Less of a band, more of an art project - Menteur is a performance collective that incorporates paint, light design, and crowd participation to create unique live experiences. To preserve the "experience" many recordings are done binaurally, using their binaural dummy head recorder (and psuedo-frontman) Frank Head.

Menteur was founded by Carter Fourqurean and Sam Reeves, inspired by recording sessions where Carter would create sounds and textures with loopers and cassette recorders while Sam would paint to the sound.

Currently Menteur consists of 35 musicians, painters, performers, actors, videographers, technicians, light designers, and producers - many of which are active in other projects. Every performance is different, and there are often different performers at every show, and for every album.

Thank you for all of your support!

They are a big band... Current and past participants include, but are not limited to:Carter Fourqurean, Samantha Reeves, Corey Bax, Philippe Blanchette, Aaron Bond, Christopher Pendergrass, Sam Brown, Nate Dierk, Scott Donnell, Jason Wolonick, Luke Murray, Trevor Overman, Ogede, John Reardon, Jeff Hymes, Chase Dubois, Ernest Thompson, Trey Howie, Matt Phillips, Saman Khoujinian, Andrew Jones, Erin Sands, Madeline Hurley, Priyank Patel, Shannon Kelly, Heather Seaman, Mary Lawless, Tyler Billman, Gabriel Reynolds, Gabriel Anderson, Dylan Turner, PJ Eckerd, George Godsmark, Max Puhala, Will Futch, Nate Wagner, Kevin Church, Zach Corsa, Demetri C. McClain, Danny Abrams, Matthew Booth, and more.

To err is human; to forgive, divine. - Alexander Pope,

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We are The Wake Downs from Chicago. Written and Produced by Charles Wiley. 

The Terms is a cumulation of songs years in the making by multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Marjan Agicic.  Drums and bass support an alternative/pop piano/synth sound that’s lyrically rich and melodically driven. Despite forgoing the electric guitar, you'll walk away feeling rocked!

Influences include: The Beatles, Queen, Phish, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Sublime, Micheal Jackson, Elton John, The Police, Queens of the Stone-age

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