Mooka (Mark E. Rennick) Mooka at the board Born 1952, April 5, Stark
Mooka on bass In 1981, after being “encouraged” to relocate by
beleaguered neighbors, Rennick teamed with Clifton Buck-Kaufman, an art
collector and co-founder of the annual Cotati Accordion Festival, and moved
Prairie Sun to an old 12-acre chicken ranch just off west Highway 116. Named
for the Prairie Grass Restoration Project in Rennick's native
Mooka with Ramblin’ Jack Eliot at Prairie Sun Now in his third decade of operation, the studio is known as a residential recording facility with a technical bent toward vintage analog-recording equipment as well as state-of-the-art digital technology. Van Morrison, Greg Allman, Kate Wolf, Mickey Hart, Primus, Faith No More, the Melvins, Ramblin’ Jack Eliot, and surf music creator Dick Dale all have recorded at Prairie Sun or used its post-production facilities. Producer and engineer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Led Zeppelin) does work at PSR, as does Sonoma County artist Tom Waits, whose Bone Machine CD, winner of the 1992 Grammy for Best Alternative release, was co-produced by Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan, entirely at Prairie Sun.
Mooka Online Prairie Sun Recording Studio hompage |