Career
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. 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""), The Roots, Rick Rubin, Tony Visconti, Erykah Badu, Roberta Flack, Blackalicious, and Common, to name a few. His 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 prefer analog tape as their recording medium which sets him apart from most of his peers.
