Racer Session #313 | Janet Feder | February 28, 2016
This Sunday guitarist and composer Janet Feder of Denver, CO will present at the Racer Sessions, joined by longtime Racer participants Jen Gilleran (drums, etc.) Chris Icasiano (drums) and Neil Welch (saxophones). Below are a few words from Janet:
"The inner perceptions of sound and shape have been inextricably linked for my entire life, not only in “music” but in …. everything. For the longest time this was a secret about my existence in the world that only I knew; I didn’t know how to speak about it until it was explained to me by a close friend similarly afflicted with this particular synesthesia. This is my state of being: the still point from which I compose, play and improvise. I invite listeners to relate to whatever shapes and textures inform their own perceptions, to listen with their body whole, inside and out, still, in motion, perfect."
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only dance.
I can only say, there we have been: but I cannot say where.
And I cannot say, how long, for that is to place it in time.
- T. S. Eliot
janetfeder.com / nineteencrimes.com (jen gilleran)
badluckband.net (chris icasiano) / neilwelch.com
01
Janet Feder: Solo guitar
02
Janet Feder: Guitar
Jen Gilleran: Percussion
03
Janet Feder: Guitar
Jen Gilleran: Percussion
Chris Icaisano: Drums
04
Janet Feder: Guitar
Jen Gilleran: Percussion
Chris Icaisano: Drums
Neil Welch: Saxophone / Electronics
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Improv 1
Marcin Pączkowski: Alto saxophone
Jeff Bernhardt: Trombone
Taylor King: Guitar
Andrew Olmestead: Keyboard
Improv 2
Simon Henneman: Guitar
Geoff Traeger: Drums
Zach Perna: Keyboard
Improv 3
Neil Welch: Tenor saxophone
Josh Thorson: Vocal
Colin Plaincich: drums
Improv 4
Tommy Darkside: Drums
Jackie Sandberg: Keyboard
Zach Perna: Ocarina
Improv 5
Jeff Bernhardt: Trombone
Jim Sloam: Melodica
Luke Bergman: Bass
Daniel Webbon: Drums
Improv 6
Taylor King: Guitar
Zach Perna: Guitar
Improv 7 (This one may have been only partially recorded)
Travis Fischer: Voice / Poem Recitation
Neil Welch: Tenor Saxophone
Simon Henneman: Guitar
Improv 8
Marcin Pączkowski: Alto saxophone
Jeff Bernhardt: Trombone
Travis Fischer: Keyboard
Chris Icasiano: Drums