Luke Machin (born 22 November 1988) is an English

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

guitarist, composer and record producer known as a member of

The Tangent The Tangent is a progressive rock group formed in 2002. History Formation The band was formed in 2002 by Parallel or 90 Degrees keyboardists Andy Tillison and Sam Baine and multi-instrumentalist Guy Manning; The Flower Kings' guitarist Roi ...

and

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

, 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

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, David Gilmour and

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Biography

Machin started playing guitar at age 2 or 3. He studied at

Brighton Institute of Modern Music The British and Irish Modern Music Institute, now styled as the BIMM Institute, is a group of eight independent colleges which specialise in the provision of creative education in Brighton, Bristol, London, Dublin, Manchester, Berlin, Birmingh ...

(BIMM) between 2007 and 2010, playing under

and with the likes of

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Pain of Salvation Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...

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

, with band leader

Andy Tillison Andy Tillison (born 21 June 1959) is a British keyboardist and singer best known for his work in the progressive rock bands Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Tangent. Biography Tillison and guitarist/vocalist Guy Manning had an early unsigned ba ...

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

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. 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 '' The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery'' (2017), ''

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'' (2018), ''Auto Reconnaissance'' (2020), ''Songs From the Hard Shoulder'' (2022). In November 2018, Machin joined Welsh progressive rock band,

, 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

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(

It Bites It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single "Calling All the Heroes", which gained them a Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit. Initially fronted by Francis ...

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(

, The Tangent) and

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(Pain of Salvation). In August 2021, Machin joined a revived Cyan. A project by

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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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