Russell Elevado

Russell Elevado (born in 1966 in the Philippines), is a recording engineer and record producer based in New York City. Elevado's achievement for recording and mixing contemporary R&B recording artist D'Angelo's critically acclaimedVoodoo album, gained him a Grammy award in 2000. "Voodoo" is now considered a "classic" album in the contemporary R&B genre and paved the way for the "neo-soul" movement. Elevado's "old school" engineering techniques and preference for using mostly vintage equipment gave the quality of the album a sound reminiscent of a classic soul or funk record but with a fresh approach fusing hip hop textures and psychedelic treatments heard on classic sixties and seventies rock records. In 2015 he and D'angelo won another Grammy for "Best R&B Album" on D'Angelo's "Black Messiah" album, the long-awaited follow up to Voodoo. Also notable, is his work with The Roots, Erykah Badu, Common and Bilal who were the leading artists of the neo-soul genre.

In 2009 he was nominated for best engineered album for engineering Al Green's "Lay it Down". Elevado has worked with some of the most influential artists and producers of his time including Alicia Keys (Elevado mixed her commercially successful debut single "Fallin'"), Questlove, Rick Rubin, Tony Visconti, Mark Ronson, Roberta Flack and Blackalicious to name a few. He remains faithful to analog recording techniques and equipment in the modern era of digital recording and is one of only a handful of engineers and producers who still prefer analog tape as their recording medium.

Selected discography

Full albums mixed


References

  1. ↑ Today - The New Formula (LP liner notes). Motown Record Company L.P. MOT-6309


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