Soft Machine

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Formed September 1966. Disbanded August 1984.

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Biography

Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre. Though they achieved little commercial success, they are considered by Allmusic to be "one of the more influential bands of their era, and certainly one of the most influential underground ones."

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BBC Reviews

  1. Volume One 2009

    Review of Volume One

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    Volume One stands as one of the pinnacles of English pre-progressive underground music.

  2. Volume Two 2009

    Review of Volume Two

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    No one makes records like this anymore.

  3. Third / Fourth / Fifth / Six / Seven 2007

    Review of Third / Fourth / Fifth / Six / Seven

    Reviewed by Sid Smith

    A guilty pleasure no longer, we don’t have to wait for the critics to catch up.

  4. BBC Radio 1967-1971 2003

    Review of BBC Radio 1967-1971

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    Beginners may well be scared by the intricacies and oddly emotionless explorations...

  5. Backwards 2002

    Review of Backwards

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    ...this is the musical equivalent of architectural brutalism; bold, stark, utopian,...

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