The rock group the Associates, which Alan Rankine and lead vocalist Billy Mackenzie co-founded in the late 1970s, is most known for using him as their keyboards and guitarist. Alan Rankine (17 May 1958–1 January 2023) was a Scottish musician and record producer.
Rankine started his career with the cabaret group Caspian, which later evolved into the Associates, while he was a child in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. They collaborated to create three albums: The Affectionate Punch (1980), Fourth Drawer Down (1981), and Sulk (1982). On the eve of what would have been the Sulk tour in 1982, Rankine quit the group.
Rankine developed himself as a producer, working with musicians including Paul Haig, Cocteau Twins, and the Pale Fountains, while Mackenzie continued with other collaborators. In 1986, he entered into a recording agreement with the Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule and started a solo career.
He released three solo studio albums: The Big Picture Sucks (1986), She Loves Me Not (1987), and The World Begins to Look Her Age (1986). (1989).
After that, Rankine worked as a lecturer at Glasgow’s Stow College until 2010, when he quit going back to making music. He assisted students in creating their own internal record label, Electric Honey when he was a lecturer. Electric Honey enabled bands like Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol, and Biffy Clyro to get their start.
Rankine passed away on January 3, 2023, at the age of 64.
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