Luke Machin (born 22 November 1988) is an English progressive rock guitarist, composer and record producer known as a member of The Tangent and Karnataka, as well as founding member of Maschine. He has been named in Prog' Magazine's top ten guitarists of the year for 4 years, alongside Steve Hackett,

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, Steve Howe,

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and Steve Rothery.

Biography

Machin started playing guitar at age 2 or 3. He studied at Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) between 2007 and 2010, playing under

and with the likes of

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, Francis Dunnery, Pain of Salvation and

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, by the age of 22. Machin formed Maschine in 2008 while studying at BIMM. The band consists of Machin (guitar, vocals), Dan Mash (bass, vocals), Marie-Eve De Gaultier (keyboards, vocals), Andy Morgan (guitar, vocals), James Stewart (drums). Maschine have released two albums ''Rubidium'' (2013) and ''Naturalis'' (2016). The band are influenced by Pain of Salvation, It Bites and many other prog and non related prog artists.In late 2011, Machin and Mash joined The Tangent, with band leader

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describing Machin as an "unbelievable musician". Mash and Machin parted ways with Tillison in 2012 due to Tillison's financial struggles. However, Tillison referred Machin to Thomas Waber to get the band signed to prog label InsideOut Music. Around this time Machin auditioned for Pain of Salvation but didn't take the role due to his commitment to Maschine and geographical issues, though he did guest with the band in 2012. Machin re-joined The Tangent for their 2015 album ''A Spark in the Aether,'' and has remained a member ever since. Contributing to later albums including ''

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'' (2017), '' Proxy'' (2018), ''Auto Reconnaissance'' (2020), ''Songs From the Hard Shoulder'' (2022). In November 2018, Machin joined Welsh progressive rock band, Karnataka, as a guest guitarist, however he has stayed with the band to the present, contributing to their 2023 album, ''Requiem for a Dream.'' Pete Jones with Cyan at Night of the Prog 2023

Pete Jones with Cyan at Night of the Prog 2023

In March 2021, Machin announced his debut solo album, ''Soulshine''. Which will include guest appearances from Marco Minnemann,

, Francis Dunnery ( It Bites), Jonas Reingold ( Steve Hackett, The Tangent) and

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(Pain of Salvation). In August 2021, Machin joined a revived Cyan. A project by Magenta keyboardist Rob Reed and

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multi-instrumentalist Peter Jones. He appears on their albums, ''For King And Country'' (2021) and ''Pictures from the Other Side'' (2023).

References

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