Soft Machine

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The next Soft Machine concert is scheduled for Friday, August 15, 2025 at Mount Ephraim Country House & Gardens in Faversham, United Kingdom. See all 4 upcoming concerts

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Listen to Joy of a Toy by Soft Machine, see lyrics, music video & more!

Joy of a ToySoft Machine

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Save YourselfSoft Machine

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So Boot If At AllSoft Machine

Hazard Profile, Pt.1Soft Machine

Listen to Kings and Queens by Soft Machine, see lyrics, music video & more!

Kings and QueensSoft Machine

Listen to We Did It Again by Soft Machine, see lyrics, music video & more!

We Did It AgainSoft Machine

Listen to Teeth by Soft Machine, see lyrics, music video & more!

TeethSoft Machine

Listen to A Certain Kind by Soft Machine, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Certain KindSoft Machine

Listen to Moon In June by Soft Machine, see lyrics, music video & more!

Moon In JuneSoft Machine

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Hope for HappinessSoft Machine

Upcoming Concerts for Soft Machine

Latest Release

ALBUMDrop (feat. Mike Ratledge, Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper & Phil Howard) [2025 Remastered version]Soft Machine

More albums from Soft Machine

ALBUMFloating World Live (2025 Remastered version)Soft Machine

Listen to Turns On - Volume 2 by Soft Machine

ALBUMTurns On - Volume 2Soft Machine

Listen to Turns On Volume 1 by Soft Machine

ALBUMTurns On Volume 1Soft Machine

Listen to Alive and Well - Recorded in Paris by Soft Machine

ALBUMAlive and Well - Recorded in ParisSoft Machine

Listen to The Soft Machine, Vol. 2 by Soft Machine

ALBUMThe Soft Machine, Vol. 2Soft Machine

Listen to Fifth (Remastered) by Soft Machine

ALBUMFifth (Remastered)Soft Machine

ALBUMBreda ReactorSoft Machine

Listen to Jet-Propelled Photographs by Soft Machine

ALBUMJet-Propelled PhotographsSoft Machine

Listen to The Soft Machine by Soft Machine

ALBUMThe Soft MachineSoft Machine

Listen to Alive & Well (Recorded In Paris) by Soft Machine

ALBUMAlive & Well (Recorded In Paris)Soft Machine

ALBUMSoftsSoft Machine

Listen to Bundles (Remastered And Expanded Edition) by Soft Machine

ALBUMBundles (Remastered And Expanded Edition)Soft Machine

ALBUMBundlesSoft Machine

ALBUMSevenSoft Machine

ALBUMSixSoft Machine

Listen to Fourth (Remastered) by Soft Machine

ALBUMFourth (Remastered)Soft Machine

Listen to Third (Deluxe Edition) by Soft Machine

ALBUMThird (Deluxe Edition)Soft Machine

ALBUMThirdSoft Machine

ALBUMThe Soft MachineSoft Machine

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Soft Machine Essentials

From psychedelic whimsy to instrumental jazz fusion.

About Soft Machine

Hometown

Canterbury, England

Formed

September 1966

Genre

Rock

Soft Machine are one of the most innovative bands to come out of England in the ’60s. Besides being the most influential British jazz-rockers ever, they started an entire subgenre, the Canterbury sound. As Canterbury teens, various members played with future Gong mastermind Daevid Allen before forming rockers The Wilde Flowers. The first Soft Machine lineup in 1966 included Allen on guitar, singer/drummer Robert Wyatt, keyboardist Mike Ratledge, and singer/bassist Kevin Ayers, and bore a contemporary British rock sound. By their self-titled 1968 debut album, Allen was gone and the trio had developed a wildly original, highly experimental sound incorporating jazz, psychedelia, and proto-prog. Over the course of Volume Two and the classic Third they moved increasingly towards jazz-rock fusion. Throughout their career, Soft Machine had countless personnel changes, the biggest being Wyatt’s departure following 1971’s Fourth. Many musical giants passed through the band, including guitarists Andy Summers and Allan Holdsworth and bassist Hugh Hopper. By the last album of their initial run in 1981, no original members remained. Multiple offshoots followed; Soft Machine officially resumed activity in 2015, featuring mid-’70s members rather than the ’60s lineup.