbia
22.02. - Serbia
23.02. - Macedonia
24.02. - Bosnia and Hercegovina
25.02. - Bosnia and Hercegovina

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

Hey buddies,
we finally uploaded some photos and made two slideshows from them. Now you can check our most interesting moments from our previous tour. We also should announce that we had to cancel our next tour across Italy and France, because of unsolvable booking problems with shows in Italy. Too bad that we wasted another chance to play with our best band - Bökanövsky.
We're planning to do official release party. It won't be like any other release party, because we want to do something special, but nothing is for sure yet. We'll keep you updated! :)

And we are not dead yet! You can check our future with click on Shows in the menu bar.

Take care, Jure&Melete

SOME NEWS

Soon it will be exactly 1 year from our first show in Pivka. On almost the same date we will have release party/picnic/benefit in the same club, called Cuza. After this show we will visit Switzerland and France for a few days. Also we have some more shows booked for this year.
We have also some big plans for 2010. In February we are doing Balkan tour with our beloved Sand creek massacre from Holland. Later the same year (probably in May or June) we will do a longer trip around the Europe. We will keep you updated. So like you see we would like to tour as much as possible and also we would like to record some new stuff.

Take care and see you around

Next shows:
28/10 - Pivka, Slovenia (release party)
29/10 - Biel, Switzerland
30/10 - Day off
31/10 - Toulouse, France (with Bokanovsky)
01/11 - Marseille, France (with Bokanovsky)
07/11 - Trieste, Italy (with Infarto Scheisse)
24/11 - Graz, Austria (with Unquiet)

The end is a new beginning!

We finished our journey yesterday and took a rest for a while. There are too many words to describe the whole experience, but we have tons of pictures and I promise we'll post some of them. Firstly, here is a movie clip from our show in Prague. It was definitely one of our best show ever!



We'd like to thank to all promotors, people who spent their time and discussed with us, all cooks for the great food every day and all people we forgot them right now. Special thank goes to guys from Sand creek massacre, Lakme/Dakhma and all their friends for second home during our days off and for all care and love they gave us! You all have special places in our hearts! WE LOVE YOU!

We are still booking a short tour in the end of October. Help us if you can, here are the dates:

29.10. - Italy
30.10. - Italy
31.10. - France with Bokanovsky
01.11. - France with Bokanovsky
02.11. - Italy

Bye, Jure&Melete

Crüst mönkëys in Köln

Squatting the playground!



Greets from Poland

We love SCM <3

This is how we did afterparty in Zwolle on Sand creek massacre's release party!



WACKA, WACKA!!!

SOOOOON

Summer has come to the end and now is time to start kicking again. Last few months we have all enjoyed some free time, not doing much for the band. But here is September and a new tour. We had a lot of problems with booking. Everything went smooth till the point where show after show was canceled. Somehow we managed to book everything, and that's how the tour looks like:

09.09. Germany, TÜBINGEN
10.09. Germany, MAINZ
11.09. Belgium, IEPER
12.09. Netherlands, EMMEN
13.09. Netherlands, ZWOLLE
14.09. Netherlands, Having fun with SCM
15.09. Germany, KOLN
16.09. Germany, HANNOVER
17.09. Germany, BERLIN
18.09. Poland, PIENSK
19.09. Poland, KRAKOW
20.09. Poland, BIALA PODLASKA
21.09. Poland, Day Off
22.09. Czech Republic, PRAGUE
23.09. Czech Republic, OLOMOUC
24.09. Czech Republic, CESKY TESIN
25.09. Poland, NOWY SĄCZ
26.09. Austria, NEUSIEDL AM SEE



We are also booking a short tour in the end of October. Help us if you can, here are the dates:

29.10. - Trieste (Italy)
30.10. - Milano or Genova (Italy)
31.10. - Lyon (France) with Bokanovsky
01.11. - Toulon (France) with Bokanovsky
02.11. - Genova or Milano (Italy)


p.s. today we got our 7". I must say they look sweet, considering they are done by us and we haven't spent much money for the covers and stuff. Don't worry we will have them on tour.

See ya around!!!

