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In 2023 Soft Machine - comprising Theo Travis, John Etheridge, Fred Baker and Asaf Sirkis - recorded reprises of Harry Beckett and Softs tunes

In honor of his first year as an octogenarian, Classicalite is walking down memory lane in retrospect of Sir Jenkins' illustrious career.

Daevid Allen, an Australian poet and musician, has died at the age of 77. Daevid Allen born Christopher David Allen, who was the founder of Soft Machine, pa

Reincarnated in various spinoffs and legacy bands the past decade or two, the Soft Machine reappear as themselves in this 2022 recording

The 1973 edition of the British jazz-rock band is heard at its best in a gig at De Lantaren, Rotterdam, caught on a Uher tape recorder

By 1973 Soft Machine already had a long history of playing in Rotterdam, appearing at major festivals such as Hippy Hippy Fair (1967), Kralingen (1970) and AHOY (1971, Phil Howard’s debut), and no less than four times at the city’s most prestigious venue, De Doelen, most recently (in September 1972) on a double bill with Robert Wyatt’s Matching Mole. This time, however, they were booked in a smaller venue, which they filled to capacity at around 400.

The Roxy Music guitarist picks from a wide range of sessions with a common denominator: Brian Eno

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The A side “When The Fire Grows Cold”, a piano-led nightmare-lullaby co-sung by the legendary musician-activist, Robert Wyatt. The B side is “Extinction!”, a 7-minute Balkan-brass psychedelic fantasy featuring the late, great Daevid Allen’s glissando guitar solo and the wonderful Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, Lydia Lunch, Tindersticks) on saxophone.

Originators of electric Jazz/Rock, Britain’s Soft Machine release "Facelift France and Holland," which captures them band at a pivotal moment in 1970 just before their breakthrough album "Third."