gnac

gnac is a pseudonym used by songwriter and music producer Mark Tranmer. The name is derived from a short story by Italo Calvino in Marcovaldo titled Luna e GNAC (or "moon and gnac").

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 under the name The Montgolfier Brothers, releasing three albums.

Tranmer has also released an album under his own name, and has recorded with Ian Masters (of Pale Saints/Spoonfed Hybrid) under the name Wingdisk.

Discography Gnac Albums Friend Sleeping (1999), 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), Vertical Features

Compilations Sevens (2000), Rocket Girl Soviet Bureau (2004), Russia-only release via Soyuz

Singles, EPs In Mauve EP (1998), Amberly "The Moustache" (1998), Earworm "A Tangle With..." (1998), Kooky "Our Distance" (1999), Darla "Hennebert Sleeve" (1999), Liquefaction "18th Century Quiz Show" (1999), Acetone Split single with Smooth Operator (2001), Octane Gramaphone

Mark Tranmer Scoop of Ice-cream Moon (2004), Kooky

with The Montgolfier Brothers Albums Seventeen Stars (1999), Vespertine The World Is Flat (2002), Poptones All My Bad Thoughts (2005), Poptones

Singles "Pro Celebrity Standing Around" (2001), Poptones

with Wingdisk Time Is Running Out EP (2003), Isonauta