LEHENDA

The only true living legend and a really good friend Fočo will turn 30 soon. On 22nd of August he's having a huge party at Pumpa squat. We are honored he invited us to play a show for him. Also In-sane, Analena will appear among others. This will be our first show after a while. And don't expect much, since we are lazy asses and don't rehearse much, hehehehe...
Ok, we haven't even left to our September tour, but we already plan new one. This time Italy and France, not a real tour, just a short one. See dates bellow and help us if you can!!!!
Another news is that Konsti from Gafas del Rigor Cassettes (http://www.myspace.com/gafasdelrigorcassettes) will release Melete on a DIY cassette. No one is sure when this will happen. Maybe till the end of this year or in beginning of 2010.
We are also working on February tour with our beloved Sand Creek massacre from Netherlands. Check this band, they kick ass (http://www.myspace.com/sandcreekmassacre)!!!!!! We will hit Balkan all the way to Macedonia. We will post the dates in the near future.

Dates for October:

29.10. - Trieste (Italy)

30.10. - Milano or Genova (Italy)

31.10. - Lyon (France) with Bokanovsky

01.11. - Toulon (France) with Bokanovsky

02.11. - Genova or Milano (Italy)

Punk, love and passion

Melete

September

The 3/4 of Melete went to Fluff fest. I stayed home, since i can't feel much joy in such festivals. I prefer small squats or clubs with not much people inside, yeah loooser, i know. We are still waiting for the 7 inches, but i guess they will arrive soon. And below you can see our September tour. Can't wait to hit the road again. The last one, mini Balkan tour, was 3 months ago and we all miss the tour life. Also we are planning to do 2 shows in the begining of September with our brothers Coma Stereo. If i am not wrong we will play one show in Slovenia and one in Croatia. But like i said, i don't know much about that, since CS are booking it. And also a short one in November will follow, but nothing is for sure yet, but we will keep you updated!!!!

So this is how the tour looks like:
08.09. Austria, NEED HELP!!!
09.09. Germany, TÜBINGEN
10.09. Germany, MAINZ
11.09. Belgium, IEPER
12.09. Netherlands, EMMEN
13.09. Netherlands, ZWOLLE
14.09. Netherlands, Having fun with SCM
15.09. Germany, KOLN
16.09. Germany, HANNOVER
17.09. Germany, BERLIN
18.09. Poland, PIENSK

19.09. Poland, KRAKOW
20.09. Poland, BIALA PODLASKA
21.09. Poland, Day Off
22.09. Czech Republic, PRAGUE
23.09. Czech Republic, OLOMOUC
24.09. Czech Republic, CESKY TESIN
25.09. Austria/Slovakia, NEED HELP!!!
26.09. Austria, NEUSIEDL AM SEE

Like you can see we are still looking for some shows. Your help is more than welcome, so don't hesitate to contact us.

thanks
yours Melete

Vacation

Yes, we're back. After almost 2 months of hiatus we had our first rehearsal together, It was a blast. In the last 6 months we've spent together we had to take some weeks of vacation. In the meanwhile we were active as well. We set some decent shows, made new friends, met old ones...
hmmm, what is happening with the 7"? Yesterday we sent our material to the pressing plant. Now we hope everything will be ok and records will be here in 6 - 7 weeks. Covers, booklets, art work... will be done by us, DIY or DIE, hehehehe... We'll see, if we don't run out of time we will do a picnic/release show/party in our home club Pivka.
Also tour is approaching faaaast. We booked almost all the shows, but we are still looking for some. When everything is confirmed we will post the dates. Must say we are looking forward to do this tour. By the way, for 3 days Sand creek massacre from Netherlands will join us. Check this band, guys and a girl are awesome!!!!

That's it, enjoy the sun, got to the sea side, or have a time of your life wherever you are.

Melete crew

Alter ego

Hmmm... till now I didn't even know that Jure has it's own blog where you can find some interesting stuff. Check it out, I have to say I love it. In the same time I wish him all the best and hope he will post some more drone/photo/whatdoiknowwhatelse shit soon.
Link: http://yuppienoise.blogspot.com/

Andrej

Van, weed and beer

Our plan to release a split LP with Downfall of Gaia disappeared like a joint in Luka's hands:D DOG disbanded so we stayed without LP and tour with them. Shit happens but we are going on. Our 4 songs will be released as a 7", hopefully in a few months. Also we changed our September tour. Not much, just a bit... check below. After this tour we will rest for a month and than we will hit the road again. This time we will do just a small tour (from 29/10 to 2/11) across Italy and France. Just to say hi to our friends for the last time in this year:D:D
Also our new song Sungaze (you can listen it in the player at the end of the post) will appear on French compilation released by Desertion records. On this compilation you will also find bans as: Daitro, 12xu, Gasmask terror, Dakhma, Tesa, Adorno, Magdalene, Lakme...

