Marcata reopens in the country...

Marcata Recording has moved out to the boonies! After being kicked out of our space in Harlem, our house engineer Kevin McMahon relocated the studio in Upstate New York, near New Paltz, about a 75 minute drive from Manhattan. The studio is now housed in a giant barn known as "The Ridge" which has two separate control rooms and two huge live rooms. One of the rooms sounds much like the old live room at Marcata, while the other even bigger space has a warmer, woodier sound.

As far as gear goes, one of the control rooms has a Harrison 4036A console and a Studer A80, while the other has an MCI 636 and an Otari MTR-90II. Both spaces are available for bands and switching between the two spaces takes a matter of minutes. A full gear list will be available soon. We've got Pro-tools. Check out the photos of The Ridge here.

To book a session or if you have any questions, contact Kevin at kevin@marcata.net.

The Good Ol' Days... Marcata's Harlem location was built in 1999 by Matt Barrick, Paul Maroon and Walter Martin of The Walkmen in a former Nash car factory. It opened in early 2000 and served as The Walkmen's primary recording space, as well as a recording studio open to other bands. In 2004, Kevin McMahon came along and took over running the studio and engineering the majority of the sessions.

Upon getting the news that they had to vacate, The Walkmen decided to record one more album as a farewell to Marcata. This last record was a faithful cover of the entirety of Harry Nilsson's Pussy Cats. "Pussy Cats Starring The Walkmen" was recorded in about ten days and features Marcata's own Kevin McMahon as engineer as well as a host of guest musicians. The record should be out this fall or winter.

a session at the ridge