Geoff Pinckney
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Having been fascinated with music technology, production and creating music from a very early age, his main interest was always the technology involved and how it was used by such luminaries as: Jean Michel Jarre , Kraftwerk and Gary Numan... Having spent untold hours fantasizing about synthesizers, multi-track recorders, mixing desks and how they all worked, Geoff started his first experimentations and in turn created his own brand of music using a fan powered Bontempi organ and later a Casiotone VL1 (his first synthesizer), tracking each sound using 2 cassette tape decks to bounce tracks from one to the other whilst adding - among other noise - extra melodies over the top. Eventually purchasing a Fostex 166 4-track cassette recorder and later moved up to a Fostex R8 8-track reel to reel, a Mackie 1604 mixing desk and an Atari 1040ST computer which brought lead him into the world of MIDI sequencers - notably Cubase V2. With the acquisition of an Akai S950 sampler and an assortment of analog and digital synthesizers, his production possibilities were seemingly endless.
Very soon the Atari ST was retired and replaced by a home built 100mhz Pentium PC to run Steinberg's Cubase Audio - this allowed 8 tracks of audio to run alongside MIDI. A year or so later Virtual Studio Technology was possible and upgraded to Cubase VST which required a mega fast 200mhz processor upgrade for the PC!
2001 - 2004 Geoff worked as in-house-engineer/producer for a London studio called Punish Productions (with Marc Heal of Cubanate fame), which was based in Old Street within The Fortress studio complex. By recording and producing bands of many styles of music, this introduced him to Logic and Pro Tools, of which, Logic is still his DAW of choice. The unique thing about the Punish Productions studio was the integration of analog with the digital world. Among a plethora of other professional outboard equipment: 24 track Neve broadcast desk, UA1176 compressors, UA 2-610 pre-amps, Pultec eqs, Lexicon reverbs. All of which he felt was best of both worlds and has chosen to incorporate into his own productions.
After leaving Punish Productions in 2004 Geoff wrote and released an album under the name of Alien#Six13 via the ADD label. It was a solo project that was more of a personal indulgence into electro/house type instrumentals and vocal tracks. Two of which, 'C Squared' and 'Mello' were used by Japanese games giant, Konami in their Dance Dance Revolution series of games.
2005 - Alien Six was formed as an umbrella company for various projects. Working with Peter Steer and Laura Cyganik they wrote several Electro/House dance tracks, one of which, 'Love In Motion' was used by Konami, again featuring in the DDR series of games. Later that same year, Geoff started writing production music for Los Angeles based music publisher (Black Toast Music) and continues to this day. His work has now been used in many popular American film and tv productions.
Bands...
1989 - Pinckney formed Glasshouse. They produced a few demo cassette tapes and supported Gary Numan on two tours in 1991 and 1992. Glasshouse disbanded in 1996.
1997 - Formed the band The Nine and released two CD albums, 'Native Anger' (1997) and 'Dreamland' (2000) as well as various singles on the US underground label A Different Drum. During that time he had done various remixes for other artists on ADD but notably was a remix for Alphaville's 'Soul Messiah', single. They liked Geoff's remix so much they used it as the radio version and would play his version in their live sets.
2006-2011- During those years, Pinckney played live keyboards and sang backing vocals for Bristol-based band Mesh, playing all over Europe and the US.
2007- - Tenek was formed with an old friend and previous band member, Peter Steer. Tenek has released 3 albums - 'Stateless' and 'On the Wire', 'Stateless' and various singles. And have performed numerous live dates throughout Europe and the UK. *For more info please visit the official website or Facebook page.
2016 - Silent Unseen Productions - is comprised of musicians Geoff Pinckney and Gary Cantini (UK). Writing and producing a rather diverse variety of fresh, exciting electronic music that ranges from powerful dance to dramatic and even the exotic esoteric...all with a depth and quality only years of experience can yield. The purpose of creating S.U.P (Silent Unseen Productions) is to write music that excites and inspires. Their style is always dynamic and engaging with an underground vibe, even sometimes dark and indulgent, but the additional elements of orchestral strings and vocals add another level giving their productions more emotional content that connects with the end listener.
Very soon the Atari ST was retired and replaced by a home built 100mhz Pentium PC to run Steinberg's Cubase Audio - this allowed 8 tracks of audio to run alongside MIDI. A year or so later Virtual Studio Technology was possible and upgraded to Cubase VST which required a mega fast 200mhz processor upgrade for the PC!
2001 - 2004 Geoff worked as in-house-engineer/producer for a London studio called Punish Productions (with Marc Heal of Cubanate fame), which was based in Old Street within The Fortress studio complex. By recording and producing bands of many styles of music, this introduced him to Logic and Pro Tools, of which, Logic is still his DAW of choice. The unique thing about the Punish Productions studio was the integration of analog with the digital world. Among a plethora of other professional outboard equipment: 24 track Neve broadcast desk, UA1176 compressors, UA 2-610 pre-amps, Pultec eqs, Lexicon reverbs. All of which he felt was best of both worlds and has chosen to incorporate into his own productions.
After leaving Punish Productions in 2004 Geoff wrote and released an album under the name of Alien#Six13 via the ADD label. It was a solo project that was more of a personal indulgence into electro/house type instrumentals and vocal tracks. Two of which, 'C Squared' and 'Mello' were used by Japanese games giant, Konami in their Dance Dance Revolution series of games.
2005 - Alien Six was formed as an umbrella company for various projects. Working with Peter Steer and Laura Cyganik they wrote several Electro/House dance tracks, one of which, 'Love In Motion' was used by Konami, again featuring in the DDR series of games. Later that same year, Geoff started writing production music for Los Angeles based music publisher (Black Toast Music) and continues to this day. His work has now been used in many popular American film and tv productions.
Bands...
1989 - Pinckney formed Glasshouse. They produced a few demo cassette tapes and supported Gary Numan on two tours in 1991 and 1992. Glasshouse disbanded in 1996.
1997 - Formed the band The Nine and released two CD albums, 'Native Anger' (1997) and 'Dreamland' (2000) as well as various singles on the US underground label A Different Drum. During that time he had done various remixes for other artists on ADD but notably was a remix for Alphaville's 'Soul Messiah', single. They liked Geoff's remix so much they used it as the radio version and would play his version in their live sets.
2006-2011- During those years, Pinckney played live keyboards and sang backing vocals for Bristol-based band Mesh, playing all over Europe and the US.
2007- - Tenek was formed with an old friend and previous band member, Peter Steer. Tenek has released 3 albums - 'Stateless' and 'On the Wire', 'Stateless' and various singles. And have performed numerous live dates throughout Europe and the UK. *For more info please visit the official website or Facebook page.
2016 - Silent Unseen Productions - is comprised of musicians Geoff Pinckney and Gary Cantini (UK). Writing and producing a rather diverse variety of fresh, exciting electronic music that ranges from powerful dance to dramatic and even the exotic esoteric...all with a depth and quality only years of experience can yield. The purpose of creating S.U.P (Silent Unseen Productions) is to write music that excites and inspires. Their style is always dynamic and engaging with an underground vibe, even sometimes dark and indulgent, but the additional elements of orchestral strings and vocals add another level giving their productions more emotional content that connects with the end listener.
