The Answer's In Forgetting

Backporch Revolution

BPR-028

CD, 2007

Our second full-length album featuring Dan Haugh on moog and drums. More to come...

The Answer's In Forgetting contains 9 new original songs. Release: November 27, 2007.

We Await Silent Tristero's Empire

Backporch Revolution

BPR-010

CD, 2005

Reviews: 1, 2, 3.

One-sheet (PDF)

Our first official full-length album — representing 2+ years of recording, sonic experimentation and pychedelic innovation — announces a heavier, louder, and darker side of Chef Menteur. Features tracks that include new drummer Chris Sule and returning percussionist/moogman Mike Mayfield.

We Await Silent Tristero's Empire contains 12 new songs and clocks in at 72 minutes. Released February 23, 2005.

Buy online: Backporch Revolution, CDBABY, iTunes Music Store or your favorite online music service.

New Orleans: Rocks Off, Mushroom, Louisiana Music Factory, Tower Records

Chicago: Reckless Records.

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Vive La France! EP

Backporch Revolution

BPR-009

CD-R, 2003

Our 2003 "EP" is actually a 5-song album with 45 minutes of blissed-out pastoral space music, including 4 new tracks recorded in the North Carolina mountains, and a live bonus track.

Read a review of Vive La France!.

CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT

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Live at the Dragon's Den

Backporch Revolution

BPR-008

CD-R, 2002

A new direction for Chef Menteur is documented in this rare recording at the Dragon's Den, a favorite for the underground opiate dream set, with Mike Mayfield of the Electrical Spectacle now on drums and with Alec on guitars.

CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT

Live at the Mermaid Lounge

Backporch Revolution

BPR-007

CD-R, 2001

One of our first shows ever, with Alec on Farfisa & synths, and Jim on bass & drum machines, was also one of our most ambient shows, recorded live to 2-track at the legendary Mermaid Lounge in New Orleans.

CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT

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Chef Menteur also appears on the Backporch Revolution compilation Proud To Swim Home, and the WTUL compilations Songs From The Basement 2 (CD, 2004) and Songs From the Basement 4 (2CD, 2006).

w.a.s.t.e.

empires sans frontières

from Vive La France! EP

video:
[Quicktime, 14 MB]

l'explorateur

écoutez & répétez

listen and repeat: lessons en français.

terra incognita

interstellar mapping from the other side of the tracks.

kung-fu hip-hop: 2 from column A, 3 from column B.