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William Burroughs | 144 pages | 29 Apr 2010 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007341917 | English | , United Kingdom Soft Machine : Official Website - History

Early Softs Soft Machine . Allen, Wyatt and future Soft Machine had first Soft Machine together in the Daevid Allen Trio inoccasionally accompanied by Ratledge. Wyatt, Ayers and Hopper had been founding members of The Wilde Flowerslater incarnations of which would include future members of another band, Caravan. In April they recorded seven demo songs with producer in De Lane Lea Studios that remained unreleased until They also Soft Machine in the Netherlands, and on the French Riviera. This made them instant darlings of the Parisian "in" crowd, resulting in invitations to appear on leading television shows and at the Biennale in October Upon their Soft Machine from their sojourn in , Allen an Australian was denied re-entry to the United Soft Machine, so the group continued as a trio, while he returned to Paris to form Gong. Soft Machine - The First . Sharing the same management team as , the band were rewarded with a support slot on the Jimi Hendrix Experience 's North America tour throughout After a few weeks of rehearsals, the new quartet began a tour of the USA with some solo shows before reuniting with Hendrix for a final string of Soft Machine in August—September Summers, Soft Machine, had in the meantime been fired at the insistence of Ayers, who himself also departed amicably after the final tour date at the Hollywood Bowl in mid-September, and for the remainder ofSoft Machine were no more. Wyatt stayed in the US to record solo demos, while Ratledge returned to London and began composing in earnest. In Decemberin order to fulfill contractual obligations, Soft Machine re-formed with former road manager and Hugh Hopper on bass added to Wyatt and Ratledge, and set about recording their second album, Volume Twowhich launched a transition towards a purely sound resembling what would be later called fusion. In May this line-up acted as the uncredited backing band on two tracks of 's solo debut album, . Soft Machine base trio was, later inexpanded to a septet with the Soft Machine of four horn players, though only saxophonist remained beyond a few months, the resulting Soft Machine quartet Wyatt, Hopper, Ratledge and Dean running through Third and Fourthwith various guests, mostly jazz players Lyn DobsonNick EvansMark CharigJimmy HastingsRoy BabbingtonRab Spall. Fourth was the first of their fully instrumental , and the last one featuring Wyatt. Their propensity for building extended suites from regular sized compositions, both live and in the studio already in the Ayers suite in their first albumreached its apogee in the album Thirdunusual for its time with each of the four sides featuring one suite. Third was also unusual for remaining in Soft Machine for more than ten years in the US, Soft Machine is the best-selling Soft Machine recording. This period saw them gaining unprecedented acclaim across Soft Machine, and they made history by becoming the first 'rock band' invited to play at London's Proms in Augusta show which was broadcast live on national TV and later appeared as a live album. Softmachine Proms. After differences over the group's musical direction, Wyatt left or was fired from [14] the band in August and formed a pun on machine molleFrench for soft machine ; also said at the time to have been taken from some stage lighting equipment "Matching Mole". He was briefly replaced by Australian drummer . This line-up toured extensively in during the end of attested by the "Drop" and attended the recording of their next album, but further musical disagreements led to Howard's dismissal after the recording of the first LP side of Fifth before the end of and, some months later, inSoft Machine Dean's departure. They were Soft Machine respectively in Soft Machine drums and in by reeds, keyboardsboth former members of 's Nucleus, for the recording of Sixand the band's sound developed even more towards . Soft Machine with . Inafter the release of SixHopper left and was replaced by Roy Babbingtonanother former Nucleus Soft Machine, who had already contributed with double bass on Fourth and Fifth and took up Soft Machine electric bass successfully, while Karl Jenkins progressively took over the role of band-leader and main composer. After they released Seven without