Marty Kinack

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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. [4] [5] [6] He was the producer of a number of releases by the band Apostles of Hustle. [7]

Kinack began touring as sound engineer with Broken Social Scene in 2003. [8] He later worked as 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. [10] [11] [12]

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