Take care and enjoy the sunny weather
Melete


08.09. Austria
09.09. Germany
10.09. Germany
11.09. Belgium
12.09. Netherlands
13.09. Netherlands
14.09. Netherlands
15.09. Germany
16.09. Germany
17.09. Germany
18.09. Poland
19.09. Poland
20.09. Ukraine
21.09. Poland
22.09. Czech Republic
23.09. Czech Republic
24.09. Slovakia
25.09. Austria
26.09. Austria

Avokado

Par mesecev nazaj sem postavil v vodo ogromno avokadovo seme. Preden je vzklilo je porablo več kot mesec in pol. Prvo sem mislil, da sem ga uničil ker sem namesto zobotrebcev(da je samo pol v vodi) dal en rjast vijak in sponko. No, pred mesecem in pol pa je pognala korenine in pred 2 tedni mi ga je cimer Matija posadil v zemljo, kjer zdaj pridno raste. V bistvu zelo hitro, hitreje kot sem si predstavljal. Medtem, ko je avokado rastel, smo končali snemanje z Melete. Zdaj čakamo na mixing in mastering, ki ga bo opravil majster Jakić(Senata Fox). Nekaj se že dela tudi na designu za 12” split. Tudi bookiranje ture kaže dobro, ampak smo še vedno veseli kakršnekoli pomoči. Skupaj nismo igrali od zadnjega koncerta v Kopru. Razlog za to je, da smo vsi vpleteni v druge stvari. Jaz se učim za izpite, vadim in koncertiram z mojim drugim bendom (Human Host Body). Mladi Bolič se bori z maturo. Kobra redno dela, Jurzl dela samo občasno. Možno je, da so prav te dolge pavze med igranjem razlog za to, da se precej bolj veselim ponovnega druženja. Res je tudi to, da sem najbolj oddaljen od vseh in da mi ni uspelo obiskati niti enega koncerta v Čuzi(http://cuzapivka.blogspot.si/), ki so ga organizirali kolegi iz benda. Za zdaj pa je situacija taka, da se vsak loteva svojih prioritet in vsi komi čakamo, da spet zaigramo skupaj.

Some months ago I've put in water a big avocado seed. Before it germinated, it had spend more than a month and a half. First I thought that I'd kill it because I've put, instead of toothpicks(to keep it half in the water), a rusty screw and paper clip. Well, a month and a half ago the first roots germinated and two weeks ago my roommate Matija planted it. Now it is growing diligently, actually I didn't expect that it would grow that fast. While the avocado was growing, we finished the recording session with Melete. Now we're waiting mixing and mastering which will be done by master Jakić(Senata Fox). We're also working on some designs for the 12” split. Also the tour booking looks good, however if you can help us in any way it's more than welcome. We didn't play together since the gig in Koper. The reason is that everyone is involved in other things. I have exams and I am practicing and playing shows with my other band (Human Host Body). Young Bolič is struggling with exams for graduation from secondary school. Jurzl and Kobra are working. Maybe these long periods, when we don't play, are the reason why I'm much more excited about hanging together. It's true that I'm the most distant of us and that I never succeed to come on any of the shows in Čuza(http://cuzapivka.blogspot.si/ ), which guys from band have organized. The situation right now is that everyone is taking care of their priorities and everyone impatiently waits the chance to play together again.

Here is the review of our Tour EP:

Tukaj imam prikupen Tour EP mlade postojnsko-pivško-koprske naveze Melete, ki v zadnjem letu pridno polni domače in tuje koncertne luknje z distorzijo in jezo metalnega in emocionalnega hardcore crusta. V papirju, blagu in 'do-it-yourself' duhu, ponudijo štiri surove komade t.i. emocrusta, ki agresivno spušča mine na elitizem in kapitalistično mentaliteto znotraj hardcore scene, največje upostošenje pa povzročijo s komadom 'Failure is a design', ki po zaslugi viole, še toliko bolj eksplodira. Veseli me, da imamo po dolgem času zopet domač hardcore bend z omembe vrednimi besedili in celo priloženimi razlagami, pa še glasba, ki zajema tako elemente sludga, kot d-beat crusta in ritmiko screamo-violence bendov, niti približno ne pada v že slišan vzorec domače ponudbe. Njihova lastna oznaka 'emocrust' sicer vzbuja vse možne nevšečne konotacije, ampak ne se ustrašit. Melete so vse tisto kar naj bi hardcore bil.

