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Chef Menteur

About Me

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chef menteur, le meuillieur aux mondes musiques, forgets all previously learned behaviors of compositional technique: 2 notes good, 4 notes bad. toutes musiques is improvised using 100% analog circuitry in real time mode aux 2-6 electronic or human drum machines, recorded at 4 tracks, & afterwards looped/resampled/remixed on ordinateurs qui s’on appelle Rakeisha and Evangeline. pas mentir!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/05/2005
Band Website: http://www.chefmenteur.org
Band Members: Alec Vance, Dan Haugh, Brian Abbott... not to mention many of our friends past, present and future
Influences: (a few randomly picked out of a hat) Sun City Girls, Stereolab, Boards of Canada, Kraftwerk, Neu!, Spacemen3/Spiritualized, Terry Riley, Suicide, Ravi Shankar, My Bloody Valentine, Miles Davis, Tortoise, Brian Eno, Thelonius Monk, Autechre, Sun Ra, Air, Dead Can Dance, G!YBE, Sigur Rós, Can, King Tubby and Augustus Pablo, the Orb, Steve Reich, Gary Numan, Dr. Dre, the Velvet Underground, Black Sabbath, , Alice and John Coletrane, Hawkwind, (early) Pink Floyd, Jean-Michel Jarre, Raymond Scott, Korla Pandit, the Melvins, and (late) Beatles. Also let's not forget: ancient New Orleans (la Nouvelle Orléans), old New Orleans (pre-Katrina), new New Orleans (viva Atlantis!)... humidity, heat, alcohol... outrage at fascists/priests/marketers... and sweet love for Betty.
Sounds Like: mermaids, sirens, ship propellers, whales
Record Label: bp=r
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

playing this Sat. at the Circle Bar!

Come and see us play the Circle Bar this Saturday May 17 with Metronome the City!
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:06:00 GMT

interview with Dan of Chef Menteur

interview with Dan of Chef Menteur, proud mc hammer-pants wearer since 1990.
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:52:00 GMT

Our new album released -- download "Trebuchet"

We're really happy that the new album is out and you can hear the first song on our myspace page and download it at Backporch Revolution. Of course you can also purchase the actual CD there too. More ...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:18:00 GMT

the answers in forgetting

Hell yeah.... the new album's done. The first pressing will be available on November 27th. It's called "The Answer's In Forgetting..." and features some killer tunes and amazing artwork by Miranda Lak...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:09:00 GMT

6/6/6 "War Pigs" video

Our live version of "War Pigs" from the 6/6/6 show (with help from "W"), is now on YouTube..
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:28:00 GMT

Uploaded 2 new songs

There are now 2 new songs to listen to on our page, the pinkysqueak remix of "Charlie Don't Surf", and the track "Aquavitae" featuring Carl Moller on various horns.Both tracks are exclusive to the new...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:07:00 GMT

6/6/6: All Black Sabbath all night!

Big Hair Productions in association with Backporch Revolution Present... Tuesday Bloody Tuesday! on the 6th day of the 6th month in the year 2006 for one night only: All Black Sabbath all night!Chef M...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:08:00 GMT

Chef Menteur | Circle Bar | Tuesday, April 25

It's official.... Chef Menteur will be playing the Circle Bar on Tuesday, April 25. This is the first 'real' show since Hurricane Katrina. (Technically, they performed under the name once in October b...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:30:00 GMT

Chef Menteur w/Alexandra Scott on WTUL compilation

WTUL is New Orleans' premiere college radio station which every spring releases a compilation CD of local acts as part of its Marathon fund drive to raise money for the station. This year, with the st...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:08:00 GMT

S.O.S. from the City Formerly Known as New Orleans

The story has dropped off the radar for most people, but New Orleans is not coming back (at least not quickly enough, even if parts of the city now have power and the streets have been cleared) and no...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:20:00 GMT