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Marty Kinack

Martin Davis (Marty) Kinack is a Canadian record producer and sound technician. He is most noted for his work with Broken Social Scene, Hayden, and Sarah Harmer.

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Martin Davis (Marty) Kinack is a Canadian record producer and sound technician. He is most noted for his work with Broken Social Scene, Hayden, and Sarah Harmer.1

Career

Kinack was a member of the band Transistor Sound & Lighting Co., who released a self-titled album on ViK. Recordings in 1998.2

Kinack toured with Sarah Harmer in 2001, playing guitar and organ.3 In 2004, working in a studio set up in Harmer's home near Kingston, he co-produced and performed on her album All of Our Names.456 He was the producer of a number of releases by the band Apostles of Hustle.7

Kinack began touring as a sound engineer with Broken Social Scene in 2003.8 He later worked as a producer for many of the band's recordings.2 He later produced an album for the Toronto band, The Beauties.9

In 2015, Kinack was a member of Laser, an electro-pop trio with Lisa Lobsinger and Paul Pfisterer. Their debut album, Night Driver, was released in early 2016.101112

References

References

  1. Siddiqui, Tabassum (2005-09-29). "Music Week". Eye Weekly.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. "Retrospective Reviews: Transistor Sound & Lighting Co.'s Self-Titled Album". Vice, Matt Williams, Jan 6 2015.
  3. "Sarah.Harmer". Pollstar, 9/10/2001
  4. Larry LeBlanc (7 February 2004). "Harmer's faith in 'Names' " - Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 53. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. "SARAH’S EDGE". Macleans, April 5 2004
  6. "Sarah Harmer All of Our Names". CokeMachineGlow, By Scott Reid | 23 March 2004
  7. "Apostle of Hustle Masters of the Realm". Exclaim!, By Michael Barclay, May 21, 2009.
  8. Stuart Berman (16 May 2009). This Book is Broken: A Broken Social Scene Story. House of Anansi Press Incorporated. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-77089-058-9.
  9. "The Beauties finally admit it: they’re a real band". Toronto Star, Ben Rayner, May 26, 2010
  10. "Broken Social Scene's Lisa Lobsinger Launches Laser With 'Leaving It Too Late' Single". Nylon. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  11. "Lisa Lobsinger returns to Calgary with a Laser focus on heartbreaking electro-pop". Calgary Herald, April 21, 2016, by Mike Bell.
  12. "Que vaut Night Driver de Laser ?". La Parisienne Life, 5 February 2016