(ivo. 28.05.09)

Here I have the attractive Tour EP of a young roped up bend Melete from Postojna, Pivka and Koper, which is diligently filling up local and foreign concert holes with distortion and anger of their metallic and emotional hardcore crust. In paper, cloth and 'do-it-yourself' spirit are offering 4 raw songs so called emocrust, which is aggressively dropping mines on elitism and capitalistic mentality inside the hardcore scene, the biggest insurrection is caused with the song 'Failure is a design', that thanks to viola, explodes that much more. It makes me happy that in a long time we have a local bend with mentionable lyrics and even with added explanations and yet their music which contains elements of sludge, d-beat crust and rhythmics of screamo-violence bands, not even nearly to be considered in the sample of local offer. Their own sign 'emocrust' may bring all possible negative connotations, but don't be afraid. Melete are all that what hardcore should be.

(ivo. 28.05.09)

Chaos is me and is also us!

Howdy,
in the upcoming week we are going to record all vocals for our 4 new songs. And yeah, we're pretty active in our upcoming split release with Downfall Of Gaia. We'll also contribute a song for the French compilation which will be released by Desertion Records. Check it out!!
Last Wednesday we played a gig in Koper and I have to say a disastrous one, because it was our second show that would be amplified and we couldn't hear each other, so we were just playing by heart. The PA systems suck and we hate them!!

Here is the report from our show in Rijeka:

On Tuesday evening our small DIY shelter P.O.D.R.U.M. hosted two bands: Melete from Slovenia and Distaste from Austria. Melete playing chaotic emo violence and Distaste showing us how in Austria can grind like Nasum once did too.

The concert as usually started late, for there is no need to hurry in such occasions… Though this is perhaps sarcastic, I must say I really get annoyed lately with all those delays regarding the start of the gig.

The first band on stage (if you can call it that way :) was Melete that conquered the small crowd in front of them with sheer energy and power. Although they had parts where you could hear them going off beat, they really kicked some major ass – and you can hear these guys listen to a lot of Orchid! This influence is more than obvious, and I must say welcomed from my side.

Distaste on the other hand are well played modern day grindcore machine. Three funny Austrians with their even funnier English (with heavy German accent) gave us a good stir. After 20 and so minutes, I was convinced that they are done but they just kept on going filling the cavities in between the songs with laughter and jokes mostly on them.

What to say in the end, if they only played for half an hour they would be great, as they didn’t, they are only good. Melete on the other hand are just plain great, and are what hardcore punk should be – honest, full of energy and careless of mistakes.

Over and out.

And here is a video clip from our show in Krško:



Bye bye, Jure

Cut & paste

We just came home from our last recording session for this week. We started 5 days ago and today we've finished bass and guitar tracks. We only need to do vocal stuff. Since Luka is enjoying in sunny Barcelona with his love Tea other trio will have few days off. We must say we are satisfied with recordings, but even more with the work our friend Emac has done. Man, you're too patient and too kind for the assholes like we are, hehehehehehehehe...
This 4 songs will be released on a split 12" with German Downfall of Gaia (www.myspace.com/downfallofgaia). Please check this band, they are awesome, as musicians and even more as persons. So, we are really honored we will share this record with them and also play some shows together on our September tour.

Hugs

Rockstars on the stage... khmm, on the floor

Here are a few photos which have been made by our friends on our Balkan shows. We don't really like that kind of photos, we much more appreaciate photos from afterparties, etc. But who cares, thanks to Stromi and Marko!



Bye bye, Jure

p.s.: By the way, yesterday we recorded drums for 4 new songs which will be released on the split record with Downfall Of Gaia. We`re also playing next week in Koper with slovenian hc/punk legends Aktivna Propaganda.

Photos of a man that looks exactly the way his friends see him

Here is a story from our just finished trip across Balkan. We started and finished the tour with a coffee, haha. I collected a bunch of photos and put them in a thumbnail. I hope you like'em! If you stop with the cursor on the photo, you can see our comment to the pic. Enjoy!



Take care, Jure

In the End, we'll remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Hey buddies,
we are home. We're back to our usual lifestyles and routine world. We spent four wonderful days in the Balkan area and played some of the best shows we've ever played.

We'd like to thank and send a kiss to: Josko from Final Approach, Enej from The Lift, Rok from Uprising Voice and all KKxHC crew; Ana(we love you!), Felix, Nikola and Vojkan from Beograd; Spaske and ROIR crew from Novi Sad; Penx from Rijeka and nasty navigator Leki who spent 2 days and a night with us. :)
We would also like to thank to all bands who shared a stage with us and people who came to us and spoke some words with us.
And in the end special thanks goes to our 5th member Marko for all his help and love.

