Reel Recordings is pleased to announce the imminent release of the finest recording of the classic Soft Machine quartet ever committed to tape. There was never another band that rose to the heights that Mike Ratledge, Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, and Robert Wyatt did, nor are succinct descriptions of their music applicable here.
Therefore, with much to celebrate about this exciting double cd set, Reel Recordings have complimented this simply stunning concert performance with a specially designed CD-ROM. This colourfully presents an extensive eight-chapter essay: The Soft Machine Sound: An Acoustic Electronic Experience Examined, replete with previously unseen photos and unheard recording extracts.
Hats off to the Henie Onstad Art Centre in Oslo, Norway for allowing the label to care for their extraordinary direct-to-Studer, two-track ambient recording. Additionally, Reel Recordings offer their deeply felt appreciation to Robert and Mike, as well as Elton’s and Hugh’s estate, for their enthusiastic approval. The label hopes they have done justice to the distinguished history of the Henie Onstad Art Centre and the Soft Machine recorded legacy, with the listeners’ approval in mind. These historically important recordings will be released on November 1, 2009.
SOFT MACHINE ~ LIVE AT HENIE ONSTAD ART CENTRE 1971
(Reel Recordings RR014/015) Two compact discs with bonus CD-ROM
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