Soft Machine
LAFELL SPAZIO Cinema e Teatro
Via Privata Oldrado da Tresseno
Oct 28, 2021
9:00 PM GMT+2
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I pionieri dell’avant/jazz-rock inglese Soft Machine saranno presto in Italia per celebrare i loro cinquant’anni di carriera.La data: 30 ottobre Milano, Spazio Teatro 89 - Posticipato al 28 ottobre 2021Dalle prime performance psichedeliche sugli stessi palchi che ospitavano Syd Barrett e la Jimi Hendrix Experience fino a diventare una delle più famose fusion band europee, la musica dei Soft Machine ha influenzato diverse generazioni di musicisti e continua ad essere ad essere citata dagli sperimentatori contemporanei. La formazione attuale comprende i tre quarti di quella leggendaria che nel 1975 registrò Softs, a cui si aggiungono il sassofonista Theo Travis (Robert Fripp, David Gilmour, Gong). La band eseguirà sia materiale d’epoca (composizioni di Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge e Karl Jenkins) sia i lavori contemporanei, compreso il più recente Hidden Details (2018) uscito esattamente cinquant’anni dopo il debutto The Soft Machine (1968).
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Soft Machine Biography
Soft Machine was a pioneering British psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz band from Canterbury, England, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury Scene.
The band originally consisted of Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Mike Ratledge, most of whom were former members of Wilde Flowers. Later members have included Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Karl Jenkins, John Marshall, and Allan Holdsworth.
Numerous offshoots and side projects have included "Soft" in their names: Soft Heap, Soft Head, Soft Works, and the band Matching Mole, a play on words for the French of Soft Machine ('machine molle'). As of 2005, Soft Machine Legacy is a working concern. It is interesting to note that the Soft Machine was the only opening act that was ever actually sanctioned by Jimi Hendrix. They received a lot of poor treatment at many of the smaller venues the Experience played at due to their somber stage demeanor, and actually sitting still in front of music stands full of charts and written music while they performed!
Read MoreThe band originally consisted of Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Mike Ratledge, most of whom were former members of Wilde Flowers. Later members have included Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Karl Jenkins, John Marshall, and Allan Holdsworth.
Numerous offshoots and side projects have included "Soft" in their names: Soft Heap, Soft Head, Soft Works, and the band Matching Mole, a play on words for the French of Soft Machine ('machine molle'). As of 2005, Soft Machine Legacy is a working concern. It is interesting to note that the Soft Machine was the only opening act that was ever actually sanctioned by Jimi Hendrix. They received a lot of poor treatment at many of the smaller venues the Experience played at due to their somber stage demeanor, and actually sitting still in front of music stands full of charts and written music while they performed!
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