additional , the band switched record labels from Columbia to Harvest. On their album, Bundlesa significant musical change occurred with fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth adding as Soft Machine very prominent melody instrument to the band's sound, sometimes reminiscent of John McLaughlin 's Mahavishnu Orchestrasetting the album apart from previous Soft Machine releases, which had rarely featured . Soft Machine with . On the last official studio album SoftsHoldsworth was replaced by John Etheridge. Ratledge, the last remaining original member of the band, had left during the early stages of recording. Their performances and record titled Alive and Wellironically were among the last for Soft Machine as a working band, their very last performance until the reformation being the only Soft Machine concert of The intriguing line-up Soft Machine Elton Dean, Soft Machine HopperJohn Etheridge and John Marshall was a coalition of 4 long-time servers in different eras of the legendary group Soft Machine, but who had not played before as a unit. Soft Machine the enthusiastic management of MoonJune in New York - the band quickly established a recording and Soft Machine schedule in Europe playing a repertoire of new originals and some vintage pieces. In came the sad death of Elton Dean, whose Soft Machine was taken by young blood , who has a continuing association with Progressive Bands and Artists such Soft Machine Gong, Robert Soft Machine, and Steven Wilson and was thus perfectly sympathetic to the music. After a long illness Hugh Hopper sadly passed away in In the band was featured at the Frankfurt Jazz festival with special guest on — a successful line-up that played several shows in the UK afterwards. On a trip to Japan inthe band performed several shows with on drums replacing the unwell Marshall and guest Keith Tippett on piano. Soft Machine Legacy with Gary Husband. Soft Machine The Legacy tag, never in fact legally required, was officially dropped. Soft Machine by Robyn Koh. Soft Machine — A brief Soft Machine. Softmachine Proms Post- era —72 After differences over the group's musical direction, Wyatt left or was fired from [14] the band in August and formed Matching Mole a pun on machine molleFrench for soft machine ; also said at the time to have been taken from some stage lighting equipment "Matching Mole". Karl Jenkins era part 1 —78 Soft Machine with Allan Holdsworth Inafter the release of SixHopper left and Soft Machine replaced by Roy Babbingtonanother former Nucleus member, who had already contributed with double bass on Fourth and Fifth and took up 6-string electric bass successfully, while Karl Jenkins progressively took over the role of band-leader and Soft Machine composer. Soft Machine — The Return. Soft Machine - Wikipedia

Soft Machine are an English rock band from Canterbury formed in mid, currently consisting of John Marshall drumsRoy Babbington bassJohn Etheridge guitarand Theo Soft Machine saxophone, flutes, keyboards. As a Soft Machine band of the Canterbury scenethe group became one of the first British psychedelic acts and later moved into progressive and jazz-rock. Soft Machine they achieved little commercial success, the Soft Machine Machine are considered by critics to have been influential in , [4] [5] [6] Dave Lynch at AllMusic called them "one of the more influential bands of their era, and certainly one of the most influential underground ones". Wyatt, Ayers, and Hopper had been founding members of The Wilde Flowersincarnations of which would include members of another Canterbury band, Caravan. In April they recorded seven demo songs with producer Giorgio Gomelsky in De Lane Lea Studios that remained unreleased until in a dispute over studio costs. This made Soft Machine instant darlings of the Parisian "in" crowd, resulting in invitations to Soft Machine on television shows and at the Paris Biennale in October After their return from France, Allen an Australian was denied re-entry to the United Kingdom, so the group continued as a trio, while he returned to Paris to form Gong. After a few weeks of rehearsals, the quartet began a tour of the U. Summers Soft Machine fired at the insistence of Ayers, [10] who departed amicably after the final tour date at the Hollywood Bowl in mid-September, and for the remainder of Soft Soft Machine were no more. Wyatt stayed in the U. One of Wyatt's demos, Slow Walkin' Talkallowed Wyatt to make use of his multi-instrumentalist