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in rural Minnesota. The studio was founded in 1988 by Jim Nickel, Mark Walk and Eric S. Anderson, with acoustic design by Bret Theney of

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. It boasted the same Neve 8068 recording console that was used in

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's Electric Lady Studios as well as Studer tape machines. The house was designed by Herb Bloomberg, architect of Old Log Theatre 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'' – Trampled by Turtles (2019) * '' Life Is Good on the Open Road'' – Trampled by Turtles (2018) * '' Wild Animals'' – Trampled by Turtles (2014) * '' Armchair Apocrypha'' – Andrew Bird (2007) * ''

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'' – The Jayhawks (1992) * '' In Utero'' – Nirvana (1993) * ''

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(2007) * '' Panic Stations'' – Motion City Soundtrack (2015) * '' Polar Similar'' – Norma Jean (2016) * ''

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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