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Pet Sounds Studio as it existed circa 1997.


The Pet Sounds Recording Studio, (usually referred to as simply Pet Sounds Studio or Pet Sounds, after the Beach Boys' album of the same name), is a recording studio located in Denver, Colorado, founded by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo and Jim McIntyre of Von Hemmling. Many Elephant 6 albums have been recorded in the studio, including the critically acclaimed Neutral Milk Hotel album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

History

1170 Elati Street, Denver, Colorado

Robert Schneider, one of the founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Co., began producing music for various Elephant 6 bands (including his own) in the mid-1990s. A number of these earlier recording sessions would occur at Schneider's friend Kyle Jones's house in Denver, Colorado. Jones referred to the studio as the "Sleeping Brotherhood" while Schneider would call it "Pet Sounds". It is also referred to as The Elephant 6 Recording Co. in the liner notes for albums such as The Apples in Stereo's Hypnotic Suggestion EP or Neutral Milk Hotel's On Avery Island. ("The Elephant 6 Recording Co." would also briefly exist as a functional record label before simply referring to the collective of like-minded musicians.)

The first official incarnation of Pet Sounds Studio would be created around 1997 after Schneider would move his recording equipment from Jones's residence to friend and ex-Apples member Jim McIntyre's residence at 1170 Elati Street. The studio in the house would be decorated with detailed murals painted by Steve Keene, originally for The Apples music video for "Tidal Wave". Recordings in this studio would include sessions for Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and The Minders' Hooray for Tuesday, as well as early singles for McIntyre's solo project Von Hemmling.

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Bands in the collective
The Apples in Stereo | Beulah | Black Swan Network | Chocolate USA | Circulatory System | Dixie Blood Mustache | Dressy Bessy | Elf Power | The Essex Green | Frosted Ambassador | The Gerbils | The High Water Marks | Major Organ and the Adding Machine | Marbles | The Minders | The Music Tapes | Neutral Milk Hotel | The Olivia Tremor Control | Orchestre Fantastique | Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't | Secret Square | The Sunshine Fix | ulysses | Von Hemmling
Other notable bands and side projects
The American Revolution | Bablicon | Fablefactory | Great Lakes | A Hawk and a Hacksaw | Icy Demons | The Instruments | The Ladybug Transistor | The Late B.P. Helium | M Coast | Marta Tennae | Midget and Hairs | My First Keyboard | Of Montreal | Synthetic Flying Machine | Thimble Circus | Visitations
Related articles
Bill Doss | Jeff Mangum | Robert Schneider | Will Cullen Hart | Hilarie Sidney | Laura Carter | Jeremy Barnes | Jill Carnes | David Barnes | Julian Koster | Derek Almstead | Scott Spillane | John Fernandes | Pet Sounds Studio | Orange Twin Records
Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group the Beach Boys. It has been widely ranked as one of the most influential record albums ever released, including The Mojo Magazine and New Musician Express, who both rank the album at number one in their all-time lists.
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City and County of Denver

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Nickname(s): The Centennial State
Motto(s): Nil sine numine

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For the actor and comedian, see Rob Schneider.


Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is one of the co-founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, along with Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, and Jeff Mangum.
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The Apples in Stereo is an American indie rock band associated with the innovative Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel, of Montreal and The Olivia Tremor Control.
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Jim McIntyre is a musician most famously known as the man behind the Elephant 6 band Von Hemmling. He was also the original bassist for The Apples in Stereo before leaving in 1993.
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Von Hemmling is the solo project of Jim McIntyre. It is one of many bands associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Though Jim McIntyre is the band's primary performer, Hilarie Sidney and John Hill have both been members of Von Hemmling before becoming members of The Apples
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The Elephant 6 Recording Company (or simply Elephant 6) is a collective of American musicians who spawned some of the most notable independent bands of the 1990s, including The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Of Montreal.
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Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band. The band's chief lyricist and songwriter, Jeff Mangum, played with a number of other musicians on the band's two full-length albums.
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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
(1998)

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second and final album by American indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, released in February 1998 in the U.S. on Merge Records and in May 1998 in the UK on Blue Rose Records.
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The Apples in Stereo is an American indie rock band associated with the innovative Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel, of Montreal and The Olivia Tremor Control.
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Hypnotic Suggestion EP is the second EP by The Apples in Stereo. The album was released in 1994.

