Different Fur Studios

San Francisco, United States

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Specialties

Recording, Mixing, Production, Mastering, Voice-​Over, Editing

History

Established in 1968.

Different Fur was founded by the electronic music composer and keyboardist Patrick Gleeson. Its name was suggested by beat poet Michael McClure while he was being recorded by Gleeson. By the early 1970s Gleeson was doing sessions with Jefferson Starship on his recently acquired 8-​track recorder and Moog synthesizer. It was his expertise in early synthesizers, like the Moog, which eventually led Gleeson to collaborations with Herbie Hancock, whom Gleeson credits with helping Different Fur get off the ground. By 1971 Gleeson was working with Hancock on his albums Crossings and Sextant. He went on to record many of the synthesizers on Hancock’s master work Head Hunters, as well as several solo albums at Different Fur.

Gleeson eventually sold Different Fur in 1985. However, it remains an active recording studio to this day. The studio is currently owned by Patrick Brown who has produced and engineered bands such as the Morning Benders, Toro y Moi, and A B & The Sea.