Engineering · Production

George Chkiantz

George Chkiantz is credited on 2,053 releases across 141 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,053

Credits

141

Albums

7

Decades active

2,361

In collections

Biography

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George Chkiantz is a recording engineer and producer in London, England. Chkiantz was engineering the Small Faces "There Are But Four Small Faces (opens in a new tab)" at at the same time as The Jimi Hendrix Experience was recording "Axis: Bold As Love (opens in a new tab)". Chkiantz engineered the Small Faces' "Green Circles", which was the first use of MONO phasing on a record of popular music. Hendrix and Kramer applied Chkiantz's concepts and utilized STEREO phasing on "Bold As Love" and "Little Wing". Other credits include engineering on Led Zeppelin's "Led Zeppelin IV (opens in a new tab) and "Physical Grafitti (opens in a new tab)", Blind Faith's only album (opens in a new tab), along with several King Crimson albums. He traveled with Brian Jones to Morocco in 1968 to record "'The Pipes of Pan' at Jajouka (opens in a new tab)" by Master Musicians of Joujouka, regarded by some as the alpha recording of the World music movement.

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Credited work

2,053 releases · 141 albums · active 1968–2025

Engineering · 1,855
Production · 237
Other credits · 114
Performance · 8

Studios: Olympic Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Air Studios · Island Studios

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