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“Pop music didn’t offer enough open space for improvisation… there was no way we were going to play a tune the same way twice”: How Soft Machine pioneered the Canterbury scene
By the time debut album The Soft Machine was released in 1968, they’d already split up - but its impact changed everything
The ultimate Canterbury Scene playlist
Enter a world of Caravan, Soft Machine, Egg, Gilgamesh, Matching Mole and more
Pink Floyd grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!
Plus BJH, Soft Machine, Voyager, The Fierce & The Dead, Arjen Lucassen, Enslaved, Mystery, Godsticks and more...
The guy who everyone thought was 'Meghan in disguise' at the Coronation was a former member of Soft Machine
"I look this way all the time," says former Soft Machine musician Karl Jenkins after strange Coronation mix-up
The Canterbury scene albums you should definitely own
From the sublime to the ridiculous, from jaunty tunes to head-spinning jazz rock, the Canterbury scene is a prog-head’s Utopia
Soft Machine announce new studio album
Canterbury legends Soft Machine will release new album Other Doors in June
Soft Machine to introduce new drummer on UK live dates
Israeli drummer Asaf Sirkis replaces John Marshall who has now retired
Rare Hugh Hopper solo albums to be reissued on double CD
Late Soft Machine musician Hugh Hopper teamed up with then bandmates on Jazzloops and The Stolen Hour – due for re-release in March 2023
