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Russian Recording

Russian Recording is an analog and digital recording studio in Bloomington, Indiana, owned and operat The studio is located near downtown Bloomington, IN.

Russian Recording is a professional recording studio owned and operated by Mike Bridavsky. Everything works here. Russian Recording has provided production, recording, mixing and mastering services to over 500 local, regional, national and international artists since 2003. The studio is home to a comprehensive assortment of modern and vintage recording equipment and musical instruments. At the hea

rt of the studio is a fully refurbished 1975 Sphere Eclipse Alpha Series II 24 channel, 16 buss mixing console, paired with an extensive collection of high-end outboard compressors, preamps, EQs and microphones. We also have a generous selection of instruments, including dozens of guitars, basses, and amplifiers, and a wide variety of keyboards, drum sets and acoustic instruments, including a new grand piano. The studio consists of three tracking rooms; a spacious live room (23'x28'x17'), a live isolation room (10'x11'x13.5') and a dead isolation room (9'x10'x12'). Each room has been acoustically treated and has its own distinct sound, providing a wide variety of sonic options, from huge and live to tight and dry. The control room (13'x16'x11.5') is a spacious and acoustically neutral listening environment with plenty of natural light. We also have a roomy lounge with a kitchenette, wide flat screen television, video games and ample couch space. Website: http://www.russianrecording.com
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To inquire about booking a session, email: [email protected]

04/11/2025

Mixpppens (the x is silent, as is the third p) and I have been busy mixing the new LP this past couple weeks. We’ve got a couple more mixing collabs in the pipeline, and then our calendar finally opens up. I’ve been loving living this but dream of tracking a record again so I can keep my social skillz sharp like mixpppens clawz. Always still happy to mix a record, master one, or all of the above. HMU in the DMs to make rock happen in 2025.

03/31/2025

I'm particularly proud of my work on the new episode of the award-winning podcast - so proud that I took this posed photo of myself looking proud. I've been having fun adding soundscapes with our Juno synth and sound effects for a more immersive listening experience.

As always, phenomenal and important storytelling from my exceedingly impressive and talented love, Stacy.

GIve it a listen - link in bio

03/21/2025

This is Damion- he’s been studio staff for over 6 years. We took these photos three years ago when his last record came out. I’ve photoshopped the new cover over the old one to celebrate the release of his new record “I’m Gonna Lose Control”. It’s an exemplary collection of snappy riffs, sizzling hooks, moody sounds, and dusky imagery. It’s good. REAL good. Congratulations on another killer record, dude.

Recorded and produced here by Lewis Rogers and .ritter, drummed by and mixed and mastered here by .

See you at the LP release show tomorrow night at The Bishop Bar

03/14/2025

Come record here

02/24/2025

Glad to have White Reaper and Joey Oxaca at the studio for a few days.

Do you wish you could make a record here? Stop wishing and start making. L Rent the studio to make all of your next hit records as an artist, engineer, producer, or all of the above.

Keep it classy. TTYL.

02/18/2025

I put yesterday's mixing video on our youtube channel in case anyone wants to watch/hear it with (much) better audio - I didn't realize the quality was so bad on Reels. Link in bio, nerds.

01/28/2025

Here are some awesome photos of the studio by our forever friend for a new website that’s launching this year.

Better late than never, I suppose: 2024 was a year full of making many great records. We had the pleasure of recording, mixing and mastering records for local nomad Patrick Jennings, former Bloomington legends Evening Standards, and hometown heroes like Damion, Mindfully Blind, Grace Newlin, Piney Woods, and George Moropurgo. I was lucky enough to remotely mix about a dozen records last year for non-local artists including Mute Forest (Denver), Major Murphy (Grand Rapids), Fern Murphy (Indy), Daz and the Demons (Los Angeles), Long Twins (Portland), The Royal Firecrackers (San Francisco), Into It/Over It (Chicago), and Charm School (Lousivlle), and the distinct honor of hosting Baltimore’s Angel Du$t (Baltimore). We feel very lucky to be able to work with such special folks in our special studio.

This year is already shaping up to be pretty solid - please get in touch if you’d like to secure some dates, whether you want to come record, have us mix or master something, or you’re a freelance engineer that wants to make a record here (we’ve got accommodations). We do it all, baby, and we do it well.

