Prairie Sun is a Grammy Award-winning, three studio, residential recording facility located just north of San Francisco. Our studios and guest facilities are on a ten acre ranch in the heart of the Sonoma County wine country. A commitment to exquisitely maintained, vintage analog microphones, consoles, tape machines, and outboard equipment.
We want you to be able to use the same gear your idols did to make your favorite records!. Total integration in all studios with the modern DAW production environment, including fast, stable Pro Tools systems, the best converters, and a continually growing collection of the latest and greatest plugins.
We want you to be able to use the same gear your idols did to make your favorite records!. Total integration in all studios with the modern DAW production environment, including fast, stable Pro Tools systems, the best converters, and a continually growing collection of the latest and greatest plugins.
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History
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The roar of a chainsaw marked the genesis of the legendary Prairie Sun Recording Studios, founded in 1978 when Mark "Mooka" Rennick bore a tremendous hole through the living room wall of his rental house.
In 1981, after being "encouraged" to relocate by beleaguered neighbors, Rennick partnered with Clifton Buck-Kauffman, an art collector and co-founder of the annual Cotati Accordion Festival, and moved Prairie Sun to the Buck-Kauffman family's 10-acre former chicken ranch just off west Highway 116.
In 1981, after being "encouraged" to relocate by beleaguered neighbors, Rennick partnered with Clifton Buck-Kauffman, an art collector and co-founder of the annual Cotati Accordion Festival, and moved Prairie Sun to the Buck-Kauffman family's 10-acre former chicken ranch just off west Highway 116.
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Prairie Sun offers two fully-equipped tracking rooms with some of the most unique and sonically interesting acoustical spaces in Northern California. Check out Bone Machine on Island Records with Tom Waits in the acclaimed "Waits" room. Prairie Sun is the perfect choice for tracking your project.
To suit every engineering taste, Prairie Sun offers two distinct mix studios with two very different mixing consoles: our flagship SSL room Studio A, our Neve room Studio B.And with extensive I/O, an unparalleled vintage outboard collection, and precise, accurate monitoring, Studio A also makes for an outstanding in-the-box mixing studio.
To suit every engineering taste, Prairie Sun offers two distinct mix studios with two very different mixing consoles: our flagship SSL room Studio A, our Neve room Studio B.And with extensive I/O, an unparalleled vintage outboard collection, and precise, accurate monitoring, Studio A also makes for an outstanding in-the-box mixing studio.
Why Prairie Sun
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Over 4 decades, hundreds of musicians and producers have chosen Prairie Sun to immortalize their music into a recording the world can enjoy. We know what an incredible decision this is: To choose the place that will transform the music you've created into a permanent record.
As times change and there are more options, we find that our heritage, our gear, and the uniqueness of our space continues to attract those who appreciate what Prairie Sun can bring to their music.Below you can hear directly from some of the artists and producers why they have chosen us.
As times change and there are more options, we find that our heritage, our gear, and the uniqueness of our space continues to attract those who appreciate what Prairie Sun can bring to their music.Below you can hear directly from some of the artists and producers why they have chosen us.
Get the Band Back Together
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Did you spend the best times of your life making music? At Prairie Sun, above all we honor the divine experience of making great music. All the old friends are back together again, but with a newfound maturity and appreciation for the opportunity to make music. It just feels great to be together and playing again, and - damn if it doesn't sound even better than it used to.
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Born in Peoria, Illinois. Avid voracious reader of political science, history. I want to be an artist. Period, says Rennick, who in his limited spare time plays in a politically charged spoken-word ensemble, The Abolitionists, and plays bass in various local bands. Amongst those are Michael Lee Firkins, Ritchie Kotzen, Greg Howe, Eric Gale.
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