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Soft Machine Legacy - Steam (2007)  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 22, 2024
Soft Machine Legacy - Steam (2007)

Soft Machine Legacy - Steam (2007)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 413 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 154 MB | Covers - 34 MB
Genre: Progressive/Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Moonjune Records (MJR016)

The band name says it all. Three members of this quartet worked at different times in the original Soft Machine (John Etheridge, Hugh Hopper, John Marshall) whilst the fourth (Theo Travis) has assumed the mantle once taken by the late and lamented musician, Elton Dean. They've come up with a program of music that pulls off the not inconsiderable feat of acknowledging the legacy at the same time as it forges ahead in new and distinct ways. The world would be a far more interesting place if more musicians operated on a similar level. Overall this a vibrant, adventurous fusion and free form jazz outing; it stands up well to the band's illustrious history and ought to be on any Soft fan's collection.

Soft Machine Legacy - Soft Machine Legacy (2006)  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 3, 2024
Soft Machine Legacy - Soft Machine Legacy (2006)

Soft Machine Legacy - Soft Machine Legacy (2006)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 336 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 135 MB | Covers - 99 MB
Genre: Progressive/Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Moonjune Records (MJR008)

A powerful rock-edged collaboration from Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Hugh Hopper and John Marshall, four legendary members of jazz-rock pioneers Soft Machine. This album itself is a mixed bag. There are two tracks that sound a bit too much like studio improvisations. There are a couple in conventional head-solo-tail jazz constructions. There is a Softs medley, Mike Ratledge's "Facelift," "As If" & "Slightly All The Time" (titled "Ratlift"). There is a ten-minute Hopper epic with typically Hopperean twists and turns.

Soft Machine Legacy - Burden Of Proof (2013)  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 5, 2024
Soft Machine Legacy - Burden Of Proof (2013)

Soft Machine Legacy - Burden Of Proof (2013)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 350 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 130 MB | Covers - 227 MB
Genre: Progressive/Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Esoteric Antenna (EANTCD 1015)

Esoteric Antenna are pleased to announce the release of the album by Soft Machine Legacy, "Burden Of Proof". This wonderful new studio album was recorded in Italy in the closing months of 2012 and features John Etheridge (Electric Guitar), Theo Travis (Tenor Sax, Flute, Fender Rhodes), Roy Babbington (Bass Guitar) and John Marshall (Drums and Percussion). Following in the fine tradition of Soft Machine, "Burden of Proof” is arguably Soft Machine Legacy’s finest album to date, featuring a host of outstanding new compositions, along with a new recording and arrangement of Hugh Hopper’s ‘Kings and Queens’ (originally featured on Soft Machine Fourth). The excellence of "Burden of Proof” rests with Soft Machine Legacy.

Soft Machine - Spaced [Recorded 1969] (1996)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 22, 2024
Soft Machine - Spaced [Recorded 1969] (1996)

Soft Machine - Spaced [Recorded 1969] (1996)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 392 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 158 MB | Covers - 92 MB
Genre: Progressive/Jazz Rock, Experimental | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Cuneiform Records (Rune 90)

In 1969, Soft Machine were commissioned to provide music for a multimedia show at the Roundhouse in London. As Hugh Hopper writes in the liner notes, "they wanted a backing tape of suitably deranged and doomy sounds," and the group (augmented in parts by saxophonist Brian Hopper) delivered suitably abstract music that was high on improvisational challenge and low on melody. This 67-minute CD was compiled from music used in the show. It varies from off-kilter planetarium-type sounds (especially evident in Mike Ratledge's astral electric keyboards) to background-type instrumental jazz-rock to bordering-on-clamorous noisy improv (especially on the 32-minute "Spaced Four"). The sound quality is good, but this is, after all, work that was recorded as a supplement to a performance art event, with a different purpose in mind than home listening…

Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (2010) 5CD Box Set  Music

Posted by Designol at Aug. 23, 2023
Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (2010) 5CD Box Set

Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (2010) 5CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.46 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 637 Mb | Scans ~ 69 Mb
Label: Sony Music | # 88697781442 | Time: 04:28:31
Canterbury Scene, Jazz Fusion, Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Psychedelic Rock

2010 five CD box set containing a quintet of albums from the British Art-Rockers. Box includes Soft Machine Third, Fourth, Fifth, Six & Seven.

