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Wave Machines 'Punk Spirit'

Wave Machines 'Punk Spirit'

Waves Machines present their new promo 'Punk Spirit'.

NME Video: Florence And the Machine Covershoot

NME Video: Florence And the Machine Covershoot

NME Video: Florence And the Machine Covershoot

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Jamie T 'The Man's Machine' - New Video

Jamie T 'The Man's Machine' - New Video

Jamie takes to the golf course in 'The Man's Machine'.

Backstage with Florence And The Machine

Backstage with Florence And The Machine

NME Video catches up with Florence And The Machine moments before they hit the stage on the second night of the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour 2009.

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Soft Machine - Hope for happiness

Soft Machine - Hope for happiness (02:55)

Soft Machine 1967 - robert wyatt kevin ayers mike ratledge

Soft Machine-Moon In June-Bilzen Festival-August 22, 1969

Soft Machine-Moon In June-Bilzen Festival-August 22, 1969 (09:12)

Soft Machine Moon In June Bilzen Jazz Festival August 22, 1969

SOFT MACHINE-Theatre De La Musique 1970

SOFT MACHINE-Theatre De La Musique 1970 (04:08)

Here's a clip of Soft Machine on French Television from 1970. This is my favourite incarnation of the band. Robert Wyatt, Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, & Mike Ratledge...a few months before Robert left to form Matching...

SOFT MACHINE : In Concert '71 (1/2)

SOFT MACHINE : In Concert '71 (1/2) (10:06)

Neo-Caliban Grides (ED) Out-Bloody-Rageous (MR) GRIDES ; CD '70/DVD '71 released through cuniformrecords.com

SOFT MACHINE : Floating World/Bundles '74

SOFT MACHINE : Floating World/Bundles '74 (10:59)

Floating World (KJ) Bundles (KJ) SM gig '74

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Soft Machine Biography

Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the so-called "Canterbury scene," and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre.

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Soft Machine's Best Songs

  • 1. Save Yourself
  • 2. Facelift
  • 3. Moon In June
  • 4. Slightly All the Time
  • 5. We Did It Again
  • 6. Out-Bloody-Rageous
  • 7. Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening
  • 8. Hibou, Anemone and Bear
  • 9. Hope for Happiness
  • 10. All White
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Soft Machine Discography

Soft Machine albums.

  • Middle Earth Masters - 01/09/2006 (Cuneiform Records/XU)
  • Spaced - (Cuneiform Records/US)
  • Softs - 25/06/1976 (Harvest/GB)
  • Bundles - 22/03/1975 (Harvest/GB)
  • Six - 02/1973 (CBS Records/GB)
  • Third - 06/06/1970 (CBS Records/GB)
  • Volume Two - 04/1969 (Probe Records/US)
  • The Soft Machine - 12/1968 (Probe Records/US)

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