Ron Geesin

Ron Geesin (* 1943 in Ayrshire ) is a British sound artist, multi-instrumentalist and designer. He is best known for his work on the Pink Floyd album Atom Heart Mother (1970).

Career

Geesin began playing the banjo in 1962 . The banjo also remained his main instrument. In addition, he mainly worked with loops , which he won from old tapes using a cutting technique that was sophisticated for the time . After his debut album A raise of eyebrows (1967), he started his own label Headscope, one of the first one-man labels. His music contained funny samples and instrument combinations and is therefore mainly part of psychedelic music.

In 1970 Geesin worked with his golf partner Roger Waters on a soundtrack for the pop art film "The Body", which, among other things, was about the speed of hair growth. Accordingly, the two's soundtrack was a very psychedelic mix of body noises, banjo and cello sounds and Waters' acoustic guitar.

Geesin also worked with Pink Floyd on the "Atom Heart Mother" suite , which appeared on the 1970 album.

After a few more albums, Geesin integrated more modern technology, such as samplers, into his work on the albums Funny Frown and Bluefuse in 1990 , but this still mainly consisted of found sounds.

Because of his interest in video installations, he collaborated with Ian Breakwell on a large video installation called Auditorium in the 1990s.

Geesin is a staff member at Portsmouth University.

Discography

• A Raise of Eyebrows (1967)
• Music from The Body (1970) (with Roger Waters )
• As He Stands (1973)
• Patruns (1975)
• Electrosound (1979)
• Right Through (1979)
• Funny Frown (1991)
• Bluefuse (1993)

Web links

• Official website (English)