{"product_id":"tim-blake-crystal-machine-lp-used-vinyl","title":"Tim Blake | Crystal Machine LP (used vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsed vinyl - French press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrystal Machine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a combination studio\/live album by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Tim Blake\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Blake\"\u003eTim Blake\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, recorded and released in 1977 on Egg Records, LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Blake\u003c\/b\u003e (born 6 February 1952, in \u003ca title=\"Shepherd's Bush\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shepherd%27s_Bush\"\u003eShepherd's Bush\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"London\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/a\u003e) is a \u003ca title=\"Keyboard instrument\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keyboard_instrument\"\u003ekeyboardist\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Synthesizer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Synthesizer\"\u003esynthesist\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Vocalist\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vocalist\"\u003evocalist\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca title=\"Composer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Composer\"\u003ecomposer\u003c\/a\u003e working with \u003ca title=\"Gong (band)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gong_(band)\"\u003eGong\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Hawkwind\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawkwind\"\u003eHawkwind\u003c\/a\u003e and his Synthesizer and Light performances as Crystal Machine, with the French Light Artist \u003ca title=\"Patrice Warrener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrice_Warrener\"\u003ePatrice Warrener\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlake met \u003ca title=\"Daevid Allen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daevid_Allen\"\u003eDaevid Allen\u003c\/a\u003e at Marquee Studios, where the latter was recording his first solo album \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Banana Moon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banana_Moon\"\u003eBanana Moon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e in 1971. At the end of the sessions, Allen had invited Blake to be Gong's sound mixer, but Blake preferred to work on his own music. He eventually joined Gong full-time in September 1972 as the band's synthesizer player, being among the first to bring the synthesizer out of the studio and on to the stage. He appears on all three albums of the \u003ci\u003eRadio Gnome Invisible\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy; \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Flying Teapot (album)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flying_Teapot_(album)\"\u003eFlying Teapot\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Angel's Egg (album)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angel%27s_Egg_(album)\"\u003eAngel's Egg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"You (Gong album)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/You_(Gong_album)\"\u003eYou\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, in fact Blake is the only composer, apart from the Allen\/Smyth partnership, to have written for all three of the \"Trilogy\" Albums, making him one of Gong's most important composers. He left Gong in early 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlake began a solo career under the name of \u003ci\u003eCrystal Machine\u003c\/i\u003e produced two solo albums 1977's \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Crystal Machine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crystal_Machine\"\u003eCrystal Machine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and 1978's \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Blake's New Jerusalem\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blake%27s_New_Jerusalem\"\u003eBlake's New Jerusalem\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and many stage performances in Europe and Japan, culminating in the 1979 Glastonbury Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater in 1979, Blake joined up with another noted \"space rock\" outfit, Hawkwind, the group he had helped to form 10 years before, for a short stint between 1979 and 1980 and has sporadically rejoined them on several occasions. Since November 2007, Blake has been collaborating with Hawkwind full-time, performing on \u003ca title=\"Theremin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theremin\"\u003etheremin\u003c\/a\u003e and what he chooses to call \"virtual lead guitar\" .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has reunited with the 'classic-era' line-up of Gong (minus Pierre Moerlen, who died in May 2005) for one-off concerts, in May 1977, 1995, and in November 2006 at the 3rd Gong Family Unconvention (Uncon) at the \u003ca title=\"Melkweg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melkweg\"\u003eMelkweg\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca title=\"Amsterdam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amsterdam\"\u003eAmsterdam\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlake's discography contains more than 25 titles, including eight solo albums as \u003ca title=\"Crystal Machine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crystal_Machine\"\u003eTim Blake - Crystal Machine\u003c\/a\u003e and he removed all his solo albums from the record market, preferring to make them available for download as mp3s from his own web site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as his work with Hawkwind, Blake continues to work with Patrice Warrener on his \u003ca title=\"Chromolithe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromolithe\"\u003eChromolithe\u003c\/a\u003e Illumination System, and doing concerts with \u003ca title=\"Jean-Philippe Rykiel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Philippe_Rykiel\"\u003eJean-Philippe Rykiel\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlake currently lives in the Poitou region of France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirks' Grocery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39433275408548,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/9935\/8116\/products\/7100eREF2NL._SY355.jpg?v=1615927587","url":"https:\/\/kirks-grocery.myshopify.com\/products\/tim-blake-crystal-machine-lp-used-vinyl","provider":"Kirks' Grocery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}