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Soft Machine interview part 1 : 'Thirteen' #SoftMachine #CanterburyScene https://canterburyscene.com/2026/04/03/thirteen-an-interview-with-soft-machine-part-1/

Thirteen – an interview with Soft Machine – part 1

It was patently obvious on first hearing the new Soft Machine album ‘Thirteen’, back in the autumn of 2025 that this was something of a landmark release for the band. It’s the first entirely under …

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Andi Chorley 1d ago

Fourth is the fourth studio album by Soft Machine.

The numeral "4" is the title as shown on the cover in all countries, but a written-out title appears on the spine and label. This was the group's first all-instrumental album, although their previous album Third had almost completed the band's move in this direction toward instrumental jazz, and a complete abandonment of their original self-presentation as a psychedelic and progressive rock group. It was also the last of their albums to include drummer and founding member Robert Wyatt who afterwards left... - Wikipedia

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#SoftMachine #RobertWyatt #Jazz #FreeJazz #JazzRock #CanterburyScene #Music #EltonDean #MikeRatledge #HughHopper #RoyBabbington #MarkCharig #NickEvans #JimmyHastings #AlanSkidmore

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Zopp - Live at Danfest

"A Canterbury-rooted progressive rock performance blending vintage organ textures, modern composition and unreleased material."

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gongplanet Mar 29

Gong : Manchester 2026-03-27 gig review #GongBand #CanterburyScene #GlissandoGuitar https://canterburyscene.com/2026/03/28/gong-new-century-hall-manchester-27-march-2026/

Gong, New Century Hall Manchester 27 March 2026

Gong at the New Century Hall – Photo: Phil Filby Howitt As readers of Facelift will know, I’ve been immersed over the last week in putting together a selection of pieces looking deep into the…

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gongplanet Mar 25

Bright Spirit – an interview with Gong – part 3 #GongBand #CanterburyScene https://canterburyscene.com/2026/03/25/bright-spirit-an-interview-with-gong-part-3/

Bright Spirit – an interview with Gong – part 3

In Parts 1 and 2 we talked to Gong about the placing of their new project ‘Bright Spirit’ within a new trilogy of albums, as well as some of the components, musical and lyrical of the c…

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gongplanet Mar 25

Bright Spirit – an interview with Gong – part 2 – the Gong sound palette #GongBand #CanterburyScene #GlissandoGuitar https://canterburyscene.com/2026/03/24/bright-spirit-an-interview-with-gong-part-2-the-gong-sound-palette/

Bright Spirit – an interview with Gong – part 2 – the Gong sound palette

We finished off Part 1 of the interview with Gong about their new album with Kavus Torabi and Fabio Golfetti talking about the second single from ‘Bright Spirit’, namely the glissando g…

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gongplanet Mar 24

Bright Spirit – an interview with Gong – part 1 #GongBand #CanterburyScene https://canterburyscene.com/2026/03/23/bright-spirit-an-interview-with-gong-part-1/

Bright Spirit – an interview with Gong – part 1

Was it entirely coincidence that the latest chapters of the Soft Machine and Gong dynasties emerged on the 13th day in March, the same date that founder member Daevid Allen died in 2015? Is it ther…

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Andi Chorley Mar 5

Caravan is the debut album by the British Canterbury scene and progressive rock band Caravan. It was released by Verve Forecast in January (UK) and February 1969 (USA) and was the group's only album for the label.

Review by Lindsay Planer

Caravan's self-titled debut is equally as inventive and infinitely more subtle than the Soft Machine's Volume One or Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Two of the album's best tunes -- the ethereal "Place of My Own" was backed with the dreamlike "Magic Man" -- were issued as the band's first single. Those tracks accurately exemplify the subtle complexities that Caravan would hone to great effect on later recordings. The same can also be said for album cuts such as "Love Song With Flute" and the extended nine-minute "Where but for Caravan Would I?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQvcm2B2NI&list=PLky8Mxrvk-59bXU8yNcQaswrUMFS2u2D-&index=1

#Caravan #CanterburyScene #Prog #Music #JazzRock #Psychedelia