Canterbury scene

Soft Machine, the cult prog rock formation from Canterbury, are celebrating their most creative period with a huge 17-disc set titled "Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970–1974", due out October 30 via Sony Music. The set, which packs…

Label: Dyad RecordsRelease date: June 30, 2023Production: Soft MachineAlbum length: 56.21 min.Genre: Progressive Rock / Canterbury Scene / Jazz Rock FusionRating: 8.5/10 Soft Machine, the cult figureheads of the so-called Canterbury…

Label: MadfishRelease date: 8. 10. 2021Production: CaravanAlbum length: 50.04 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Canterbury SceneRating: 9.0/10 Caravan, alongside Soft Machine and Gong, are among the most revered representatives of…

»Shapeshiter« was a surprisingly strong return of the 'real' Gong under Allen, who successfully blended their classic space rock approach with some more modern sonic touches and slick modern production.

With its occasional dance and house touches, "Gongmaison" was an unusual experiment in Allen's already wildly varied musical career, but the album is still stylistically diverse enough to deserve a more respected spot in the Gong…

Listening to "Alive & Well," you'd never guess Soft Machine were on the verge of (a temporary) split, because even while playing brand-new material, the band still sounds like a well-oiled machine.

"Softs" was a thoroughly solid effort from the Jenkins-era Soft Machine, but a few less inspired ideas kept it from making the leap into their canon of classics. Still, they weathered Ratledge's departure pretty well.

Soft Machine are back! Along with Gryphon's new record, »Hidden Details« is another big surprise of 2018: a hugely successful comeback studio album from a legendary prog rock band we thought would never set foot in a studio again

»Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into« was a slightly less exciting but solid follow-up to the Gilgamesh debut, and it closed the book on a short but fun Canterbury story. The album came out in 1978, when Gilgamesh were already history.