# Brooklyn’s PAUL FEDER 3-Track EP ‘Never Sleep’ Is Out Now

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/brooklyns-paul-feder-3-track-ep-never-sleep-is-out-now/
- Published: 2023-07-27T15:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Paul Feder is back with his follow up to 2021’s ‘Nightwalk’**

#### **The pop/electronica artist blends ambient tones, varies beats, emotive vocals**

Brooklyn-based electronic artist and synth tinkerer **Paul Feder** is back after
his 2021 ambient 80s pop-inspired EP** “**_**Nightwalk” **_with a new upcoming EP,**“**_**
Never Sleep”**. _Playing as a follow-up to its predecessor, **“**_**Never Sleep”**
_picks up right where **“**_**Nightwalk”** _left off. Feder’s unique combination
of ambient tones, varied beats and emotive vocals are an indication he’s decided
to stick with experimental electronica, and thank goodness he has.

Feder straddles the worlds of pop and experimental electronica, with the former 
very much on display in his earlier releases _**“Lose My Mind” **_and his remixes
of vocalist **Holly Abraham**’s 2018 hit _**“Shore” **_and **Jane In Space**‘s **“
_Mental Abrasions,_” **which were all decidedly more pop. With “_**Nightwalk”** 
_and the forthcoming **“**_**Never Sleep”**, _however, his experimental side is 
more forward as he explores the thoughts and feelings that plague us when the rest
of the world sleeps.

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Photo Credit: Rafal Buch

With “_**Nightwalk”** _being described by one reviewer at [Music-News.com](https://music-news.com/)
as _‘a lofty record that flows between observer and observed in a slick piece of
Euro-tinged electronica,’__** “Never Sleep” **_has a more down-to-earth focus. It
was written during and inspired by the pandemic so the thoughts and emotions contained
therein have a universal appeal, with its title track a sonnet to those afflicted
with insomnia due to anxiety during the lockdown.

A lifelong gearhead, Feder’s love for electronic music is firmly rooted in the 80s
and 90s, which comes through strongly on “_**Never Sleep”**_. In fact, the initial
tunes were written and recorded on his 90s-era Yamaha CS2X keyboard. 

These vintage synths permeate the whole EP and soothe the listener into nostalgia
while the ambient tones create a feeling of emotional safety as Feder’s vocals navigate
these difficult topics. The end result is a relatable, catchy piece of experimental
electro-pop.

In three songs, Feder channels bouts of insomnia _**(“Never Sleep”**_), explores
the growing divide between present time and youth (_**“Home”**_), and takes the 
listener on a symbolic train ride to the end of the line and beyond (_**“Wonderful
Day”**_). _**“Never Sleep”**_ is dedicated to Paul’s father, **Jack Feder,** who
passed away in December 2022. The EP was produced in Paul’s home studio in Brooklyn,
and mastered by **David Little Mastering**.  

_“My upcoming EP Never Sleep contains three songs I wrote in 2021-2022. It was a
hectic time both in the world and for me personally and these songs come out of 
that era. In early 2021 I unearthed my 90’s Yamaha CS2X keyboard from my parents’
attic and began to play, channeling pandemic anxiety into what would become the 
title track of the EP. Never Sleep is dedicated to my father, Jack Feder, who kept
encouraging me to “finish the songs!” when I had trouble letting them go. He passed
away in December 2022. I produced the EP in my home studio in Brooklyn, and it was
mastered by David Little Mastering.”   _

[**_Listen to “Never Sleep” on Spotify._**](https://open.spotify.com/album/7wshcWeeAqVlffZMqDOmYG?si=c-XbL3lSQCKcQi4uCRCSVA)

**More Info:**
Artist Name: Paul FederLocation: Brooklyn, NYRelease Title: Never
SleepRelease Date:  6/23/23Label:  Aion RecordsMusician Names/Instruments: Paul 
Feder (production, vocals)Producer Name(s): Paul Feder

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Similar/RIYL: Chvrches, The Postal Service, Electric Youth, Bon Iver
Genre(s): Synthpop,
Indie Electronic, Electropop, Indietronica

**Tracklist:  1. Never Sleep
2. Home3. Wonderful Day

**Press Quotes:  **
_“Spiritual, yearning, deeply organic electronic music that 
envelops you as it spirals onwards and upwards through the pixels of your mind” _–
Noho Arts District

_“Paul Feder Sparkles On ‘Lose My Mind’ Single” _– Breaking & Entering

_“Nightwalk is… a lofty record that flows between observer and observed in a slick
piece of Euro-tinged electronica” _– Music-News.com

_“Feder’s dreamy vocals imbue the lyrics with lingering timbres, at once haunting
and wistful.”_ – Tattoo.com

_“Paul Feder Smashes Debut With ‘Lose My Mind’ Single”_ – Global Dance Electronic

**Artist Biography:**

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Photo Credit: Rafal Buch

Paul Feder is a Brooklyn-based producer and DJ.  As an 80s kid, Paul would listen
with rapt attention whenever his parents would play their cassette tape of Trans
Europa Express by Kraftwerk.  This early exposure to electronic music set the stage
for Paul’s first mashups in high school, synth instrumentals in college, and MIDI
interfaces in grad school.  In his 20’s and 30’s, Paul started DJing and producing
vocoder synthpop songs as Pico Fermi.  In 2012 Paul co-founded Charcole Federation–
a sitar-infused electronic band – that released their eponymous EP in 2015, and 
performed at the Rubin Museum and Holi Festival of Colors.

One day in 2019, Paul brought a laptop, a synth, and an old beaten-up harmonizer
to Battalion Studios in Gowanus, Brooklyn.  The solitude of that day, coupled with
trying out old gear in a new way led to a creative and technical “aha moment”.  
Paul found his voice and his debut solo EP Nightwalk was born – a set of five songs
featuring sparse, open-ended lyrics and dense, visually evocative production, with
contributions by members of the band Jane In Space.

As a followup to Nighwalk, Paul is releasing a new three-song EP, Never Sleep.  
In early 2021 Paul unearthed his late 90’s Yamaha CS2X keyboard and began to play,
recording what would be the basis of the title track of the EP.  Written against
a backdrop of pandemic anxiety, Paul channels bouts of insomnia (“Never Sleep”),
explores the growing divide between present time and youth (“Home”), and takes the
listener on a symbolic train ride to the end of the line and beyond (“Wonderful 
Day”).  Never Sleep is dedicated to Paul’s father, Jack Feder, who passed away in
December 2022.  The EP was produced in Paul’s home studio in Brooklyn, and mastered
by David Little Mastering.  

Paul is currently working on a set of new songs that grapple with the future of 
creativity at the dawn of the AI era.

**Social Media:**
[Website](https://www.paulfeder.com/) | [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/paulfedermusic)
| [Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/paulfeder) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/djpaulfeder)
| [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tYHKTVlgUmLlt0zYRXi6G?si=HWUEoPWGR8SE97HpTdEb0w)
| [Bandcamp](https://paulfeder.bandcamp.com/) | [Soundcloud](https://www.soundcloud.com/paulfeder)
| [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe10aWeJfGN7NtxVDwaQa8w)

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