Andrej+Luka+Jaka+Jure

Our pants, Your patches.

As usual we did a last minute silk screening job for the cover of the Tour EP. OK, just by the way, this CD-R has new master and it sounds much better then the first one. We also did some patches, but we didn't have cloth so we used Jaka's pants.
That's all, I gotta go catch some sleep, today we destroy Krško!






Hugs,
Luka
/(A)//(E)/

Week full of sweat

Tomorrow we're off to the Balkan. We're gonna spend 4 beautiful days sharing our music, thoughts, tears, smell... in Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia. Join the party if you're around.
Next Sunday we will start recording our side of split LP with our German boyfriends Downfall of Gaia (www.myspace.com/downfallofgaia). Do your homework and check this awesome band!!! Hopefully record will be out in a few months.
Also we are in process of booking our September tour. Below you can see dates and if you can help us, don't hesitate to contact us.

Love
Melete crew


September tour:
08.09.2009 Austria, TBA
09.09.2009 Germany, TBA
10.09.2009 Germany (with Downfall of Gaia), TBA
11.09.2009 Belgium (with Downfall of Gaia), TBA
12.09.2009 Netherland (with Downfall of Gaia), TBA
13.09.2009 Netherland (with Downfall of Gaia), TBA
14.09.2009 Germany, TBA
15.09.2009 Denmark, TBA
16.09.2009 Sweden, TBA
17.09.2009 Sweden, TBA
18.09.2009 Denmark (with Downfall of Gaia), TBA
19.09.2009 Germany (with Downfall of Gaia), TBA
20.09.2009 Germany (with Downfall of Gaia), TBA
21.09.2009 Czech republic, TBA
22.09.2009 Czech republic or Poland, TBA
23.09.2009 Czech republic, TBA
24.09.2009 Slovakia, TBA
25.09.2009 Austria, TBA
26.09.2009 Austria, TBA

Šparglji in tha Woods

Prejšnji vikend sem odšel v gozd nabirat šparglje in uživat v naravo, ki se je ravno začela prebujati iz zimskega spanja. V teh dneh smo se tudi z Melete začeli prebujati iz zimske stagnacije. Po turneji nismo vadili skoraj mesec in pol, tako, da nam sedaj primanjkuje časa za pripravo na to turnejico, za vadbo komadov, pripravo na snemanje... krivi smo si sami, vendar bomo dali vse od sebe in poštimali stvari kot je treba. Naredili smo tudi dva nova komada, ki pa jih je treba še malo dodelati in definirati vokale.
Čez teden dni se odpravljamo na 4 dnevno Balkan turnejico in vsi komaj čakamo da spet igramo, srečamo stare/nove prijatelje, vidimo super bende in za kratek čas zbežimo iz našega vsakdana.
Ta teden je bil poln presenečenj, ki so nam dali polno elana in motivacije, da čas, ki nam je ostal pred izpiti in maturo iskoristimo in poskušamo biti kar se da produktivni. Tako, da se takoj po turneji zapiramo v studijo, kjer bomo posneli 5 komadov. Snemali bomo z Emirjem (Aktivna propaganda) v njegovem studiju, za mix in master pa bo poskrbel Jakič (Senata fox).
Narejen je tudi že plan za septembersko turo, sedaj se bomo lotili bookinga in lahko povem, da bomo zdoma skoraj 3 tedne... m'fak dt šiiiiit!

Last weekend i went in the woods to gather asparagus and enjoy the nature that just start to waking from the winter spleep. In these days also Melete started to waking up from winter stagnation. After the tour we haven't been rehearsing for almost a month and a half, so now we are running out of time to get ready for the tour, practice our songs, get ready for the recordings... we can blame it on our own, but we will do our best that everything will work out how it should. We also did 2 new songs that need a bit completion and the vocals have to be defined yet.
In a week we are going on 4 day Balkan tour and we all wait to play again, meet old/new friends, see awesome bands and to escape for a while from the everyday. This week has been full of surprises, that gave us lots of motivation to work with full force till the exam period. So, after the tour we will close ourselves in the studio to record 5 songs. We will be recording with Emir (Aktivna propaganda) in his own studio and Jakič (Senata fox) will take care of mixing and mastering.
Also a plan for September tour is done, now we will start booking it and i can say that we will be away from home for almost 3 weeks... m'fak dt šiiiiit!

Ciao
Luka/Melete
/(A)//E)/