Whilst doing some research for a project I will likely never finish at this point, I came across a band that appeals to me greatly, and probably to no one else. For those who like their music:
- Noisy
- Drone-y
- Have at least 1 Thomas Pynchon reference,
Then look no further than Chef Menteur’s 2005 release, We Await Silent Tristero’s Empire. (Who doesn’t?)
It has a track called Charlie Don’t Surf, which I stumbled upon during the aforementioned research. It doesn’t sound even a tiny bit like the Clash song, which brings me to an important point regarding the Rhapsody music service: do not rely on their ability to have accurate track names. I’m serious, it’s a friggin’ deficiency with them.
Back to the album. It’s good, in a way that incorporates low-tempo, electronic noise, sweet ambience, rock guitar noise, and formlessness into something I could listen to at 3am while driving on the Interstate from Gary, IN to Chicago and surrounded by the rusting metal apocalypse of a formerly industrial country. It’s the kind of music I would play in my all-night coffee shop when I wanted the patrons to get really tired and leave.
It reminds me of the Jah Wobble/Brian Eno (oh, so sorry… Eno/Wobble) work, Spinner. I’m not sure what kind of music lover gets into this style of music, my kind, I guess. It sure isn’t for very many others. Oh, and Chef Menteur is french for “Chief Liar” which has it’s own appropriateness.
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