TIM BLAKE – NOGGI TAR (CD)

Digitally remastered edition of Noggi Tar, Tim Blake’s 2012 album previously only available as a download from his official website. Tim first came to prominence as a member of Gong, where his synthesizer 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 and synthesizers in a live setting. Blake’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. Tim Blake became a member of Hawkwind in 1979 and remained with the group for just over a year before returning to France and moving away from music. He returned to the music scene with the album Magick in 1991 and would even rejoin Hawkwind in the new millennium. In 2012 Tim recorded the album Noggi Tar, an album which he described as «A digital theses on virtual lead guitar». The album was only made available for a short time via Tim’s website but has now been newly remastered for CD release for the first time and features a booklet with a new essay and interview with Tim.