GNAC is a musical project by Mark Tranmer that began in 1990. The inclusion of early single “The Broken Fall” on Tim Burgess & Bob Stanley’s 2019 “Tim Peaks” compilation, was a catalyst for recent GNAC activity: Tranmer performed & recorded the album Afternoon Frost (2021) from his home studio in Stirling, Scotland, during 2020ʼs enforced solitude. There was a Tim’s Twitter Listening Party for this album. A new GNAC album, with 11 brand new tracks, will be released on vinyl, CD, & digital on 24th March 2023.

GNAC have played live in Seville, Manchester, London, Glasgow & Stirling. GNAC music has been used on TV – e.g. BBC documentaries on David Hockney, & John le Carré. 
As well as being a member of GNAC, Mark Tranmer was also a member of The Montgolfier Brothers with the late Roger Quigley (1969-2020) R.I.P. The Montgolfier Brothers recorded for Alan McGee's post Creation label, Poptones, as well as for Salford-based Vespertine Records. Mark Tranmer is a member of Vetchinsky Settings with James Hackett of Glasgow band The Orchids. Tranmer also recorded an album with Italian classical piano virtuoso, Alessandra Celletti, in Rome.

“This is inescapably music. Chamber music, possibly...with enough post-rock plinks, plonks & percussion to reassure you itʼs not 1602.” —Kitty Empire, pop music critic, The Observer

“Tranmer's music has been one of the soundtracks to my life for many years now, not least during the writing of my new novel. I love the way his supple, original music can either soothe you in the background or absorb you in the foreground.” —Jonathan Coe, author of The Rottersʼ Club, Middle England, & Bournville.

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