Geins't Naït

Geins't Naït is an experimental group founded in Nancy, France, in 1986 by Thierry Merigout and Vincent Hachet, then students at the city's school of architecture. Laurent Petitgand joined a year later, adding guitars, piano and classical instruments to the group's raw material. Their records mix beat patterns, industrial textures, field recordings and Dada-like absurdity, with ideas taken from the Surrealists and the Situationists. The debut GN, two long pieces, came out on vinyl in 1986 on the French label Permis De Construire.