Geoff Maddock

Geoff Maddock (born 1972 or 1973) is a New Zealand musician, composer, and producer. He is best known as a member of the rock group Bressa Creeting Cake and for co-founding Goldenhorse, for which he was a central creative force as a song-writer, producer, and guitarist.

Maddock became involved in music as a teenager at Avondale College, where he formed Bressa Creeting Cake with Edmund McWilliams and Joel Wilton in 1991. The band's tracks received regular play on the local radio station bFM, and they later signed to Flying Nun Records. The band released one EP and performed in support of The Mutton Birds and Hunters & Collectors, before parting ways in the late 90s. Maddock then formed Goldenhorse with Kirsten Morrell in 1999.

Maddock co-wrote and produced the hit single "Maybe Tomorrow" from Riverhead (2002), which was awarded an APRA Silver Scroll Award for Most Performed New Zealand Work after becoming the most played song on New Zealand radio in 2003. Maddock was twice-nominated for an APRA Silver Scroll Award for his writing on Out of the Moon (2005) and Reporter (2007), for the singles "Out of the Moon" and "Say My Name", respectively.

In addition to his production and music work with bands, Maddock is also a composer. In 2004, he produced the arrangements for two special Goldenhorse performances with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Following the effective breakup of Goldenhorse in 2007, Maddock wrote the soundtrack for Katie Wolfe's 2008 short-film This Is Her, and the music for Michael Galvin's play "Station to Station".

In 2014, Maddock relocated to Los Angeles with Nick Gaffaney, where he formed Young Winona with Gaffaney's wife, Cass. Throughout the 2010s, Maddock continued work as a producer with various artists both in New Zealand and Los Angeles, and also as a session musician. Young Winona released several tracks from 2019 until 2023, when Gaffaney moved to Las Vegas, putting the band in an indefinite hiatus.

A multi-instrumentalist, Maddock has numerous credits to his name for his instrumental work and song-writing, including on projects by The Wedding Present, Natasha Beddingfield, Daniel Beddingfield, The Finn Brothers, Bic Runga, Anika Moa, and former band mate Kirsten Morrell, to name some.