Russell Elevado

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Russell Elevado (born Russell Roque Elevado in 1966 in the Philippines), aka Russ Elevado, is a recording engineer and record producer raised in New York City. Elevado's achievement for recording and mixing R&B recording artist D'Angelo's critically acclaimedVoodoo album, gained him a Grammy award in 2000. Following the success of Voodoo, he has worked with some of the most influential artists and producers of his time. Elevado's work is considered to have a "vintage sound" and he remains faithful to analog recording techniques and equipment in the modern era of digital recording. He is one of only a handful of engineers and producers who still use analog tape as their recording medium which sets him apart from most of his peers. Other notable artists that Elevado has worked with include Alicia Keys (Elevado mixed her commercially successful debut single "Fallin'"), The Roots, Erykah Badu, Roberta Flack, Al Green, Blackalicious, and Common.

[edit] Selected Discography

Full albums mixed

D’Angelo- “Voodoo” (Engineered and mixed)
Roy Hargrove presents The RH Factor- “Hard Groove” (Co-produced, engineered and mixed)
Roy Hargrove RH factor- “Strength” (Co-produced, engineered and mixed)
Roy Hargrove RH factor- “Distractions” (Co-produced, engineered and mixed)
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party- Soundtrack w/ various artists
Jay–Z Feat. The Roots- “MTV Unplugged”
Goapele- “Change It All”
Corneille- “Birth of Cornelius” (Engineered and mixed)
Patrice- “Nile”
Tye Tribbett & G.A- “Life”
Nikka Costa- "Everybody’s Got Their Something”
Blackalicious- “Blazing Arrow”
Blackalicious- “The Craft”
Dandy Warhols- “Welcome To The Monkey House”
Karl Denson- “The Bridge”
Boney James- “Ride”
Saul Williams- “Amethyst Rock Star”
Keziah Jones- “Black Orpheus”
Vikter Duplaix- “International Affairs”