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Soft Machine founder Kevin Ayers dies, aged 68

Klaxons and Luke Haines have paid tribute

  • Feb 20, 2013

Indie stars guest on rock legend's first album in 15 years

Kevin Ayers has some cool friends

  • Aug 10, 2007

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Kevin Ayers Biography

Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 - 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter and a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement. Ayers was a founding member of the pioneering psychedelic band Soft Machine in the late 1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, John Cale, Elton John, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Nico and Ollie Halsall, among others. After living for many years in Deia, Majorca, he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s before moving to the south of France. His last album was The Unfairground, which was recorded in New York City, Tucson, and London in 2006.

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