Tag Archives: Sonic Ranch

Cloud Nothings: Last Building Burning

On October 19, 2018, “Carpark” label released “Last Building Burning”, the fifth Cloud Nothings studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, and was produced by Randall Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Dylan Baldi – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Chris Brown – guitar, backing vocals
  • T.J. Duke – bass, backing vocals
  • Jayson Gerycz – drums
  • Randall Dunn – mixing
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Dylan Baldi.

  1. On An Edge
  2. Leave Him Now
  3. In Shame
  4. Offer An End
  5. The Echo of the World
  6. Dissolution
  7. So Right So Clean
  8. Another Way of Life

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats: South Of Here

On June 28, 2024, “Stax” label released “South of Here”, the fourth Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Broken Creek Studio” in Colorado, “Sonic Ranch” in Texas, and was produced by Brad Cook.

Personnel:

  • Nathaniel Rateliff – vocals, piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, banjo, art direction
  • Luke Mossman – guitar, pedal steel
  • Mark Shusterman – Hammond B3, piano, muted piano
  • Joseph Pope III – bass
  • Patrick Meese – drums, keyboards, piano, Omnichord
  • Phil Cook – dobro, piano
  • Jeff Dazey – tenor saxophone
  • Matt Douglas – additional tenor saxophone
  • Andreas Wild – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Daniel Hardaway – trumpet
  • Gerardo Ordonez – horns, additional engineering
  • Paul Voran – engineer, mixing
  • Mario Ramirez – engineer assistant
  • Mark Anderson – additional engineer assistant
  • Chris Colbert – mastering
  • Rett Rogers – art direction, photography
  • Clay Condor – exterior layout
  • Telepath Design – interior layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Nathaniel Rateliff.

  1. David and Goliath
  2. Heartless
  3. Remember I Was a Dancer
  4. Get Used to the Night
  5. South of Here
  6. Everybody Wants Something
  7. Center of Me
  8. Cars in the Desert
  9. I Would Like to Heal
  10. Call Me (Whatever You Like)
  11. Time Makes Fools of Us All

Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit

On September 1, 2023, “Wax Nine” label released “Rabbit Rabbit”, the fourth Speedy Ortiz studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Rancho De La Luna” in Joshua Tree. “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, and was produced by Sadie Dupuis, Sarah Tudzin, Joey Doubek, Sadie Dupuis, Andy Molholt and Audrey Zee Whitesides.

Personnel:

  • Sadie Dupuis – vocals, baritone guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, doubleneck guitar, drum machine, synthesizer, piano, bedpan, motorcycle box, tambourine, recording, editing, artwork
  • Andy Molholt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, synthesizer, Wurlitzer, piano, Rhodes, OM-1, debit card, Mellotron, vocaloid, editing
  • Audrey Zee Whitesides – vocals, bass guitar, eight-string bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, delay
  • Joey Doubek – drums, shaker, tambourine, bells, synthesizer, spoons, shotglass, BB gun, whispers, slicer
  • Anna Arboles – vocals
  • Ram Cantu – vocals
  • Sarah Tudzin – vocals
  • David Catching – lap steel guitar
  • Darl Ferm – guitar
  • Devin McKnight – guitar
  • Ram Cantu – engineer, editing
  • Andy Tyler Clarke – engineer
  • Jon Russo – engineer
  • Jesse Weiss – engineer
  • Amar Lal – editing
  • Sarah Tudzin – recording, mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Sarah Elizabeth Dupuis.

  1. Kim Cattrall
  2. You SO2
  3. Scabs
  4. Plus One
  5. Cry Cry Cry
  6. Ballad of Y & S
  7. Kitty
  8. Who’s Afraid of the Bath
  9. Ranch vs Ranch
  10. Emergency & Me
  11. The Sunday
  12. Brace Thee
  13. Ghostwriter

Deerhunter: Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?

On January 18, 2019, “4AD” label released “Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?”, the eighth Deerhunter studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Marfa Recording” in Marfa, TX, “Sonic Ranch” in TX, “Seahorse Sound” in Los Angeles, “Maze” in Atlanta, “Attic of B. Cox” in Grant Park, Atlanta, and was produced by Cate Le Bon, Ben H. Allen, Ben Etter, Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Moses Archuleta, Josh McKay and Javier Morales.

Personnel:

  • Bradford Cox – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, piano, synthesizer, percussion, auxiliary drums, Chamberlin, tapes, engineer, mixing
  • Lockett Pundt – vocals, acoustic, slide, electric and twelve string guitars, mandolin, organ, piano, electric harpsichord; synthesizer
  • Javier Morales – piano, electric piano, Chamberlin, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, marimba, bass synthesizer, contrabass
  • Josh McKay – bass, contrabass, marimba, piano, electric piano, bells
  • Moses Archuleta – drums, synthesizer, mandolin
  • Cate Le Bon – vocals, mandolin, harpsichord
  • Tim Presley – abstract lead guitar on “Futurism”
  • Ben H. Allen III – synthetic bass system, mixing
  • Ian Horrocks – contrabass
  • James Cox – bass vocals
  • Ben Etter – engineer, mixing
  • Samur Khouja – engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Bradford Cox, except where noted. 

