Garage A Trois is largely a side-project for its band members. Charlie Hunter (8-string guitar) spends most of each leading his own Trio, Stanton Moore (drums) can be found laying down the beats which power the funk band Galactic, while Skerik and Mike Dillon primarily play in the avante-punk band Critters Buggin. But producer Dan Prothero (Fog City Records) enlisted Skerik and Hunter for the recording of Stanton Moore's 'All Kooked Out' in New Orleans to form the trio which would record the majority of material for the record. This first time meeting proved to be productive. After playing the opening slot at the highly anticipated sold out Oysterhead show which consisted of Les Claypool (Primus), Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Stewart Copeland (Police) at Jazz Fest in New Orleans a few months later, everybody in the house knew this band was destined for more. Garage A Trois was born!

Garage A Trois live is a highly improvisational act, both musically and in terms of stage antics. Whether the band takes a lap around the room in matching jogging suits before making their way to the stage, or bringing an audience member on stage and giving them a "time out" because they could be heard talking over a drum solo, you can rest assured that nobody knows what will happen at a Garage A Trois show... not even the band members.

Garage A Trois have crafted a brilliant soundtrack to Tontine's Outre Mer, an understated cinematic masterpiece that spans the lifetime of a brave but solitary figure and subtly illuminates the alternating joys and sorrows of isolation, parental devotion, romantic love and other universal themes that reach out to every shore. Producer/director Klaus Tontine, a longtime fan of GAT's eclectic, cosmopolitan approach to jazz, funk and other styles, first approached the quartet in the summer of 2004, when the film-still just an idea in his head-had yet to be lensed. GAT completely embraced the concept, and crafted a compelling musical backdrop to the poignant story of Etienne de Nerval, a young man coming of age in rural France who is ostracized from society due to his diminutive stature. Reaching a maximum of only four feet, he commits every ounce of creative, intellectual and emotional energy to finding the one place in the world where he can be accepted and loved for who he is. To date, Outre Mer has been screened for a limited number of French critics, who have unanimously hailed it as a tour de force. Unfortunately, the film's producers and distributors are currently attempting to iron out legal problems that have put plans for a wider release on indefinite hold.

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