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31 May 2014

St. Christopher live in Paris, 1990.

"Tranmer went to see a band called St. Christopher at the (as was then) Spotted Cow pub in York and ended up joining that band sometime in 1989 to play guitar, keyboard and tambourine at their live shows. St. Christopher joined the Sarah label for a few years from around 1989, and did a fair bit of touring in England, Scotland, France and Switzerland with other Sarah bands including the Sea Urchins, Action Painting!, the Orchids, Heavenly, Another Sunny Day, and the Field Mice. Tranmer left the band in 1990."

Here are a couple of photos from the gig we did in Paris at the Sarah night in 1990. I am on the right hand side of the right hand photo, playing guitar. The photos look like they were taken in someone's front room in the middle of a sunny afternoon, but that that was definitely the stage of the club in the evening. I still remember that 30 metre yellow cable for my guitar that I tangled up soon after buying, and then never seemed to manage to fully untangle it again.

http://action-time.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/sarah-records-paris-venue-1990-part-3.html

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30 May 2014

Wingdisk * Departure Lounge (2003).

Ian Masters + Mark Tranmer = Wingdisk.

From the "Time is Running Out" 10" e.p. on Isonauta of France, 2003.

Alternative link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJwdQlO39s

Labels: Ian_Masters, Mark_Tranmer, Pale_Saints

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29 May 2014

gnac * cliques and clusters * from "the arrival of the fog" (2007)

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28 May 2014

VF017 special edition: a more detailed look at the packaging

A set of photos showing the packaging of VF017 The Red Pages / How Scarlet The Leaves special 2 CD edition of 100. Available from the shop here. Designed by Timothy O'Donnell.

Labels: Alessandra_Celletti, Mark_Tranmer

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The Montgolfier Brothers * Journey's End

The Montgolfier Brothers * Journey's End (2005).

Alternative link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ppuc_l1sQ

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27 May 2014

Mark Tranmer (gnac) and Alessandra Celletti * Slow Landscape

Mark Tranmer (gnac) and Alessandra Celletti * Slow Landscape parts 1 & 2 from "The Red Pages". Filmed from the Milan to Zurich train. Alternative link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_O4VWHssZs

Labels: Alessandra_Celletti, Mark_Tranmer

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marktranmer.com is back

my website http://www.marktranmer.com is live again. huge thanks to john cooper @ http://cerysmaticdesign.com for all his work on this.

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Alternate Sleeve for Scoop of Ice-Cream Moon (2004)

Alternate [unused] sleeve for Scoop of Ice-Cream Moon (2004). Photo is a garden in East Yorkshire.

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The Montgolfier Brothers at the King's Arms, 2011.

Roger Quigley and Mark Tranmer, 2011

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gnac playing live at 444 day (4th April 2004), Netherlands

gnac playing live at the Mu Foundation, Eindhoven, 2004. The only time I can recall doing a gig lying down on a beanbag.

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20 May 2014

Montgolfier Brothers Live in Manchester

The Montgolfier Brothers (Roger Quigley (voice) Otto Smart (guitar) & Mark Tranmer (piano)) played a very special concert at the Reading Room of the Central Library in Manchester on Thursday 15 May 2014. The event featured a showing of footage from the Library's local archive followed by the concert itself.

The setlist was:

1. Introductory Music: "Don't get upset if I ..."
2. Dave Campion: "Quite an Adventure"
3. Koffee Pot
4. The World Is Flat
5. Brecht's Lost Waltz (Summer is Over)
6. Journey's End
7. It's Over, It's Ended, It's Finished, It's Done.

Many thanks to those who attended this sold out performance.

Labels: gigs, Montgolfier_Brothers

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19 May 2014

Mark Tranmer on Soundcloud

The official Mark Tranmer (music) Soundcloud is the home of music by Mark Tranmer, gnac and Bad Dancers Collide.

Tracks already uploaded include Spanish Winter by Gnac and Raising Tower Blocks by Bad Dancers Collide (a collaboration between singer-songwriter Beth Carley and Mark Tranmer).

--> soundcloud.com/gnacmarktranmer

Labels: Bad_Dancers_Collide, gnac, Mark_Tranmer, Soundcloud

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18 May 2014

Welcome to marktranmer.com

We're back! We disappeared for a while back there due to technological difficulties but have taken the opportunity to give things a spruce up and integrate more content.

Welcome to the newly-relaunched website for Mark Tranmer and all associated projects including The Montgolfier Brothers, gnac, Bad Dancers Collide and more.

Labels: gnac, Mark_Tranmer, Montgolfier_Brothers, website