Soft Machine - Turns On Vol. 1-2 [Recorded 1967-1968] (2001)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 12, 2023
Soft Machine - Turns On Vol. 1-2 [Recorded 1967-1968] (2001)

Soft Machine - Turns On Vol. 1-2 [Recorded 1967-1968] (2001)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 670 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 345 MB | Covers - 92 MB
Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic/Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Voiceprint

Turns On is a collection of early Soft Machine recordings sold in two separate volumes. Turns On, Vol. 1 catches the newly formed group in their first studio recordings and live performances in early to mid-1967, all pre-dating the first LP. The lineup on most of the 16 tracks consists of Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge, and Kevin Ayers. Daevid Allen appears on four studio recordings. The repertoire draws a lot from the Wilde Flowers' songbook, Ayers, Hugh Hopper and Brian Hopper having written most of the material (Wyatt and Ratledge were only beginning to submit material). Sound quality goes from poor to very weak, but it is still better than on Turns On, Vol. 2 - while the latter focuses on live material, this one contains more studio demo cuts…

Soft Machine - Facelift: France & Holland (2022)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Nov. 12, 2022
Soft Machine - Facelift: France & Holland (2022)

Soft Machine - Facelift: France & Holland (2022)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 628 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 286 Mb
Scans Included | 01:11:22 + 00:44:38 | RAR 5% Recovery
Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock / Jazz Rock / Fusion / Canterbury Scene
Cuneiform Records #Rune495/496/497

Newly-remastered footage of pioneering British psych outfit Soft Machine is headed for release as Facelift France and Holland. The three-CD/DVD set will arrive on March 25th via Cuneiform Records and showcases the earliest known footage of the 1960s Canterbury group. After emerging as forefathers of the 60’s psychedelic movement across the pond in 1966—sharing the stage with Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and more—Soft Machine reached the dawn of a new decade in 1970. The band moved toward a more eclectic jazz-rock sound and also scaled back personnel to a modest quintet of Mike Ratledge (keyboards, flute), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Hugh Hopper (bass, guitar, alto sax), and Elton Dean (alto saxophone, saxello, flute, keyboards), with contributions from Lyn Dobson (soprano saxophone, flute, harmonica, vocals). With this lineup—which would last from January to March 1970—the band performed at Paris’ Théâtre de la Musique on March 2nd, footage of which comprises the meat of the release.

Soft Machine - Volume Two (1969) {1990, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 9, 2024
Soft Machine - Volume Two (1969) {1990, Reissue}

Soft Machine - Volume Two (1969) {1990, Reissue}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 329 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 210 Mb
Full Scans | 00:33:34 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Jazz Rock / Experimental / Canterbury Scene
MCA Records / One Way Records #MCAD-22065

The first Soft Machine LP usually got the attention, with its movable parts sleeve, as well as the presence of ultra-talented songwriter Kevin Ayers. But musically, Volume Two better conveys the Dada-ist whimsy and powerful avant rock leanings of the band. Hugh Hopper took over for Ayers on bass, and his fuzz tones and experimental leanings supplanted Ayers' pop emphasis. The creative nucleus behind this most progressive of progressive rock albums, however, is Robert Wyatt. He provides the musical arrangements to Hopper's quirky ideas on the stream-of-consciousness collection of tunes ("Rivmic Melodies") on side one.

Soft Machine Legacy - Live At The New Morning (2006)  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 24, 2019
Soft Machine Legacy - Live At The New Morning (2006)

Soft Machine Legacy - Live At The New Morning (2006)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 564 MB | Covers - 61 MB
Genre: Progressive/Jazz Rock, Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Inakustik (INAK 9076 2CD)

Soft Machine Legacy is made up of former Soft Machine members and the lineup here boasts Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Marshall and John Etheridge. Sadly it was less than 2 months after this concert that Elton Dean passed away, and so it's stated in the liner notes that this album is in memory and a tribute to this legendary performer. The concert here was performed at a club in Paris called "New Morning" and this is a club famous for it's Jazz concerts and also a favourite place for Elton and Hugh to play at.

Soft Machine - Live at the Baked Potato (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at May 29, 2020
Soft Machine - Live at the Baked Potato (2020)

Soft Machine - Live at the Baked Potato (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 349 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 139 Mb | 00:59:19
Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock | Label: Tonefloat

This follow-up to Soft Machine's highly acclaimed 2018 album Hidden Details finds John Etheridge, Roy Babbington, John Marshall and Theo Travis on fine form at the Baked Potato, LA, USA on 1st February 2019. The material mixes tunes from Hidden Details, along with older material and some choice improvisations. The band, with a world tour under their belt and a partisan crowd urging them on, are absolutely at the top of their game - powerful, committed and idiosyncratic.