The Eli Janney interview
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Eli Janney is a multi platinum producer/ mixer/ engineer born and raised in Washington DC, learning the art of recording under the masterful ears of Don Zientara (‘Minor threat’, ‘Fugazi‘) and working with DC`s finest ( ‘Nation of Ulysses’, ‘Shudder to think‘ and ‘Jawbox’ ). Eventually started working as an engineer with producer Ted Niceley. In 1991 has moved to NY to persue a musical career with ‘Girls against Boys’, working on six albums and going out on the road with the band. During that time he was getting into remixing , and remixed groups like ‘Garbage‘, ‘Rage against the machine’, ‘Sneaker pimps’. In 2003 he had retired from touring to concentrate in studio life and since then worked with producers like Steve Lillywhite, and bands like ‘The soft pack’, ‘Holly F**k’, ‘Wilco‘, ‘Delamarca‘. ( Photo: In the studio w/ ‘The soft pack’ )
This is the first of a series of Lofiles interviews. Coming up next: ‘Apse’ and ‘Olafur Arnalds’.










