 It is Hawkwind's twenty-ninth studio album, Hawkwind's first album recorded without the involvement of Tim Blake since 2010's "Blood of the Earth" and the first to feature bassist Haz Wheaton.Following "Spacehawks", which was a compilation album largely consisting of re-recorded songs, and "Stellar Variations" which had been released under the Hawkwind Light Orchestra moniker, "The Machine Stops" is Hawkwind's first studio album composed entirely of new material released under the Cherry Red label.Mr Dibs had first mentioned the production of a new album at a 2014 concert in Manchester.