Soft Machine

Soft Machine are an English progressive 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."

History

Beginnings, psychedelic, jazz fusion (1966-1968, 1969-1971)

Soft Machine (billed as The Soft Machine up to 1969 or 1970) were formed in mid-1966 by Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals), Daevid Allen (guitar) and Mike Ratledge (organ) plus, for the first few gigs only, American guitarist Larry Nowlin. Allen, Wyatt and future bassist Hugh Hopper had first played together in the Daevid Allen Trio in 1963, occasionally accompanied by Ratledge. Wyatt, Ayers and Hopper had been founding members of The Wilde Flowers, later incarnations of which would include future members of another Canterbury band, Caravan.

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The Soft Machine (disambiguation)

The Soft Machine is a novel by William Burroughs published in 1961.

The Soft Machine may also refer to:

  • Soft Machine, a British progressive rock band named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs
  • The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album), their first album, released in 1968
  • Soft Machine (Teddybears album), is the fifth studio album by the Swedish band Teddybears, released in 2006
  • The Soft Machine (Ozark Henry album), is the fifth studio album of Ozark Henry, released in 2006
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    Soft Machine (Teddybears album)

    Soft Machine is the fifth studio album by Teddybears, released on 12 September 2006 on Big Beat Recordings and Columbia Records. It is the first album the band released under the name "Teddybears", as they had previously been Teddybears STHLM. Excluding "Intro", "Riot Going On" is the only new song from the group. The rest are reproductions of tracks found on their previous albums Fresh and Rock 'n' Roll Highschool, with "Throw Your Hands Up" renamed "Are You Feelin' It?".

    Track listing

    Musicians

    Teddybears

  • Patrik Arve
  • Joakim Åhlund
  • Klas Åhlund

    • Additional musicians

  • Sarah Dawn Finer - backing vocals (track 3)
  • Annie - backing vocals (track 4)
  • Irma Schultz - backing vocals (track 4)
  • Andreas Kleerup - drums (track 7)
  • Erik Olsson - drums & vibraphone (track 10)
  • Desmond Foster - backing vocals (track 11)


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    Soft Machine

    ALBUMS

    Drop

    Released 2014

    Six

    Released 2013

    Fourth

    Released 2013

    Proto

    Released 2012

    NDR Jazz Workshop - Hamburg, Germany 1973

    Released 2010

    Fifth

    Released 2007

    Floating World Live

    Released 2006

    Middle Earth Masters

    Released 2006

    Grides

    Released 2006

    Out-Bloody-Rageous: An Anthology 1967-1973

    Released 2005

    BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 1972

    Released 2005

    British Tour '75

    Released 2005

    Breda Reactor

    Released 2005

    Somewhere in Soho

    Released 2004

    Man in a Deaf Corner: Anthology 63-70

    Released 2004

    Kings of Canterbury

    Released 2003

    BBC Radio 1967-1971

    Released 2003

    BBC Radio 1971-1974

    Released 2003

    Backwards

    Released 2002

    Soft Machine Turns On, Volume 1

    Released 2001

    Noisette

    Released 2000

    Fourth / Fifth

    Released 1999

    Virtually

    Released 1998

    Live 1970

    Released 1998

    Live at the Paradiso

    Released 1996

    Spaced

    Released 1996

    Live in France

    Released 1995

    The Untouchable

    Released 1990

    Softs

    Released 1990

    Volume Two

    Released 1990

    Bundles

    Released 1990

    Volumes One & Two

    Released 1989

    Land of Cockayne

    Released 1981

    Alive and Well in Paris

    Released 1978

    Triple Echo

    Released 1977

    At the Beginning

    Released 1977

    Rubber Riff

    Released 1976

    Seven

    Released 1973

    The Soft Machine

    Released 1968

    BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert

    The Peel Sessions

    Third

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    Strangest Scene (lullabye Letter)

    by: Soft Machine

    I've got something to tell you
    Hold on, I wanted to thrill you
    It's nice, makes you feel better
    It's called a Lullabye Letter
    Hold tight, I'm not trying to con you
    Get ready, I'm going to lay it on you
    You're the sweetest thing I see
    I'm telling you it's no lie
    I've got lights in my brain, girl
    We'll have fights in the rain, girl
    You'll be good/bad together
    Writing songs and call that the weather
    If you've got something to sing me
    Four o'clock's the best time to ring me
    You're the sweetest thing I see
    I'm telling you it's no lie
    I've got something to tell you
    Hold on, I wanted to thrill you
    It's nice, makes you feel better
    It's called a Lullabye Letter
    Hold tight, I'm not trying to con you
    Get ready, I'm going to lay it on you
    You're the strangest scene I see
    I'm telling you it's no lie




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