  1. Death in Midsummer
  2. No One’s Sleeping
  3. Greenpoint Gothie
  4. Element
  5. What Happens to People?
  6. Détournement
  7. Futurism
  8. Tarnung – Lockett Pundt
  9. Plains
  10. Nocturne

Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud

On March 27, 2020, Merge Records” label released “Saint Cloud”, the fifth Waxahatchee studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, “Long Pond” in New York, and was produced by Brad Cook.

Personnel:

  • Katie Crutchfield – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Bobby Colombo – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
  • Bill Lennox – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, percussion
  • Brad Cook – bass, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Nick Kinsey – drums, percussion
  • Josh Kaufman – electric guitar, piano, organ, percussion
  • Jerry Ordonez – engineer
  • Jon Low – additional engineering, mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • Mike Krol – design
  • Molly Matalon – photography
  • Andreina Byrne – set production

Track listing:

All tracks by Katie Crutchfield, except where noted.

  1. Oxbow
  2. Can’t Do Much
  3. Fire
  4. Lilacs
  5. The Eye
  6. Hell
  7. Witches
  8. War
  9. Arkadelphia
  10. Ruby Falls
  11. Saint Cloud

Sublime with Rome: Blessings

On May 31, 2019, “5 Music” label released “Blessings”, the third Sublime with Rome studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Sonic Ranch” in El Paso, Texas, and was produced by Rob Cavallo and Leigh Snyder.

Personnel:

  • Rome Ramirez – vocals, guitar
  • Eric Wilson – bass
  • Carlos Verdugo – drums, percussion
  • Gabrial McNair – trombone, keyboards
  • Eddie Zuko – guest vocals

Track listing:

  1. Blessing
  2. Light On
  3. Wild Fire
  4. Spiderweb
  5. Blackout
  6. Wicked Heart
  7. Survive
  8. May Day
  9. One Day at a Time
  10. Thank U
  11. For the Night

Big Thief: Two Hands

October 11, 2019, “4AD” label released “Two Hands”, the fourth Big Thief studio album. It was recorded July 2018 – April 2019, at “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, “Sound City” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Andrew Sarlo.

Personnel:

  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, guitar
  • Buck Meek – vocals, guitar
  • Max Oleartchik – vocals, bass,percussion
  • James Krivchenia – vocals, drums, percussion, mallets, cymbal
  • Andrew Sarlo – engineer, mixing
  • James Krivchenia – engineer, mixing
  • Dom Monks – engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Todd Carder – tape liaison
  • Keith Nelson – tape liaison
  • Sam Griffin Owens – tape liaison
  • Mario Ramirez – assistance
  • Joseph Lorge – assistance
  • Sarah Schiesser – design, layout
  • Dustin Condren – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Adrianne Lenker, except where noted.

  1. Rock and Sing
  2. Forgotten Eyes
  3. The Toy
  4. Two Hands
  5. Those Girls
  6. Shoulders
  7. Not
  8. Wolf
  9. Replaced – Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek
  10. Cut My Hair

Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

On April 18, 2011, “Temporary Residence Limited” label released “Take Care, Take Care, Take Care”, the sixth Explosions in the Sky studio album. It was recorded in September 2010, at “Sonic Ranch” in El Paso, Texas, and was produced by John Congleton.

Personnel:

  • Mark Smith – guitar, synthesizer
  • Munaf Rayani – guitar
  • Michael James – bass
  • Christopher Hrasky – drums
  • John Congleton – recording, mixing
  • Brad Bell – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Charles Godfrey – engineer assistant
  • Esteban Rey – artwork
  • Jeremy DeVine – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Smith, Munaf Rayani, Michael James and Christopher Hrasky.

  1. Last Known Surroundings
  2. Human Qualities
  3. Trembling Hands
  4. Be Comfortable, Creature
  5. Post Card from 1952
  6. Let Me Back In

Oh Sees: Face Stabber

On August 16, 2019, “Castle Face Records” label released “Face Stabber”, the twenty-second Oh Sees studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Sonic Ranch”, and was produced by Eric Bauer, Enrique Tena Padilla, Mario Ramirez, and John Dwyer.

Personnel:

  • John Dwyer – vocals, guitar, electronics, synthesizers, percussion, sax, samples, Mellotron, field recording
  • Tomas Dolas – organ, synthesizers, Mellotron, percussion
  • Tim Hellman – bass, percussion
  • Dan Rincon – drums, percussion
  • Paul Quattrone – drums, percussion
  • Mario Ramirez – percussion, engineer
  • Enrique Tena Padilla – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Eric Bauer – percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Brad Caulkins – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Brigid Dawson – additional vocals
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Bernd K. Eisenschmidt – cover artwork, adapted from “Swamp Demon” by Frank Frazetta
  • Brian Bamps – Inner sleeve artwork
  • Matthew Jones – layout

Track listing:

  1. The Daily Heavy
  2. The Experimenter
  3. Face Stabber
  4. Snickersnee
  5. Fu-Xi
  6. Scutum & Scorpius
  7. Gholü
  8. Poisoned Stones
  9. Psy-Ops Dispatch
  10. S. Luker’s Mom
  11. Heartworm
  12. Together Tomorrow
  13. Captain Loosely
  14. Henchlock

Bon Iver: I, I

On August 9, 2019, “Jagjaguwar” label released “I, I”, the fourth Bon Iver studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “April Base” in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, “Sonic Ranch” in Tornillo, Texas, and was produced by Chris Messina, Brad Cook, and Justin Vernon.

