In my opinion CM are one of the most unheralded pioneers of ambience in the past 10 years. —from a new article about Chef Menteur on Beat the Indie Drum. There’s also an exclusive download of “I Belong to this Plateau” —the very first mp3 from East of the Sun and West of the Moon [...]

Electronic music has always been a part of Chef Menteur, and this early track is about as dub-acid as we got, playing with two 303s, a slowed down-drum machine . “Terra Incognita” by Chef Menteur  

Another track from the early days that benefitted greatly by a visit by our friend Mack—who, having returned recently from living and traveling in the Far East, provided the main vocal sample from his impressive collection of Chinese pop music. Perhaps our first attempt to ruthlessly pillage Asian sounds? This one also became a live [...]

Here’s another super early track from the ancien régime of Chef Menteur. This one became a live staple for many years to come. A simple drum beat, groovy bass line and a repeating four-chord progression alternating between Mellotron and Farfisa, overdubbed with samples from Art Bell’s Coast to Coast AM radio show and a 1980′s [...]

Over the past few weeks Dan has been dragging the rest of us around different parts of New Orleans. Without knowing why, we were told to drag our equipment through the streets, ruins, and parks of New Orleans. Parts of City Park, the French Quarter, New Orleans East (by the abandoned Six Flags amusement park) [...]

Big thanks to everyone who came to our rooftop show on Saturday. It was a lot of fun, the weather was beautiful, the food was great, and the beer went down good. We really appreciated the support and hope you had a good time if you were able to make it. And of course, our [...]

Here’s the brand new video for “The Forest,” one of the tracks off our upcoming double album “East of the Sun & West of the Moon.” The Forest from Chef Menteur on Vimeo. Dan made the visuals. No digital effects used! Special guest on bass: B. Aubrey Freeman (Geisterfahrer, Sketches of an Amorous Window, Why [...]

Here’s an early live improvisation with our friend Mack Hagood on rhythm guitar and drum machine. This jam, like many of our other tunes was recorded to 4-track cassette in our 8th floor practice space in the former Hotel Fontainebleu on Tulane Avenue. Lead guitar is Rick 12-string through old DOD delay pedal. “Betty B [...]

Ah steak…. an american favorite! Here’s another one from around 1999 — a noise track with guitar, bass, and voice samples that fell off the back of a truck. (I can’t say where I got the voice samples from but working in multimedia has had its advantages…) "An American Favorite" by Chef Menteur

You know how some bands have a song with their band name in the song/title? Yeah, it’s pretty cheesy most of the time, but how often does it use vocal synthesis? "Chef Menteur Hwy" by Chef Menteur This was one of our very first songs: drum machine, bass, Farfisa, K2000, and a nifty program for [...]