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1960s · Rock·1966–present

Soft Machine

Soft Machine connects directly to 23 artists, and through them to at least 70 more acts. Marc Charig played in Centipede, The Keith Tippett Group and London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra. Alan Skidmore played in The Onslaught Orchestra, S.O.S. and The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, among others. Andy Summers played in Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, Dantalian’s Chariot and Eric Burdon & The Animals (1968), among others.

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Soft Machine at the center, their direct connections around them, and the other bands those connections lead to — the same threads you can untangle live.

CentipedeThe Keith Tippe…London Jazz Com…The Onslaught O…S.O.S.The Mike Westbr…Charlie Watt’s…European Jazz Q…Zoot Money’s Bi…Dantalian’s Cha…Eric Burdon & T…Circa ZeroThe Secret Soci…Soft HeadSoft HeapIsotopeSoft WorksThe Wilde Flowe…AdiemusNucleusPlazaRubbaZappatistasDarryl Way’s W…Soft Machine Le…The Secret Poli…Global Village…DeliveryThe Stan Tracey…SpectrumBBC Radio Big B…BluesologyElton Dean’s Ni…Pip Pyle’s Equi…Elton Dean Quin…OrganonEberhard Weber…John Surman Qua…Planet EarthMarc CharigAlan SkidmoreAndy SummersHugh HopperKarl JenkinsJohn EtheridgeRoy BabbingtonElton DeanJohn MarshallMike RatledgeSoft Machine
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23 threads

Members

21

Collaborations

2

Bands & Artists Connected to Soft Machine

70 acts · 2 hops out

Where Soft Machine’s collaborators go next — the other bands, founded groups, and side projects their direct connections belong to.

Marc Charig

Alan Skidmore

Andy Summers

Hugh Hopper

Karl Jenkins

John Etheridge

Roy Babbington

Elton Dean

John Marshall

Mike Ratledge

Alan Wakeman

Nick Evans

Allan Holdsworth

Background

Soft Machine are an English rock band from Canterbury, Kent. The band were formed in 1966 by Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Larry Nowlin. Soft Machine were central in the Canterbury scene; they became one of the first British psychedelic acts, and…via Wikipedia

Career Highlights

15 albums
Formed
1966
Active
1966–present
Listeners
316,499Last.fm
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Selected Discography

  1. 1968The Soft Machine
  2. 1969Volume Two
  3. 1970Third
  4. 1971Fourth
  5. 1972Fifth
  6. 1973Seven
  7. 1973Six
  8. 1975Bundles
  9. 1976Rubber Riff
  10. 1976Softs
  11. 1981Land of Cockayne
  12. 1996Spaced
  13. 2018Hidden Details
  14. 2023Other Doors
  15. 2026Thirteen

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