5013929469242

Cadea Music II

Tim Blake

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Format: CD

Cat No: ECLEC2592

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

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Caldea
      • 2. Floating
      • 3. Om Beach
      • 4. The Great Pool
      • 5. Across the Sea of Dreams
      • 6. Jacuzzi Surfing
      • 7. Caldea II