The Canterbury scene thread
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ska invita
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normally when im rushing around on work life i havent got the patience for this kind of music, nor does it seem relevant to my life. Indulgent even. But having that bit of time right now and stuck at home, i'm really enjoying checking it all out...lots of travelling in the mind type shit...finding it quite theraputic...space creating. Definitely stimulating the old pineal gland a little.
Soft Machine 2 for breakfast today
Soft Machine 2 for breakfast today
the ones I have are a little later, Open and For To Next. Heavy new-wave pop beats on Open so far.
ska invita
back on the other side
Some history here Soft Machine : Official Website - Historycuriously it was recorded in NYC and released in the US - especially for a debut album. I guess the UK was "in" ? From what i can see it didint get a uk release till 1976, and then with a different name and cover? Bit weird that
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"Sharing the same management team as Jimi Hendrix, the band were rewarded with a support slot on the Jimi Hendrix Experience's North America tour throughout 1968. Soft Machine's first album – a psychedelic rock/proto-prog classic – was recorded in New York in April at the end of the first leg. "
Soft Machine followed by the Experience is a gig Id love to have been at
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I'm not that familiar with his output tbh. Much of it doesn't grab me, so I've never really spent much time on it. But Fish Rising is joyous.
The beeb did a prog rock Britannia series a while back including a bit on the Canterbury bands. It was quite annoyingly presented but it had interviews with Robert Wyatt and Richard Coughlan which provided some context for what these bands were up to and how they got there.
Be careful, you’ll be downloading System 7 by teatime.
I already have quite a bit of the System 7 stuff, which I mostly also hate (the Plastikman Alphawave remix aside)Be careful, you’ll be downloading System 7 by teatime.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Never got into Steve Hillage
Soft Machine at their most experimental.That's a wonderfully odd lineup of musicians - Laswell, Houston, Rodgers, Shepp. Covering The Soft Machine.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
This documentary looks interesting
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
As the only woman involved in the scene I thought I should check out Carol Grimes. I think I've found the right person, except it's pure British soul, with barely a hint of that olde pysch whimsy.
Why the session is illustrated with a photo of Sonja Kristina I dont know.
Why the session is illustrated with a photo of Sonja Kristina I dont know.
Had a bored moment and made a top 20 favourite Canterbury albums (excluding Gong, Steve Hillage, Egg, Khan and Karl Jenkins era Soft Machine whom I feel are all one step removed from the sound).
Yeah, I've got an obvious personal bias towards the Soft Machine/Wyatt/Ayers side rather than the Caravan/HatN side, other people would rate eg. In the Land of the Grey and Pink much higher.
| 1) | Kevin Ayers and the Whole World | Shooting at the Moon |
| 2) | Robert Wyatt | Rock Bottom |
| 3) | Soft Machine | Volume 2 |
| 4) | Soft Machine | Third |
| 5) | Caravan | If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You |
| 6) | The Soft Machine | The Soft Machine |
| 7) | Hatfield and the North | Rotters Club |
| 8) | Kevin Ayers | Whatevershebringswesing |
| 9) | Hugh Hopper | 1984 |
| 10) | Matching Mole | Little Red Record |
| 11) | Robert Wyatt | Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard |
| 12) | Robert Wyatt | End of an Ear |
| 13) | Matching Mole | Matching Mole |
| 14) | Caravan | In the Land of the Grey and Pink |
| 15) | Kevin Ayers | Joy of a Toy |
| 16) | Soft Heap | Soft Heap |
| 17) | National Health | National Health |
| 18) | Gilgamesh | Gilgamesh |
| 19) | Hatfield and the North | Hatfield and the North |
| 20) | National Health | Of Queues and Cures |
Yeah, I've got an obvious personal bias towards the Soft Machine/Wyatt/Ayers side rather than the Caravan/HatN side, other people would rate eg. In the Land of the Grey and Pink much higher.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
A quality album, but I prefer Green.
I've got this album on atm, just released by a british jazz archive label that recently passed into my orbit: Elton Dean from The Soft Machine on sax, Keith Tippett on piano, a South African rhythm section (Harry Miller & Louis Moholo), recorded live in 1979. really good stuff.
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On Italian Roads (Live at Teatro Cristallo, Milan, 1979), by Elton Dean Quartet
5 track album
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petee
no gods, no malarkey
i own 7 of those. (also the teapot trilogy.)
i was totally into canterbury and for some time Hatfield And The North were my favorite band, well more than that, i was devoted to their records.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
see also Georgie Born
Georgina Born - Wikipedia
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I always loved their contributions on the Hatfield albums (especially the sublime "Son of No...
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