Tag Archives: Elton Dean

SOFT MACHINE – Drop

July 24, 2025

MoonJune 2008 / 2025 Laid down on German stage in November 1971, a unique image of least-documented line-up in the British experimentalists’ history tells an unhinged-arrangements story. Five months. This quartet lasted only five months, yet that seemed enough to … 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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SOFT MACHINE’s Classic Quartet Unveil Historical Two-Night Stand

February 29, 2024

There are musicians for whom “more of the same” is like a red rag to a bull, and SOFT MACHINE have always saw such a notion as a challenge, which is why, while they might perform the same pieces during … Continue reading →

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HUGH HOPPER – Jazzloops / The Stolen Hour

May 19, 2023

Burning Shed 2003 & 2004 / Explore Rights Management 2023 A veteran of avant-garde endeavors ventures on a voyage into a Möbius band and back again. To suggest that Hugh Hopper was just a bassist would seem to be a … 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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