years_active name background article_title birth_name occupation
1999-present gnac non_performing_personnel gnac
 mark tranmer songwriter , music producer
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 entitled `` luna e gnac '' -lrb- or `` moon and gnac '' -rrb- .
tranmer 's music has been described as `` imaginary film soundtracks '' with comparisons made to michael nyman , ennio morricone , and michel legrand .
vini reilly has been identified as an influence .
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 two albums .
tranmer has also released an album under his own name , and has recorded with ian masters -lrb- of pale saints/spoonfed hybrid -rrb- under the name wingdisk .