The EP's four tracks were later re-released on 1996 compilation album Science Faire, after the release of the band's debut full-length LP
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On Avery Island
(1996) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
(1998)

On Avery Island is the debut album of Neutral Milk Hotel.

Track listing

  1. "Song Against Sex" – 3:40
  2. "You've Passed" – 2:54

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Steve Keene is an American artist who believes in mass producing hand painted works of art for the masses. He was called the 'Assembly-Line Picasso' by Time magazine.
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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
(1998)

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second and final album by American indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, released in February 1998 in the U.S. on Merge Records and in May 1998 in the UK on Blue Rose Records.
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The Minders are a band closely associated with The Elephant Six Collective. Started by Martyn Leaper in Denver, CO in 1996, the band's current members include Leaper on guitars and vocals, Rebecca Cole on keyboards, Jeff Almond on guitar, Marc Willhite on bass, and Joel Burrows on
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Hooray for Tuesday

Studio album by The Minders
Released September 22, 1998
Genre Indie Pop
Length 25:02
Label spinART
Producer Robert Schneider
Professional reviews
  • All Music Guide (4/5) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.

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Von Hemmling is the solo project of Jim McIntyre. It is one of many bands associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Though Jim McIntyre is the band's primary performer, Hilarie Sidney and John Hill have both been members of Von Hemmling before becoming members of The Apples
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The Apples in Stereo is an American indie rock band associated with the innovative Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel, of Montreal and The Olivia Tremor Control.
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Black Swan Network is a musical side project of The Olivia Tremor Control. With contributions from Neutral Milk Hotel members Jeff Mangum and Julian Koster, as well as individual contributions from Kirk Pleasant of Calvin, Don't Jump! and fablefactory's Roxanne Martin, it was
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Chocolate USA is best known as the first band of The Music Tapes' and Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster. With Koster as singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter, he joined up with Liza Wakeman, Alan Edwards, Paul Wells and Keith Block under the name Miss America in 1989.
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Circulatory System is a psychedelic rock musical ensemble formed by musician/painter Will Cullen Hart, and featuring Hannah Jones, Derek Almstead, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, and Heather McIntosh.
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Laura Carter is a multi-instrumentalist musician from Athens, GA. She is more notably in the indie rock band Elf Power, but has performed with a number of bands within the Elephant Six Collective, such as The Gerbils, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Dixie Blood Moustache.
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Dressy Bessy is an indie rock band from Denver, Colorado, associated with the Elephant Six Collective. Guitarist John Hill also plays with The Apples in Stereo. Lead vocalist/guitarist Tammy Ealom formed the band with drummer Darren Albert and guitarist turned bassist Rob Greene in
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Elf Power is an indie rock band. They are originally from Athens, Georgia, and consist of guitarist/vocalist Andrew Rieger, keyboardist Laura Carter, guitarist Jimmy Hughes, bassist Derek Almstead, violinist John Fernandes, cellist Heather McIntosh, and drummer Josh Lott.
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The Essex Green are an indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY. The band is primarily composed of songwriters Jeff Baron, Sasha Bell and Chris Ziter, and specialize in a classic sound inspired by 1960s–1970s pop and folk in the tradition of bands like The Left Banke and Fairport
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Frosted Ambassador was an enigmatic release on Kindercore Records in 1999. While press releases claimed a long career in bands named Chronicle Ape and the New Sound and a failed solo career before "moving to Belgium to study toast," evidence suggests that the project was actually
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The Gerbils were an indie rock band that formed in Athens, GA in 1998. Part of the Elephant Six Collective, the band released two albums and toured nationwide during their tenure.
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The High Water Marks is an indie rock band associated with the Elephant 6 collective. The band has two lead creative members, Hilarie Sidney and Per Ole Bratset, who co-write the band's music.
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