Tim Blake

Artist:  Tim Blake
Born:  February 6, 1952.  London, England
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Electronica, Art Rock
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Keyboards, Synthesizer, Theremin, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

Tim Blake is an English Musician, Keyboardist, Synthesist, Vocalist and Composer working with both Gong and Hawkwind.
He is also known for his Synthesizer and Light Performances as Crystal Machine, with the French Light Artist Patrice Warrener, and sometimes joined on Keyboards by the young prodigy Jean-Philippe Rykiel.

Title:  Crystal Machine (Expanded Edition)  (2017)
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Electronica, Art Rock
Label:  Esoteric Recordings
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Midnight  (6:25)
 2.  Metro/Logic  (6:29)
 3.  Last Ride Of The Boogie Child (Seasalter Free Festival 1976) (7:53)
 4.  Synthese Intemporel (Le Palace Theatre Paris February 18, 1977)  (15:35)
 5.  Crystal Presence  (2:11)

Bonus Tracks:

 6.  Surf  (3:41)
 7.  Synthese Intemporel I  (3:21)
 8.  Synthese Intemporel II  (2:20)

Personnel:

Tim Blake:  2 EMS Synthis A's, Mini Moog, EMS Frequency Shifter, MXR Flanger, Sony TC 850 Tape Deck Echo, Sony Mix 12, Elka Rhapsody
Patrice Warrener:  Spectra Physics 164 Argon Laser With His Own Crystal Machine Projectors

Crystal Machine is new remastered and expanded edition of the classic 1977 album by Tim Blake, released on March 31, 2017 by Esoteric Recordings, featuring 3 Bonus Tracks previously unreleased on CD.