Soft Machine - Six (1973) [EAC-FLAC]

Soft Machine - Six (1973)
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Soft Machine were an English 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.

The Soft Machine were many things to many people, but to most, the real Soft Machine ceased to exist when founder Robert Wyatt left to work on his conspicuously titled Matching Mole project. This departure is generally credited to The Soft Machine's creative advance away from prog rock and toward jazz fusion. Three years and three records after Wyatt's departure, this creative motion was in full sail, and the release of Six cemented the band in their distant station beyond the gravity of anything that resembled rock and its spacious, cutting-edge sonics and more symmetrical rhythms. The jazz era that began on Fourth and continued through the '70s mutates slightly on Six, from the free improvisational structures used frequently on prior releases into a somewhat more constrained fusion design. This is due largely to new member Karl Jenkins, who makes a mighty impact on The Soft Machine's sound with his sax playing and songwriting -- and who later took creative control over the group, bringing in several guitarists to solidify a fusion sound. Half live and half studio album, Six will never interest classic-era stalwarts, but Jenkins and drummer John Marshall lead old-timers Mike Ratledge and Hugh Hopper through some nifty fusion exercises that fans of the genre (and obscure '70s music of every kind) might find very enjoyable

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Tracklist:
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01. Fanfare
02. All White
03. Between
04. Riff
05. 37 1/2
06. Gesolreut
07. E.P.V.
08. Lefty
09. Stumble (1:36)
10. 5 From 13 (For Phil Seamen With Love & Thanks)
11. Riff II
12. The Soft Weed Factor
13. Stanley Stamps Gibbon Album (For B.O.)
14. Chloe and the pirates
15. 1983

*2013 Columbia | SICP-30166 {2013 Japan Mini LP Blu-spec CD2}
Personnel:
Hugh Hopper - bass, sound effects on 1983
Karl Jenkins - oboe, baritone & soprano saxes, electric and grand pianos, celeste
John Marshall - drums, percussion
Mike Ratledge - organ, elestric and grand pianos, celeste
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