Backporch Revolution is an independent record label

Record label

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, netlabel

Netlabel

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, and artists' collective from New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

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, probably most noted for releasing material by Chef Menteur

Chef Menteur (band)

Chef Menteur is an instrumental rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States with heavy leanings towards the style of ambient music. It was formed in 1998 by Alec Vance and Jim Yonkus, both of whom were looking to explore new sounds from different music worlds: electronica,...

, potpie

Potpie (musician)

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 label...

 and other New Orleans underground artists. In 2006

2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....

, Backporch Revolution released the compilation Proud To Swim Home: A Backporch Revolution Compilation for New Orleans, a benefit disc for groups assisting New Orleans' recovery after Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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Roster

Artists whose work has appeared on this label include (but not limited to):

• Archipelago
• Becca Rice
• The Bastard Sons of Morton Subotnick
• The Buttons
• Chef Menteur
  Chef Menteur (band)
  Chef Menteur is an instrumental rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States with heavy leanings towards the style of ambient music. It was formed in 1998 by Alec Vance and Jim Yonkus, both of whom were looking to explore new sounds from different music worlds: electronica,...
  
  
• Electrical Spectacle
• B. Killingsworth
• Geisterfahrer
• King Ghidorah
• Liteworks
• 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...
  
  
• potpie
  Potpie (musician)
  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 label...
  
  
• pinkySqueak
• Shinola
  Shinola (band)
  Shinola was a rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, that existed from 1994 to 1997, and was a regular mainstay in the burgeoning local indie-rock scene of the time. Employing two guitars, electrified violin, drums, bass guitar, and occasionally Farfisa organ and banjo, their...
  
  
• Time Promises Power
• The Uptown Cajun All-stars
• Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death

External links

• Official site
• Backporch Revolution on MySpace
• Raleigh News and Observer feature
• Offbeat review of Proud To Swim Home compilation