Crystal Machine

1. Midnight

2. Metro/Logic

3. Last Ride of the Boogie Child

4. Synthese Intemporel

5. Crystal Presence

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Electronic. 5 Tracks.

Crystal Machine,Tim Blake,Voiceprint Records,Dance,Pop,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating:

Excellent ambient from former Course of Empire

Halls of the Machine - Atmospheres for Lovers and Sleepers

Atmospheres for Lovers and Sleepers

Manufacturer: Crystal Clear Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005S6VE
Release Date: 2001-10-30

Customer Reviews:

Excellent ambient from former Course of Empire.......2003-07-30

For those unaware, this is the current project from former members of post-industrial band, Course of Empire and further explores the ambient aspects of COE's music into an entire album and it is very good. This is the type of stuff that helped make COE's music very dark and is the perfect compliment to the other three COE albums, Course of Empire, Initiation and Telepathic Last Words. I just wish COE were still active.

Halls of the Machine - Atmospheres for Lovers and Sleepers.......2001-11-05

This album was made to be experienced indirectly, by the subconscious, while submerging unto slumber, or while remaining focused on some other activity...
In this way,
it was meant to color silence, the way incense sweetens the
air, or the way tea adds flavor to water.
It achieves the desired effect best, if listened to at moderately high volume,
while attempting to sleep, or to dream.
Careful!
Not recommended listening for people driving long distances in
an automobile,
unless you are a backseat driver!

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marc ford saves the day.
Totally overlooked band this is great!!!
Hard Rockin' Blooze

The Very Crystal Speed Machine
Thee Hypnotics
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Soul, Glitter & Sin
Come Down Heavy
Weary and Wired

ASIN: B000002MQP
Release Date: 1994-04-26

Tracks:

Keep Rollin' On
Heavy Liquid
Phil's Drums Acropolis
Goodbye
If the Good Lord Loves Ya
Ray's Baudelaire
Caroline Inside Out
Tie It Up
Down in the Hole
Peasant Song
Fragile
Look What You've Done
Broken Morning Has

Customer Reviews:

marc ford saves the day........2007-03-18

i only bought this because black crowes junkie guitarist marc ford is on it. without him, i would only give it 2 stars. he makes that much of a difference.

Totally overlooked band this is great!!!.......2006-03-19

Its amazing how this and other thee hypnotics releases were passed by the consumer. This album while not the best of their catalog has some great tunes. Like Heavy Liquid, and of the good lord loves ya. I think the reason why this one failked to work, was American recordings failed to really market it correctly, and they chose some stupid cover photo, I mean anyone who knows thee hypnotics, they are not a pretty band, their music is for the night shift, and Beggars banquet situation got the look right. They have broken up and I miss them alot. But then there is black moses the new band formed by the singer which is also cool keeps the psych edge, which is what made this band great.

For my money it is worth every penny of the 5 cents the used cd of Soul Glitter and sin costs through this website used, for sure this will be a colectors item soon enough when this music gets repackaged and reissued which it is bound to be.

Hard Rockin' Blooze.......2003-05-13

Produced by Black Crowes' Chris Robinson. This sounds like a cross between Grand Funk and Sticky Finger era Stones, and that's a good thing.One of my favorite records of the 90's.Stand-outs are: If The Good Lord Loves You, Heavy Liquid,Keep Rolling. That Boudelaire song'll give you the creeps. This rocks.

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Tim Blake - 'Crystal Machine' (Voiceprint)
A Great, Great Album of Analog Greatness
Fine spacy electronic music from Gong synthesist

Crystal Machine
Tim Blake
Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004NJL6
Release Date: 2000-07-25

Tracks:

Midnight
Metro/Logic
Last Ride of the Boogie Child
Synthese Intemporel
Crystal Presence

Album Details

Electronic. 5 Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Tim Blake - 'Crystal Machine' (Voiceprint).......2004-04-25

Originally released in 1977,this is the former Gong/Hawkwind member's debut solo effort;perhaps his best.Some refer to 'Crystal Machine' as 'the good spacey synth one'.Enjoyed checking out the opener "Midnight" and "Metro/Logic".Seem to notice plenty of synths,moogs and oscillators at work.The eight-minute "Last Ride Of The Boogie Child" is probably the CD's best track.It was recorded live at the 1976 Free Seasalter Festival.Showcases some of Blake's decent vocals.Another live track is the fifteen-minute "Synthese Intemporel".Nice reissue of a somewhat hypnotically progressive gem.Great cover as well.

A Great, Great Album of Analog Greatness.......2003-10-29

Ben Miller's review (below) is excellent. I can't add much more, but will say that my experience was much like his -- that after hearing Tim Blake on Gong's "You" album I had to seek him out. Although his performances on "Radio Gnome" and "Angel's Egg" are impressive, it is definitely "You" where he shines.

One thing that makes this album so great is that he manages to make this music with very little equipment. Citing an MXR Flanger as one of your instruments is padding the bill a bit, don't you think? It seems like he pretty much relies on two synths, and EMS and a Mini-Moog. Plus a reel2reel tape recorder for echo. But not much else, besides his stoner imagination.

I listen to this album often. His "New Jerusalem" album is almost as good, but not quite. Mostly because he insists on adding acoustic guitar and much more vocals to the mix, but still, it isn't bad. It is worth seeking out, just to hear more of Tim Blake from the same era. His later albums are not the same style.

Tim Blake's "Crystal Machine" is a classic album, that will always have an honored space (pun intended) in my collection.

Fine spacy electronic music from Gong synthesist.......2001-08-11

I'm a fan of Gong's Radio Gnome trilogy and I liked how Tim Blake contributed greatly to that band's spacy sound. You (1974) showed Tim Blake at his best when he was with Gong, there isn't another Gong album that I know in which Blake played so well (and I can say the same for the rest of the band, particularly Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlin, and Didier Malherbe), so naturally I had to see how he was like on his own, and when I purchased Crystal Machine, I was not one bit disappointed. The music here is purely improvised space electronic music on Moog and EMS synths. Some of the electronic effects sound like they came off a Gong album (no surprise). All are recorded live, mostly from the Seasalter Free Festival in 1976, with one cut ("Synthèse Intemporel") being recorded at the La Palace Theâtre in Paris in February 1977. The first three cuts, "Midnight", "Metro/Logic" and "Last Ride of the Boogie Child" are typical for this album, but "Synthèse Intemporel" is a real delight for all those who enjoy mid-period Tangerine Dream (i.e. Ricochet) as that cut is an obvious attempt at Blake trying to sound just like TD. The last cut, "Crystal Presence" is basically an experimental piece that sounded like it came right off "Other Side of the Sky" from Angel's Egg. Crystal Machine is not perfect, it gets a little repetitive, but as a '70s vintage keyboard fan, it has that most wonderful '70s synth sound, so if you hate plastic sounding digital synth sounds (like too many albums from the 1980s and 1990s), and you like Gong or '70s electronic music, you might like this one.