Personnel:

  • Sean Carey– voice, drums, piano
  • Matt McCaughan – drums, synthesis
  • Andrew Fitzpatrick – synthesis, guitar
  • Michael Lewis– bass guitar, synthesizers, saxophone
  • Justin Vernon– voice, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers, radio
  • Jenn Wasner– voice, guitar, synthesizers, chorus
  • Rob Moose– violin, viola, octave viola, piano, string arrangements, arrangements

Worm Crew – horns

  • Rob Moose– conducting
  • CJ Camerieri– trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn
  • Michael Lewis – tenor and soprano saxophones
  • Hideaki Aomori – clarinets, alto saxophone
  • Tim Albright – trombone
  • Randy Pingrey – trombone
  • Ross Garren – harmonicas
  • Trever Hagen – barn, shoes, slides, prepared trumpet f.
  • Wheezy– drum programming, programming
  • James Blake– vocals, Prophet 600
  • Mike Noyce – vocals
  • Jeremy Nutzman a.k.a. Velvet Negroni– vocals
  • Camilla Staveley-Taylor– vocals, distorted vocals
  • Aaron Dessner– piano, guitar
  • BJ Burton– programming, arrangement, TR 8’s
  • Buddy Ross – synthesizer, Messina, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Joe Rainey, Sr. – vocals
  • Michael Migizi Sullivan, Sr. – vocals
  • Phil Cook– voice, piano, B3
  • Zach Hanson – piano, keyboards, Juno
  • Brad Cook – synthesizer, basses, Folktek Modified Omnichord
  • Chris Messina – synthesizer, engineering, mixing
  • Ben Lester– CP-70 electric piano
  • Psymun– sampling
  • Brian Moen – drums
  • Jake Luppen – guitar
  • Bruce Hornsby– voice, piano
  • Elsa Jensen – voice
  • Moses Sumney– voice
  • Brooklyn Youth Chorus – chorus
  • Bryce Dessner– chorus, piano
  • Toni Pierce-Sands – claps
  • Christian Warner – voice
  • Graham Tolbert – voice
  • Noah Goldstein – programming
  • Francis Starlite– Buchla
  • Sad Sax of Shit – saxophones
  • Joe Westerlund – shaker
  • JT Bates – drums
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker– electric guitar
  • Zach Hanson – engineer, mixing
  • Marta Salogni – additional engineering
  • Jerry Ordonez – engineer assistant, additional mixing
  • Zac Hernandez – engineer assistant
  • Alli Rogers – assistant engineering
  • Rob Moose– string arrangements engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • BJ Burton– additional engineering, mixing
  • Trever Hagen – additional engineering
  • Andrew Sarlo – additional engineering
  • Josh Berg – additional engineering
  • Wayne Pooley – additional engineering
  • Bella Blasko – additional engineering
  • Noah Goldstein – additional engineering
  • Andra Chumas – executive production
  • Eric Timothy Carlson – art direction
  • Aaron Anderson – art direction
  • Graham Tolbert – photography
  • TU Dance – dance movement and visuals
  • Toni Pierce-Sands
  • Uri Sands
  • Taylor Collier – dancing
  • Jacob Lewis – dancing
  • Alexander Pham – dancing
  • Randall Riley – dancing
  • Alexis Staley – dancing
  • Christian Warner – dancing

Track listing:

  1. Yi – Justin Vernon, Trever Hagen, BJ Burton
  2. iMi – Justin Vernon, James Blake, Rob Moose, Brad Cook, Mike Lewis, Mike Noyce, BJ Burton, Jeremy Nutzman, Channy Leaneagh, Josh Bergon
  3. We – Justin Vernon, Wheezy, Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Andrew Sarlo
  4. Holyfields – Justin Venon, Brad Cook, Chris Messina, Rob Moose
  5. Hey, Ma – Justin Vernon, Brad Cook, BJ Burton
  6. U (Man Like) – Justin Vernon, Bruce Hornsby, Naeem Hanks, Chris Messina
  7. Naeem – Justin Vernon, BJ Burton, Trever Hagen, JT Bates, Noah Goldstein, Brad Cook
  8. Jelmore – Justine Vernon, Buddy Ross
  9. Faith – Justin Vernon, Camila Staveley-Taylor, BJ Burton, Francis Farewell Starlite
  10. Marion – Justin Vernon, Rob Moose
  11. Salem – Justin Vernon, Sean Carey, Channy Leaneagh, Andrew Broder
  12. Sh’Diah – Justin Vernon, Ryan Olson
  13. RABi – Justin Vernon, Brad Cook, Mike Lewis