gnac is a pseudonym used by songwriter and music producer Mark Tranmer.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 766 The name is derived from a short story by Italo Calvino in
Marcovaldo
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titled ''Luna e GNAC'' (or "moon and gnac").
Tranmer's music has been described as "imaginary film soundtracks" with comparisons made to
Michael Nyman
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,
Ennio Morricone
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, and Michel Legrand.Vini Reilly has been identified as an influence.Kellman, And "GNAC Biography" Allmusic, retrieved 2011-01-21
After releasing several singles between 1998 and early 1999, his debut album, ''Friend Sleeping'', was released in July 1999 on the Vespertine label. For his second studio album he moved to Alan McGee's Poptones label. Tranmer also recorded with
Roger Quigley
Roger Patrick Martin Quigley (17 March 1969 – 18 August 2020) was an English singer-songwriter from Manchester, England, and one-half of the indie pop duo known as The Montgolfier Brothers.
Roger Quigley was born in Salford and studied fine ar ...
under the name
The Montgolfier Brothers
The Montgolfier Brothers were a British indie pop-dream pop duo which featured gnac's Mark Tranmer and Lovewood drummer Roger Quigley.
The group, which formed in 1999, has released several recordings. Roger Quigley died 18 August 2020.
Disc ...
, releasing two albums.
Tranmer has also released an album under his own name, and has recorded with Ian Masters (of Pale Saints/
Spoonfed Hybrid
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The band was formed in 1993 by Ian Masters and Chris Trout, initially as The Long Lost.Vespertine
*''Biscuit Barrel Fashion'' (2001), Poptones
*''Twelve Sidelong Glances'' (2006), LTM/Boutique NL
*''The Arrival of the Fog'' (2007), LTM/Boutique NL
*''The Red Pages'' (2010),
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All My Bad Thoughts
''All My Bad Thoughts'' was the third LP from The Montgolfier Brothers. It was released through the Vespertine and Son label in 2005.
Track listing
#"The First Rumours of Spring" – 3:58
#"Don't Get Upset If I..." – 2:32
#"All My Bad Thought ...