Friday, July 3, 2020

SOFT MACHINE - LIVE AT THE BAKED POTATO

  • soft machine: live at the baked potato
        (2020, cd, usa, moonjune records)
After a 37 year hiatus, Soft Machine released "Hidden Details" in 2018.
It was followed by a world tour by John Etheridge (electric guitar), Roy Babbington (bass guitar), John Marshall (drums) and Theo Travis (saxophones, flute, Fender Rhodes piano) in 2018 and 2019.

"Live At The Baked Potato" got recorded during this tour, in February 2019.
It got released on vinyl (200 numbered copies each on transparent, blue and marbled vinyl), on CD, and as a digital download.

The album shows the band in fine shape. Great tunes are enriched with beautiful, lyrical improvisations. Timeless.
I love the full sound, created by just four instruments. These musicians understand the fine balance between taking the space and giving it to someone else.
Recommended listening.

Check it out at Bandcamp :


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