Photos

: photo by Alex Marks

: Photo by Peter Rubi

: Photo by Peter Rubi

: Peter Rubi, one of Obama’s campaign documentarians, takes some photos of the studio

: Photo by Alex Marks

: Photo by Alex Marks

: Brittain Ashford

: Grouper

: Grouper tracking

: Ross Cashiola of Hotel Brotherhood

The Deal

Marfa Recording Company is a recording studio and creative space in a former cavalry base in the high desert of Marfa, Texas, a stone's throw from the Chinati Foundation and surrounded by deer and wild plants.

Imagine It

Topo Chico, tumbleweeds, warm vintage amps, beautiful gear, the Milky Way at night -- an isolated Motown of the Far West Texas desert. Artists at Marfa Recording Co. get access to all the studio's amenities, engineering, and lodging in a friendly house at the edge of town with a backyard of untouched prairie.