Occasionally known as DJ Potpie, the sound artist potpie from New Orleans is a prolific solo musician who records and produces his own material, and releases it on the Backporch Revolution

Backporch Revolution

Backporch Revolution is an independent record label, netlabel, and artists' collective from New Orleans, Louisiana, probably most noted for releasing material by Chef Menteur, potpie and other New Orleans underground artists...

 label. Often performing with a sine wave generator, he has also used turntables, low-fi samplers, guitars, theremin, toy organs and other noisemakers running through three or more delay pedals to create his signature sound.

He performs regularly in the New Orleans area, and also with many side projects, including Murmur

Murmur (band)

Murmur is an acoustic drone ensemble from New Orleans who play tone/space improvisations based on a single note. Originally founded by minimalist sound artist potpie and recording on the Backporch Revolution label, the membership changes with each performance/recording and has contained anywhere...

, Archipelago, King Ghidorah, and numerous others.

His last full release, "Waterline", was released after he returned to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and was critically well received.

External links

1. Artist biography at Backporch Revolution http://www.backporchrevolution.com/artist_bio.php?id=4
2. "Waterline" review at Brainwashed http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5301&Itemid=64
3. Interview in Gambit Weekly http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-08-12/cover_story.html