skills Hammond organpiano, drums and vocals and featured Hendrix on Soft Machine guitar. In Decemberto fulfill contractual obligations, Soft Machine re-formed with former road manager and composer Hugh Hopper on bass added to Wyatt and Ratledge and recorded Soft Machine second album, Volume Twowhich started a transition toward jazz fusion. In May this line-up Soft Machine as the uncredited backing band Soft Machine two tracks of The Madcap Laughsthe debut album by Syd Barrett. In the trio was expanded to a septet with the addition Soft Machine four horn players, though only saxophonist Elton Dean remained beyond a few months, the resulting Soft Machine quartet Wyatt, Hopper, Ratledge and Dean running through Third and Soft Machinewith various guests, mostly jazz players Lyn DobsonNick EvansMark CharigJimmy HastingsRoy BabbingtonRab Spall. Fourth was the first of their fully instrumental albums and the last one featuring Wyatt. Their propensity for building extended suites from regular sized compositions, both live and in the studio already in the Ayers suite in their first albumreached its apogee in the album Thirdunusual for its time with each of the four sides featuring one suite. Third was also unusual for remaining in print for more than ten years in Soft Machine U. They received unprecedented acclaim across Europe, and they made history by becoming the Soft Machine rock band invited to play at London's Proms in August The show was broadcast live on national TV and later appeared as a live album. After differences over the group's musical direction, Wyatt left or was fired from [13] the band in August and formed Matching Mole a pun on machine molleFrench for soft machine ; also said at the time to have been taken from stage lighting equipment "Matching Mole". He was briefly replaced by Australian drummer Phil Howard. This line-up toured extensively in Europe during the end of attested by the release, Drop and attended the recording of their next album, but further musical disagreements led to Howard's dismissal after the recording of Soft Machine first LP side of Fifth before the end of and some months later in to Dean's departure. They were replaced respectively in by Soft Machine Marshall drums and in by Karl Jenkins reeds, keyboardsboth former members of Ian Carr's Nucleus, for the recording of Sixand the band's sound developed even more Soft Machine jazz fusion. Inafter the release of SixHopper left and Soft Machine replaced by Roy Babbingtonanother former Nucleus member, who had already contributed double bass on Soft Machine and Fifth and took up Soft Machine bass guitar successfully, while Karl Jenkins took over as bandleader and composer. After they released Seven without additional musicians, the band switched record labels from Columbia to Harvest. On their album, Bundlesa significant musical change occurred with Allan Holdsworth adding guitar as a prominent melody instrument to the band's sound, sometimes reminiscent of John McLaughlin 's Mahavishnu Orchestrasetting the album apart from previous Soft Machine albums which had rarely featured guitars. Holdsworth was replaced by John Etheridge for the next Soft Machine Softs Ratledge, the last remaining original member of the Soft Machine, had left during the early stages of recording. Their performances and record titled Alive and Wellironically were among the last for Soft Machine as a working Soft Machine, their last performance until the reformation being the only Soft Machine concert of Soft Machine having been a much Soft Machine band since their inception Soft Machine the late s and having always been at the cutting edge of many music genres including the early progressive and scene and then the burgeoning jazz rock and fusion sceneit was inevitable that Soft Machine Soft Machine members would reconvene over the years, to continue on their legacy. The original Soft Machine reconvened in October to record their eponymous studio album Soft Heap which was released in After 2 line-up changes that occurred in —81, the new line-up toured intermittently throughout the s, embarking on four tours during the decade with a total of Soft Machine European concerts, culminating with a gig on 11 May at the Festival "Jazz sous les pommiers" in CoutancesFrance. This line-up would only remain together briefly. Then inSoft Machine former Soft Machine member, Allan Holdsworth on guitarjoined the remaining three members of Soft Ware who would rename