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The Soft Machine was a pioneering English psychedelic, progressive rock,
and jazz fusion 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.[LINK:
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Biography
Beginnings: from psychedelic pioneers to post-Ayers jazz fusioneers The
Soft Machine was formed in 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 played in the Daevid Allen
Trio, occasionally ac
The Soft Machine - Volume One
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