01/16/2025

David Lynch embodied pure artistic creativity to the limit. What a treasure to human existence.

Three of our studio cats were named after Twin Peaks characters (Special Agent Dale Cooper, Josie, and Vivian), and here is an amazing drawing by my friend Jen Miller of BUB as Log Lady' log. I originally wanted to name our live room, live iso room and dead room the Great Northern, The Black Lodge, and The White Lodge.

Thanks for your art and inspiration, David Lynch.

12/31/2024

At the beginning of this year I finally got to officially say bye to BUB, in the middle of the year I lost my friend and mentor Steve Albini, a few weeks ago I lost my dad, and there’s more that I don’t care to talk about. It has been a year of monumental losses, to say the least. But it's also a year of closure and new beginnings. This year, I wrapped up tons of really big projects, some of which I had been working on for years, and that feels good. I’m really looking forward to a New Year and some new exciting projects. Huge thanks to and Alex Mann for their hard work this year and keeping this place awesome. Happy New Year, ya nerds.

10/25/2024

We have so many mics for sale, it's crazy. This first pic is about 30% of it. Ribbons, dynamics, condensers, tube mics, classics, rarities, everything you could dream of. Outboard as well. DM for full list or questions, swipe through to see some of it.

I've been restoring these mics, many of them for years, and they are all tested and in perfect working order.I'm needing to cover some big expenses I've been neglecting for years... like property taxes, LOL. So I'm trying to find new homes for a bunch of mics we've restored, some mics from our working mic closet (we have more than enough, it's ok), and some outboard gear that just isn't getting used as much as I'd expected. You can DM me for a full list of everything and prices and swipe through to see some of what's available.

10/15/2024

Things just got a lot cooler in our control room with the addition of a pair of near-field Foxes for our client couch (time aligned to our Gorillas) and their all analog Elephant subwoofer which integrates seamlessly with our mid-field Gorillas. We can finally use the subwoofer section of our console.

The Elephant was designed to be paired with the Gorillas at its lowest low pass setting at 30 Hz (because that's how deep the Gorillas go) and that added sub octave with such incredible low frequency transient response is unlike anything I've ever heard.

The Foxes have an almost identical frequency response to the Gorillas, dropping off just a little higher at an impressive 45 Hz. By time aligning them to the Gorillas, it offers a seamless listening experience for clients sitting on the couch and keeps people from hovering over me at the desk which is the greatest feature of this setup.

These speakers have literally changed the way I work and have resulted in the greatest improvements in my work in over two decades of making records. I don't make dramatically bold claims like this lightly, and this is not a paid advertisement.

If anyone wants to hear them in our room, I'd be happy to have you over for a listen, just shoot me a dm

10/10/2024

Calling all Bloomingtonians! Former Bloomington staple drove up with an empty van from Asheville, NC so he could fill it up with needed supplies to bring back to help those who need it the most. If you would like to help, please bring any of the items in the list below to the big garage door at the studio, 1021 S. Walnut St, before 8pm tonight (thursday), between 9am and 7pm tomorrow (friday), or between 7am and 9am Saturday morning.

If you're not in the area but would like to help, you can make a monetary donation with

Thanks for helping people help people help people.

Here are the items needed (no food or water please!):
Cat and dog food
over the counter pet meds & supplements
human diapers
Benadryl
body wipes
surface wipes
kids’ activities stuff (coloring books, crayons, games)
coats for (all ages)

09/26/2024

The rehearsal space we've been working on in the back half of our building is now ready. Originally to be called Russian Rehearsing (clever, I know), it's officially called Bloomington Practice and Project. It's loaded with nice musical instruments, a great PA, and is acoustically treated to help you hear things nicely. We can also provide equipment for recording your practice or recording a demo.

Bloomington Practice and Project is now available to be rented for practice, to record a demo project, podcasts, or whatever else you may want to in there. If you or anyone you know may have a use for a space like this, please send em our way.

09/11/2024

The producer.

Address

1021 S Walnut Street
Bloomington, IN
47401

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 10pm
Tuesday	10am - 10pm
Wednesday	10am - 10pm
Thursday	10am - 10pm
Friday	10am - 10pm
Saturday	10am - 10pm
Sunday	10am - 10pm

Telephone

+18123238777

Website

http://www.russianrecording.com/

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