Tim Blake
Timothy " Tim " Blake ( born February 6, 1952 in Shepherd 's Bush, London) is an Anglo- French musician. He is known for his contributions to the space rock bands Gong and Hawkwind and has also released several albums with his Crystal Machine Performance Project.
Life
Blake has lived since 1970 in France and founded by Philippe Denis, Crystal Machine studio where he experimented with synthesizers in particular. In the early 1970s he joined the band Gong, with whom he to 1974, which consists of three albums Radio Gnome trilogy, the central work of the band, recorded and was on several tours. Blake's contributions are particularly futuristic synth sounds that make up the space rock character of the music of Gong partially. In 1975 he had the first solo album Fish Rising of Gong guitarist Steve Hillage with. As Gong in 1975 broke Blake founded with the light artist Patrice Warrener the performance project Crystal Machine, in which he afforded to electronic music Warreners light show. He took on his first two solo albums Crystal Machine and New Jerusalem and went in 1978 to a world tour through Europe and Japan. 1979 Blake was with the band Hawkwind on tour and played with this a studio album a. Then he retired as a musician and was only a consultant for over a decade for musicians and radio stations. Since 1991, he re-released albums and completed their own tours. Between 1994 and 1998 he was also seen at various Gong reunion appearances since 2000, again together with Hawkwind.