Known principally for his work as part of both Gong and Hawkwind, Tim Blake cuts a curious figure as a solo artist. Neither entirely prog or electronica, the multi-instrumentalist was, nonetheless, responsible for two of the most underrated synthesiser-led albums of the late 70s.
After Gong’s 1975 implosion Blake returned to France, where he’d lived for the previous four years. He founded Crystal Machine with lighting and sound designer Patrice Warrener as an audio visual feast, playing the Seasalter Free Festival in Kent in late summer 1976, presumably sounding like they must have come from another planet.
