About Offbeat
Offbeat is a music production company which is involved in many aspects of recording and performance. We work with self funded artists and many well known record labels, including the world biggest Universal Music Group.
As well as providing musical accompaniment for solo artists, singers and songwriters, producer and musician Iain McKinna also work with bands to create a complete production package.
Albums he has produced which have achieved critical acclaim include Tam White's Hold On, Allie Fox's Diving For Pearls, Mike Herons Where The Mystics Swim, Nectarine no9's A Sea With 3 Stars and Hamed Kane's Akassa. Talitha Mackenzie's Solas which he produced along with Chris Birkett reached no3 in the US World Music Charts and no 22 in the UK World music charts.
In 2008 Iain recorded the first SPIRIT OF THE GLEN album for UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, which achieved a Xmas no1 in the UK Classic FM charts and no 12 in the UK album charts.
More recently SPIRIT OF THE GLEN/JOURNEY - won the 2009 Classical Brit album of the year award. Both albums were recorded by Iain at Heartbeat Studios just outside Edinburgh, working with world famous classical cross-over producer Jon Cohen and with the expert help of Heartbeat's Dave Valentine and Ed Logan. A third album THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION for Decca Records was released in February 2010.
Offbeat is also involved in creating music and backing tracks for theatre productions. For the past four years creating tracks for The Kings Theatre pantos in Edinburgh for MD Richard Anderson. In 2002 we wrote and produced music for The Algarve's biggest ever theatre art performance Fulgor. For this years Edinburgh Festival Fringe Iain McKinna recorded backing tracks for Crabbit The Musical for composer Tim Hegarty. It was performed at The Gilded Balloon.. Iain McKinna also wrote and produced music for First Light Movies Kids Movie awards at the Odeon in Leicester Square London. Other contributors to the project were Alex Zane, Kate Winslett, Alan Parker, Minnie Driver, Daniel Craig and Bond movie producer Barbara Broccoli.
Our label Offbeat Scotland released recordings Worldwide across several genres from 1999 to 2005. It's been dormant since then while we focused on other projects but is now being revived in 2010 with the best unreleased singers and songwriters we can find on the forthcoming album Voices from Offbeat Scotland Vol 1.
To listen to a large selection of our productions go to the Who We Work With section of the site where you can also view a slide show of people we have worked with.Other companies we have worked with include:
SONY MUSIC * VIRGIN MUSIC * CHRYSALIS RECORDS * EMI RECORDS * POSTCARD RECORDS * CREATION RECORDS * POLYDOR RECORDS * POLYGRAM MUSIC * CIRCA RECORDS * ROUGH TRADE RECORDS * 4AD RECORDS * DEMON RECORDS * STRANGEWAYS RECORDS * SILVERTONE RECORDS * MIDNIGHT MUSIC RECORDS * FAULDS + HALLS ADVERTISING
