Pachyderm Studios

The studio was founded in 1988 by Jim Nickel, Mark Walk and Eric S. Anderson, with acoustic design by Bret Theney of Westlake Audio. Located 35.8 mi (57.6 km) southeast of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, it is located in a secluded old-growth forest in rural Minnesota. The studio featured the same Neve 8068 recording console that was used in Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios as well as Studer tape machines. The house was designed by Herb Bloomberg, 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, after which his family took over ownership. ==Selected recordings made at Pachyderm==

• Seamonsters – The Wedding Present (1991) • Lulu – Trip Shakespeare (1991) • Fontanelle – Babes In Toyland (1992) • Throwing Copper – Live (1994) • Arise Therefore – Palace (1996) • Rapture – Bradley Joseph (1997) • Good News for Modern Man – Grant Hart (1999) • Acre Thrills – U.S. Maple (2001) • Everynight Fire Works - Hey Mercedes (2001) • From Here to Infirmary – Alkaline Trio (2001) • Stuart Davis – Stuart Davis (2001) • The End of All Things to Come – Mudvayne (2002) • Armchair Apocrypha – Andrew Bird (2007) • Prog – The Bad Plus (2007) • Wild Animals – Trampled by Turtles (2014) • Panic Stations – Motion City Soundtrack (2015) • The Cooling – Reina del Cid (2015) • Polar Similar – Norma Jean (2016) • Furnace – Dead Man Winter (2017) • Still Thirsty – Four Pints Shy (2018) • Life Is Good on the Open Road – Trampled by Turtles (2018) • Sigourney Fever – Trampled by Turtles (2019) • Red Tail – Dave Simonett (2020) • Once Twice Melody – Beach House (2022) • Caves – NEEDTOBREATHE (2023) • Midas – Wunderhorse (2024) • Chiello – Agonia (2025) ==References==