Luke Machin

Luke Machin (born 22 November 1988) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer known as a member of The Tangent, Francis Dunnery's It Bites and Karnataka, as well as founding member of Maschine and Soulshine. He has been named in Prog Magazine's top ten guitarists of the year for 4 years, alongside Steve Hackett, Guthrie Govan, Steve Howe, David Gilmour 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 Guthrie Govan Francis Dunnery, Pain of Salvation and Robert Plant, by the age of 22. 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. and has remained a member ever since. Contributing to later albums including The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery (2017), Proxy (2018), Auto Reconnaissance (2020), Songs From the Hard Shoulder (2022).

In January 2018, Machin joined Francis Dunnery's IT BITES playing guitar, sampling, triggering, vocals and keyboards alongside Francis Dunnery, Paul Brown, Peter Jones, Bjorn Fryklund and Quint Starkie up to 2023. The band released 1DVD/CD, Live from the black country.

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. thumb Machin (left), Pete Jones and Dan Nelson performing with Cyan in 2023In 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) In August 2021, Machin joined a revived Cyan. A project by Magenta keyboardist Rob Reed and Camel multi-instrumentalist Peter Jones. He appears on their albums, For King And Country (2021) and Pictures from the Other Side (2023).

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