Pachyderm Studio
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The Pachyderm Recording Studio, located in rural Cannon Falls, Minnesota southeast of the Twin Cities, is one of the most famous recording studios in Minnesota, perhaps second after Prince's Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis. A secluded location on a 40 acre private park in old-growth woods with a trout stream, along with vintage recording equipment including tube microphones and a Neve 8068 console (the same board that was used in Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studio) have lured many well-known artists to the site. The $3.5 million-dollar facility offers lodging in a 6,000 square foot house that boasts an indoor pool and sauna. The house was designed by Herb Bloomberg, a top student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Internationally renowned for the uniquely warm and full sonic characteristics of its performance rooms, the studio was designed by Bret Theney of Westlake Audio.
Nirvana recorded the album In Utero, their last studio album, at Pachyderm. Most recently Pachyderm has played host to The Polyphonic Spree (January and February 2006), Brian Setzer (May 2006), and Howie Day (October 2006).
[edit] Selected recordings made at Pachyderm
- Arise Therefore – Palace
- From Here To Infirmary – Alkaline Trio
- Hollywood Town Hall – The Jayhawks
- In Utero - Nirvana
- Rapture – Bradley Joseph
- Rid of Me – P. J. Harvey
- Seamonsters - The Wedding Present
- Southcoast – Ramblin' Jack Elliot (Grammy-winning)
- Stuart Davis - Stuart Davis
- The End Of Things To Come – Mudvayne
- Things We Do and Circle – Indigenous
- Throwing Copper – Live
- Various works by: Babes In Toyland, Explosions in the Sky, Greg Brown, Golden Smog, Joe Henry, Mason Jennings, Alice Peacock, Son Volt, Soul Asylum, Superchunk, The Appleseed Cast, The Breeders, The Wedding Present, They Might Be Giants
