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🏛️ Historic Recording Studio Est. 1993 📍 Joshua Tree, California, USA 4 Landmark Records

Rancho De La Luna

Founder: Fred Drake & Dave Catching

Chief Engineers: Fred Drake, Dave Catching, Chris Goss

Active Era: 1993 – Present

🔊 Acoustic Lore & Room Character

The open-air desert environment and lack of commercial time pressure produced the legendary Desert Sessions series and the psychedelic low-end tone of Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. Guitars often recorded with room doors open to capture Mojave evening breeze ambience.

🎚️ Equipment & Tracking Philosophy

A residential recording studio nestled in the high desert of Joshua Tree. Utilizes vintage tape machines, rare tube fuzz pedals, antique organs, and eclectic oddities. Sessions often take place between communal meals, mezcal, and night stargazing.

Landmark Records Tracked at Rancho De La Luna

Seminal albums recorded in this acoustic space

2000 Chris Goss

Queens of the Stone Age

Rated R (Sessions)

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
1994 Chris Goss

Kyuss

Welcome to Sky Valley (Sessions)

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2001 Chris Goss

Masters of Reality

Deep in the Hole

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2004 Dave Catching

Eagles of Death Metal

Peace, Love, Death Metal

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