Janet Feder

Solo projects include T H I S C L O S E (2015), Songs with Words (2012), Ironic Universe, a CD & DVD featuring Fred Frith (AdHoc Records/USA 2006), and Speak Puppet (Recommended Records/UK 2001), as well as compilations for Zerx Records (Albuquerque, NM; 1999-07) and the compilation The $100 Guitar Project (Bridge Records, 2012).{{Cite web|title = Janet Feder: T H I S C L O S E|url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/t-h-i-s-c-l-o-s-e-janet-feder-self-produced-review-by-eyal-hareuveni.php|website = All About Jazz| date=December 3, 2015 |access-date = 2016-01-11}}{{Cite web|title = Songs We Love: Janet Feder, 'Happy Everyday, You'|url = https://www.npr.org/2015/12/16/459839986/songs-we-love-janet-feder-happy-everyday-you|website = NPR.org|access-date = 2016-01-11|first = Tom|last = Cole}}{{cite web|title=ReR Records|url=http://www.rermegacorp.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?|access-date=May 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512003710/http://www.rermegacorp.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv|archive-date=May 12, 2012|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|last=Weber|first=Mark|title=Zerx Famous ALBUzerxQue Compilation CDs|url=http://zerxpress.blogspot.com/2005/06/zerxcatalog-albuzerxque.html|publisher=Zerx Records and Press|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{Cite web|title = A$100 Guitar Makes A 30,000-Mile Odyssey|url = https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/12/04/166430924/a-100-guitar-makes-a-30-000-mile-odyssey|website = NPR.org|access-date = 2016-01-11}} She also appears on Jane Rigler's Rarefactions (Neuma 2015) and Honey Barbara's Wave Grass (2015), in addition to 156 Strings produced by Henry Kaiser for Cuneiform Records (USA, 2002) and I Never Meta Guitar produced by Elliott Sharp for Clean Feed Records (Portugal, 2010), both featuring guitar players from around the globe.{{Cite web|title = Neuma 450–113|url = http://www.neuma-music.com/jane_rigler_rarefactions.htm|website = www.neuma-music.com|access-date = 2016-01-11}}{{cite web|title=156 Strings|url=http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/156.html|publisher=Cuneiform Records|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Clean Feed Records|url=http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/disco2.asp?intID=341|publisher=Clean Feed Records|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Corroto|first=Mark|title=Album Review: I Never Meta Guitar|date=October 14, 2010 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37732|publisher=All About Jazz|access-date=May 23, 2012}}

In conjunction with Paul Fowler, Feder composed the film score Leavings (2014), plus the score and sound design for the Square Product Theatre adaptation of Selah Saterstrom's novel SLAB.{{Cite web|title = Slab|url = http://coffeehousepress.org/shop/slab/|website = Coffee House Press|access-date = 2016-01-11}}

Feder was one of several contributors to Paul Riola's Bottesini Project, where her work was featured alongside Nels Cline, Keenan Wayne, CacheFlowe, Glenn Taylor, and Mark Harris on the 2009 album Naima's Grass Pajamas. The album began as "collective improvisations recorded live in the studio" which "were then later reconstructed."{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Jon|title=Over the Weekend: The Bottesini Project at Notably Fine Audio|url=http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/10/over_the_weekend_the_bottesini.php|access-date=May 29, 2012|newspaper=Westword|date=October 19, 2009}}{{cite news|last=Solomon|first=Jon|title=Review: The Bottesini Project – Naima's Grass Pajamas|url=http://www.westword.com/2009-10-22/music/the-bottesini-project/|access-date=May 29, 2012|newspaper=Westword|date=October 22, 2009}}{{cite web|title=The Bottesini Project live in Studio|url=http://www.radio1190.org/blog/blog/tag/the-bottesini-project/|publisher=radio 1190|access-date=May 29, 2012}}

T H I S C L O S E (2015) and Songs With Words (2012) were both recorded live at Immersive Studios in Boulder, Colorado in DSD Pure on Gus Skinas' 32 channel Sonoma System and are currently available on both vinyl and SACD.{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Jon|title=Interview: Janet Feder|url=http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2012/01/janet_feder_on_her_new_album_p.php|publisher=Westword|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Jon|title=Janet Feder – Songs with Words|url=http://www.westword.com/2012-02-09/music/janet-feder/|publisher=Westword|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Bandcamp – Janet Feder|url=http://janetfeder.bandcamp.com/|publisher=Bandcamp|access-date=May 23, 2012}} There are no digital effects on either Songs With Words or T H I S C L O S E. A reviewer noted that Songs With Words "explores the outer reaches of sonic possibility yet never loses the thread of melody and beauty." while T H I S C L O S E has been described as "Feder's most fully realised album...Unique and highly moving music"{{cite web|last=Epstein|first=Paul|title=Album Review: Janet Feder – Songs With Words|url=http://twistedspork.blogspot.com/search/label/Janet%20Feder|publisher=Twist and Shout Records|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/t-h-i-s-c-l-o-s-e-janet-feder-self-produced-review-by-eyal-hareuveni.php|title = Janet Feder: T H I S C L O S E|date = December 3, 2015|website = All About Jazz|last = Hareuveni|first = Eval}}

Previously the Chair of the Music Department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, Feder has performed or collaborated with Fred Frith, Nels Cline, Henry Kaiser, Bill Frisell, Elliott Sharp, Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller, Amy Denio, Chris Cutler, Mike Johnson/Thinking Plague, Susie Asado, Nikmat Hatraktor, Paolo Angeli, Wu Fei, Thomas Dimuzzio, Tatsuya Nakatani, Erin McKeown, Jane Rigler, Shoko Nagai, Satoshi Takeishi, James Sidlo, Pauline Oliveros and poet Anne Waldman.{{cite web|last=Feder|first=Janet|title=Janet Feder|url=http://www.westword.com/2012-02-09/music/janet-feder/|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Wu|first=Fei|title=Wu Fei – Past Concerts and Performances|url=http://www.wufeimusic.com/past-performances|publisher=Wu Fei|access-date=May 29, 2012}}{{cite web|title=SWP Launch Concert|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvw5hqC4oEw|publisher=Naropa's Summer Writing Program|access-date=May 29, 2012}}

Feder's solo work was featured in a June 2012 Tiny Desk Concert on NPR.{{cite web|title=Janet Feder: Tiny Desk Concert|url=https://www.npr.org/event/music/156997677/janet-feder-tiny-desk-concert?autoplay=true|publisher=National Public Radio|access-date=July 23, 2012}} Feder is also currently half of Denver-based duo Cowhause with Colin Bricker.{{cite web|title=Cowhause|url=http://www.reverbnation.com/cowhause|publisher=Reverb Nation|access-date=May 23, 2012}}{{cite web|title=MediaLive 2012: Exploring Live Audiovisual Arts|url=http://www.bmoca.org/2012/04/janet-feder-cowhause-darwin-grosse/|publisher=Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art|access-date=May 29, 2012}}

Solo:

• icyimi (1994)
• Speak Puppet (2000)
• Songs With Words (2012)
• T H I S C L O S E (2015)

With Paul Flowler:

• Leavings (2014)

With Fred Frith:

• Ironic Universe (2006)

With Various Artists

• I Never Meta Guitar (2010)
• $100 Guitar Project (2013)

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