Release Date: 30 June 2017
Label: Esoteric / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5013929469242
Genres: Rock  Psychedelic Rock  
Release Date: 30 June 2017
Label: Esoteric / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5013929469242
Genres: Rock  Psychedelic Rock  
Description
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly re-mastered edition of “Caldea Music II”, the 2002 album by Tim Blake. Tim first came to prominence as a member of Gong, where his synthesiser experimentation and mastery was demonstrated on albums such as Flying Teapot”, “Angel’s Egg” and “You”. He would also join Hawkwind from 1979 – 1980 and from November 2007. After departing Gong in 1975 he teamed up with French lighting designer Patrice Warrener to form Crystal Machine, pioneering the use of lasers & synthesisers in a live setting. Balke’s debut solo album, “Crystal Machine”, was originally released in 1977 on the French experimental label Egg. Tim followed this with “Blake’s New Jerusalem” in 1978. Unlike his previous work, the album featured songs and the lengthy title-track would dominate the album’s 2nd side. Tim Blake joined Hawkwind in 1979 and remained with the group for just over a year before returning to France & moving away from music. In 2002 Tim recorded & released “Caldea Music II”, a work especially commissioned by the Caldea Spa centre in Andorra. The album saw Tim return to his purely instrumental roots, cited by some as a modern equivalent of his classic “Crystal Machine”. Unavailable for many years “Caldea Music II” has been newly re-mastered and features a booklet with a new essay and fully restores the original album artwork.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Toyah
Roy Ayers
Penetration
Marc Almond
Iain Matthews
The Fall
Mark Wirtz
Tim Blake
Tim Blake
Tim Blake
Tim Blake
Tim Blake
Tim Blake
Tim Blake