Following the 3½ years at Air, Geoff was offered the position as Technical Manager at Real World Studios near Bath, Wiltshire. Being the headquarters of Peter Gabriel’s creative activities he was at times advising and maintaining equipment in all the departments on site which included the studios, WOMAD, Real World Records and Real World Design (a multimedia and art department). He worked with many clients that included David Sylvian, King Crimson, Super Furry Animals, Electronic, New Order (3 albums), Stereophonics (3 albums), Kylie Minogue, Subcircus, Billy Cobham, Loreena McKennitt, Tasmin Archer, The Guitar Trio (John McLaughlin, Al De Meola and Paco De Lucia), Michael Brook, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Afro Celts, Deep Purple, Gang Of Four, Menswear, Black Grape, Michael Hutchence, Robbie Williams, Travis, Paul Kelly, Joe Strummer, Van Morrison and The Bad Plus.

During this time, he also managed the technical side of  Peter Gabriel’s daily recording (and often film and video) projects that included the music for the Millennium Dome (OVO), the soundtrack music for the Australian film Rabbit Proof Fence (The Long Walk Home), his most recent solo album “Up”, music for two of Peter’s tour DVDs, along with music for two CD ROMs (Eve and Ceremony Of  Innocence) and countless artists that have used the studio signed to Real World Records. During his time there he was involved with several companies (including Sony and Studer) for the purposes of beta testing machines and s/w debugging to aid with product development.

As well as lending technical support to various commercial sessions, a lot of time was spent looking after music for charity events at both Air and Real World. He was involved in recorded productions for international television (Canadian TV), both satellite-up linked, and recorded interviews for Peter Gabriel and a live, world music all-night broadcast for BBC Radio 3.

He has also done a number of interviews for BBC programmes notably the Big Byte Music Special broadcast in March 1998.

He has written a number of articles and product reviews for companies such as Focusrite and T.C. Electronics.

He also sat on a panel of experts at the 116th AES Convention in Berlin in 2004 and does guest lecturing at City of Bath College and other institutions on request.

Affiliations with:

West Country Archiving - Consultancy and operatives on format transfer, audio/visual archiving, restoration and retrieval

Alchemy Soho - For the best in Post Production.

Vacuum State Electronics Ltd. - for the ultimate in high-end valve & SS design

Sound Projects - Superior Sound Reinforcement

Commissioning sound console for Merchants’ Academy (Bristol) main assembly hall

About the Director:

Geoff’s association with music and electronics have run a parallel path since 1972.

Whilst on a year’s working holiday to London, Geoff joined the technical department of Audio One Studios (previously Trident Studios) in St Anne’s Court, Soho.

The studios were part of The Recording Group (which incorporated Audio One, Tape One and Copymasters) then under the directorship of Bill Foster and Barry Ainsworth. Audio One was a 3-studio recording complex in the heart of London that included disc cutting, CD mastering and duplication.

He worked with many high profile artists and advertising clients that included Bill Wyman, Rory Gallagher, Aswad, Danny D, Cathy Dennis, The Triffids, Kenny Baker, Ronny Verrell, Adelaide Hall and Sir John Gielegud.

Geoff worked along side producers like Howard Gray (Scritti Politti), Paul Corkett (Cure , Placebo, Radiohead, Nick Cave) Mark “Spike” Stendt and Nigel Godrich who has gone on to engineer and produce such acts as Radiohead and Placebo.

When The Recording Group closed Geoff moved to Marcus Studios, a 4-studio complex in Fulham directed by producer/engineer Marcus Osterdahl most well known for his work with Abba.

During his time there he gave technical advice and support with artists such Orbital, Killing Joke, King Sounds, Heat Wave, Aswad, Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera), Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) and Edwin Collins (Orange Juice) to name a few.

Because of a unique offer in 1991, Geoff left Marcus Studios to take a position at one of London’s most prestigious music establishments, Air Studios, in Oxford Circus, where he soon became a senior technician.

Initially under the direction of Sir George Martin and John Burgess, Air was instrumental in championing some the world’s most talented artists from the early 1970s to the present day. Their client list includes Chrissie Hynde, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, John Williams, Black Sabbath, The Sex Pistols, The Notting Hillbillies, The Travelling Wilburys and many, many more.

At the end of 1992, Air moved from its central London location to Lyndhurst Hall in Hampstead, an old church building designed in 1888 by Alfred Waterhouse who was also architect of London’s Natural History Museum.

Geoff was involved in the technical construction of the new complex and it’s opening production for the Prince’s Trust, a version of Dylan Thomas’s work “Under Milk Wood”. Participants included Anthony Hopkins, Mary Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jonathan Pryce and many others.

Technical supervision and set-ups for film scores and orchestral sessions were carried out for clients such as Henry Mancini (music for Return of the Pink Panther) and the London Symphony, Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras.

Commissioning outboard racks in Bath College, Studio 2

Commissioning Studio 1 console at Bath College.

After 10 years at Real World, Geoff decided to set up two companies both based in Bath in the west of England.

Noiz Electronics Limited is his professional audio consultancy and service company which provides pro-audio solutions, repairs, acoustic consultancy and installation design for a large number of musicians, producers, studios and academic institutions that include Riverside Studios, Moles Studio, Toybox Studio, the Wiltshire College of Music, City of Bath College and Highworth Grammar School.

West Country Archiving Limited is a professional audio engineering company which specialises in format transfer, duplication & audio restoration and has a running contract with the British Library to transfer material for the British National Sound Archive.

Commissioning sound system for main performance hall at Merchants’ Academy

Ronan O’Neill performing acoustic measurements with MLSSA at Riverside

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