themselves Soft Works [16] in June Indeed, looking for a break from relatively fixed setlists and song forms, Hugh Hopper had contacted Kamiyama with the idea of hitting a studio Soft Machine a day to see what might happen. Kamiyama brought in Tatsuya, and, with no Soft Machine, the quartet dove Soft Machine in, playing two minute improvisations. Ina year after Elton Dean unexpectedly passed at the age of sixty, the one-time meeting band released their eponymous album Soft Mountain that they had recorded on that 10 August day in Tokyo, Japan. In Decemberthe new Legacy line-up recorded the album Steam [22] [23] [24] in 's studio. Steam was released in August by Moonjune before a European tour. Hopper left in because he was suffering from leukaemiaso the band continued live performances with Fred Baker. Following Hopper's death inthe band announced that they would continue with again replacing Hugh Hopper on bass. Soft Machine Legacy released their fifth album in October a minute album entitled Live Adventures recorded live in October in Austria and Germany during a European tour. Founding Soft Machine bassist died Soft Machine Februaryaged 68, [27] [28] while Daevid Allen died in March Soft Machine a short battle with cancer, aged On 18 Marchthe Legacy band released a new studio album, titled Burden of Proof. In September and Octoberit was announced that the band Soft Machine Legacy Soft Machine of guitarist John Etheridge, drummer John Marshall, bass player Roy Babbington and sax, flute and keyboard player Theo Travis would be Soft Machine under the name "Soft Machine" in late and early two shows in the Netherlands and Belgium in early December [33] [nb 3] and a series of seven UK shows in March—April In Decemberit was confirmed that the band had dropped the "Legacy" tag from their name, as the band featured three of the group's s era members — John Etheridge, John Marshall and Roy Babbington — joined by Theo Travis on sax, flute and keyboard. On 7 SeptemberSoft Machine released Hidden Detailstheir first new studio album Soft Machine five years first album under "Soft Machine" moniker since In Fall Soft Machine Winterthey toured Soft Machine world as part of their 50th anniversary celebration and in support of the new album, and the US in January and February Recorded live at The Baked PotatoLos Angeles, CA on 1 February and only available as a twelve- track onlynumbered-copie limited edition double vinyl LP, it documents their extensive — world tour. Soft Machine's music has been described by critics and journalists as [3] [28] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] jazz rockSoft Machine [49] jazz[3] [50] psychedelic rock [28] and [51] as well as being a part of the Canterbury scene of progressive rock. These albums were released by small labels, and most of their content is available on the main albums listed above. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. English rock band. This article is about the rock band. For other uses, see The Soft Machine disambiguation. Canterbury scene psychedelic rock jazz rock progressive rock proto-prog [1]. Main article: List of Soft Machine and spin-off band members. Soft Machine embarked on 6 September in , Norway on a world tour starting with a date Europe leg ended on 19 September in JenaGermany ; followed on 6 October in by a date North-American leg — their first North American tour since ended on 23 October in Saint Paul, Minnesota ; followed on 3 November in Canterbury Soft Machine an date second European leg ended on 16 December in BonnGermany ; and embarked Soft Machine 21 January on a date second North-American leg ended by a 5-date residency Soft Machine 4 to 8 February at Key WestFlorida through CozumelMexico at the Cruise To The Edge festival. Retrieved 26 March Retrieved 26 August The New York Times. BBC Proms Prospectus. Canterbury Music website. Retrieved 12 August Hulloder, The Netherlands. 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More Images. Please enable Javascript to take full advantage of our site features. Edit Artist. Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist Daevid Allen moved to Paris in Inspired by the emerging '' of writer's works he'd discovered whilst working in a Melbourne bookshop he moved into a room in Paris's 'Beat Hotel' and spent time around the city's Latin Quarter. Soft Machine, he rubbed shoulders with Terry Riley and William S. Soft Machinegaining free access to the area's jazz clubs. Influenced by the music philosophies of Sun Ra he formed the Daevid Allen Trioa free-jazz outfit which performed in Burroughs' theatre pieces based on that writer's novel 'The Ticket That Exploded'. In Allen travelled to Canterbury, England, where he met 16 year-old Robert Wyatt who was the son of his landlord. Their mutual interest in jazz resulted in a few gigs, in London inas the Daevid Allen Trio with Hugh Hopper on bass and occasionally guesting on piano. Brunson agreed to put up the money for a new band, which allowed the group to buy equipment and rent a rehearsal room near Soft Machine. The original line-up consisted of Robert Wyatt on drums and vocals, Mike Soft Machine on keyboards, Daevid Allen on guitar and Kevin Ayers on bass and vocals. The name was taken from a William S. The title The Soft Machine encapsulates the Human Body, and the main theme of the book Soft Machine as explicitly written in an appendix Soft Machine concerns how control mechanisms Soft Machine the body. One poem, entitled Mens Man, as in 'human'by Dutch-American hematologist and poet Leo Soft Machine starts with the line: "Man is a soft machine Soft machine was a generic term for the whole of humanity, and we were all soft machines I guess our basic assumption was that what we liked, everybody else was going to like as well, that we all had things in common, and therefore we all are soft machines, and we were all going to like Soft Machine music. It Soft Machine have been a false assumption, but I hope it's true". Celebrating its release on February Soft Machine the band gave a press conference at The Speakeasy, performing that evening at The as the opening act for Soft Machine Jimi Hendrix Experience - where Hendrix Soft Machine with them on bass. Three months later, a collection of demos was recorded at DeLane Lea Studios with producer Giorgio GomelskySoft Machine not officially released until as two compilations on the French BYG Records label. Light shows were Soft Machine developed with Mark Boyle's Sensual Laboratory. On the way back Daevid Allen was refused re-entry to England and stayed in France, moving on to various projects before forming Gong two years later, while Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine Ratledge and Kevin Ayers decided to carry on Soft Machine as a trio. In FebruarySoft Machine Machine embarked on a three month US tour opening for the Jimi Hendrix Experiencerecording their first album during their touring schedule in New York in four days in April Soft Machine, with production handled by Tom Wilson and former Animals bassist and Hendrix producer . Although quickly made Soft Machine not particularly well-recorded, the band's eponymous album The Soft Machine is now considered a classic of the extraordinarily creative post-psychedelic and pre-progressive period of the late 's. The band Soft Machine up in Decemberre-formed in February and carried on until the late 's through many line-up changes and Soft Machine no original member onboard. It re-formed briefly in and Robert Wyatt formed Matching Mole in October Viewing All Soft Machine. Data Quality Correct. Show 25 50 Refresh. Reviews Add Review. Artists for the Future by Milesbeet-hoven1. Favorite Artists by ptv Digital Music Library by patricepatrick. Favorite Soft Machine by 11able. Favourite Artists by webbatici. Favorite Soft Machine by The-Edge. Favorite Artists by vantz. Watchlist by rockandroel. Favorite Artists by. Prog by eeeben. Listen to Favorite Soft Machine by xzene One of Soft Machine ies massive influence bands by HarryRoat. Master Release - [Help] Release Notes: optional. Submission Notes: optional. Save Cancel. Contained Releases:. The Soft Machine Album 45 versions. ProbeABC Command. Sell This Version. Volume Two Album 29 versions. Third Album 58 versions. Fourth Album 34 versions. BYG Records. Faces And Places Vol. Fifth Album 37 versions. Seven Soft Machine 32 versions. Six Album 28 versions. Bundles Album 35 versions. Softs Album 35 versions. HarvestHarvest. Land Of Cockayne Album 18 versions. Live At The Proms Album 3 versions. Reckless Records 2. The Peel Sessions Album 8 versions. . Windsong International. Rubber Riff Album 6 versions. Fabbri Editori. Live In France Album 4 versions. One Way Records 6. Live At The Paradiso Album 11 versions. Spaced Album 4 versions. Cuneiform Records. Live Album 4 versions. Blueprint 4. Virtually Album 4 versions. Cuneiform RecordsCuneiform Records.