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SOFT MACHINE – Floating World Live

August 27, 2025

MoonJune 2006 / 2025 And then there were five: flaunting unfamiliar fusion fantasies in front of audience, Canterbury’s finest take flight. It had taken these adventurers about eight months to incorporate a full-member guitarist into their ranks to become a … Continue reading →

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SOFT WORKS – Abracadabra

July 12, 2025

MoonJune 2003 / 2025 Finest proponents of English fusion reclaim their creative success and return to form in a fiercely mysterious manner. As undefined as it may seem with constant changes of SOFT MACHINE’s personnel, this ensemble’s always had a … Continue reading →

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PAT SMYTHE QUARTET’s Gig With SOFT MACHINE Members Is Out

April 21, 2024

It takes a jazz connoisseur today to know about PAT SMYTHE QUARTET, the British foursome commanded by a piano player who, having served in Joe Harriott’s revolutionary ensemble and helped introduce free jazz the UK, gathered a band of his … Continue reading →

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NUCLEUS Box Their BBC Sessions

October 7, 2021

Ian Carr’s NUCLEUS was a British jazz-rock institution which, despite the presence of many an outstanding player – including stellar guitarists and Allan Holdsworth – and the recent attempts to the band’s classic output, still isn’t celebrated enough. One of … Continue reading →

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SOFT WORKS’ Archival Performance To Be Issued

December 6, 2020

It’s going to be a poignant release because three quarters of this ensemble – Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper and Allan Holdsworth – passed away, and only John Marshall is still with us. “This ensemble” was SOFT WORKS – SOFT MACHINE … Continue reading →

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