Pachyderm Recording Studio is a residential music recording studio located in

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, 35.8 mi (57.6 km) southeast of

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. It is located in a secluded old-growth forest in rural

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. The studio was founded in 1988 by Jim Nickel, Mark Walk and Eric S. Anderson, with acoustic design by Bret Theney of Westlake Audio. It boasted the same Neve 8068 recording console that was used in Jimi Hendrix's

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as well as

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tape machines. The house was designed by Herb Bloomberg, architect of

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and founder of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. The studio went into a decline in the mid-2000s, after original co-owner Jim Nickel sold the property. It went into a state of disrepair for many years, though bands occasionally still recorded there. It was purchased by engineer John Kuker in 2011 out of foreclosure and remodeled over the next three years. Kuker died on February 2, 2015 at the age of 40. The studio is currently operational; the home, studio and grounds have been renovated. Musicians are able to use and record with the wide variety of musical equipment and guitars that Kuker collected.

Selected recordings made at Pachyderm

* ''Red Tail'' – Dave Simonett (2020) * ''Furnace'' – Dead Man Winter (2017) * ''Sigourney Fever'' –

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(2019) * ''

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(2018) * '' Wild Animals'' –

(2014) * ''

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(2007) * '' Arise Therefore'' – Palace (1996) * '' From Here to Infirmary '' –

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(2001) * '' Grave Dancers Union'' – Soul Asylum (1992) * '' Hollywood Town Hall'' –

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(1992) * ''

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(1993) * '' Rapture'' –

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(1997) * '' Rid of Me'' – PJ Harvey (1993) * '' Seamonsters'' – The Wedding Present (1991) * '' Stuart Davis'' – Stuart Davis (2001) * '' Sound as Ever'' –

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(1993) * '' The End of All Things to Come '' –

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(2002) * ''

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'' – Live (1994) * '' Fontanelle'' – Babes In Toyland (1992) * '' Prog'' –

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(2007) * '' Panic Stations'' –

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(2015) * ''

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'' – Norma Jean (2016) * '' Good News for Modern Man'' –

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(1999) * ''Still Thirsty'' – Four Pints Shy (2018) * ''

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(2022) * ''The Cooling'' –

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(2015)

References

External links

*
Live Nirvana Sessions History: In Utero

- archived version of the studio's pre-2009 website

- a list of experiences by artists who have recorded at Pachyderm Studios {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Goodhue County, Minnesota Music venues in Minnesota Recording studios in the United States 1988 establishments in Minnesota