Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui Soft Machine i ka makahiki 1966 ma ke kūlanakauhale Pelekane ʻo Canterbury. A laila ua hui pū ka hui: ʻo Robert Wyatt Ellidge, ka mea hoʻokani pila, nāna i hoʻokani i nā kī; ʻO ke alakaʻi hoʻi a me ka bassist Kevin Ayers; ka mea hoʻokani pila akamai ʻo David Allen; aia ka lua o ke kikā ma ka lima o Mike Rutledge. ʻO Robert lāua ʻo Hugh Hopper, ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he bassist, ua pāʻani pū me David Allen ma lalo o ka pahu o Mike Rutledge. A laila kapa ʻia lākou ʻo "Wilde Flowers".
Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, ua kaulana loa ka hui mele ma ʻEnelani, a lanakila koke i ke aloha o ka lehulehu. ʻO lākou ka hui i makemake nui ʻia ma ka hui UFO kaulana. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka haku mele mua "Love Makes Sweet Music", i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma hope.
Hoʻokani nā mea hoʻokani pila ma nā ʻāina ʻEulopa. I kekahi lā i ka makahiki 1967, i kona hoʻi ʻana mai kahi huakaʻi, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo David Allen i ʻEnelani. A laila hoʻomau ka hui i kā lākou hana ma ke ʻano he ʻekolu.
Hoʻololi i ka haku mele ʻana o ka Mīkini palupalu
Ua loaʻa koke i kahi mea hoʻokani pila hou ʻo Andy Summers, akā ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia e noho ma laila no ka manawa lōʻihi. I ka makahiki 68, lilo ʻo Soft Machine i poʻo poʻokela ma ka hana a Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience) ma ʻAmelika. Ma kēlā huakaʻi, ua hiki i ka hui ke hana i kā lākou diski mua "The Soft Machine" ma ʻAmelika.
Ma hope o ka manawa pōkole, haʻalele ka mea hoʻokani bass ʻo Kevin Ayers i ka hui, kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ai ka hui mele. Ua pani ka luna o Hugh Hopper iā Kevin a ua kōkua i ka hui e hana i kā lākou album lua, Volume Two (1969).
I kēia manawa he kani psychedelic ʻokoʻa ka Soft Machine. Ma hope mai ua hoʻololi ʻia i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa, i kapa ʻia ʻo Jazz Fusion, mahalo i ka saxophone a Brian Hopper.
Mīkini Māmā Hoʻohui Gula
Ua hoʻohui ʻia he ʻehā mau mea hoʻokani pila i ka hui ʻekolu. Ma hope o nā hoʻololi a pau o nā mea hoʻokani pila, ua hoʻokumuʻia kahi quartet, kahi i hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻiʻia e nā mea a pau. Ua hoʻolei ʻia ʻo Elton Dean ma ke ʻano he saxophonist. Ua hoʻopiha ʻo ia i ka hakahaka o ka laina, no laila ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā moʻolelo ʻekolu a me ka ʻehā, ʻo "Third" (1970) a me "Fourth" (1971). ʻO kā lākou hana ʻana i pili i nā mea pena kiʻi pōhaku a me nā jazz ʻekolu ʻo Lyn Dobson, Nick Evans, Marc Charig a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua lilo ka ʻehā diski i ke kani.
Hiki ke kapa ʻia kēlā me kēia mea hoʻokani pila he ʻoihana ma kāna kula, akā ʻo ka mea koʻikoʻi ʻo Rutledge, nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ka hui holoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa iā ia ka hiki ke haku i nā haku mele kupaianaha, hoʻohui i nā hoʻonohonoho a hoʻohui i nā improvisation kūʻokoʻa. Ua loaʻa iā Wyatt nā leo hoʻohiwahiwa a me nā mākau hoʻokani pahu kupaianaha, ua hoʻokani ʻo Dean i nā solo saxophone kū hoʻokahi, a ua hana ʻo Hopper i ka vibe avant-garde holoʻokoʻa. Ua hui pū lākou i kahi hui pili a piha, kū hoʻokahi i nā mea āpau.
Ua hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ke kolu o ka album no 10 mau makahiki a lilo i helu kiʻekiʻe loa ma waena o nā hana a nā mea hoʻokani pila.
Pūʻulu lana
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Wyatt i ka makahiki 70 e haʻalele i ka hui, akā ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻi no kekahi manawa. Hoʻopaʻa nā kāne i ka album "Five", a ma hope o ka haʻalele hou ʻana o ka soloist. I nā mahina ʻelua, e hahai ʻo Dean i ka like. Ua hiki iā lākou ke hui pū me nā lālā mua ma hope aku no kahi moʻolelo hou, "Six", i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 1973.
Ma hope koke iho o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kēia diski, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Hopper a me Roy Babbington, ka mea ikaika i nā pahu uila, ma kona wahi. ʻO ka line-up i kēia manawa ʻo Mike Rutledge, Roy Babbington, Karl Jenkins a me John Marshall. I ka makahiki 1973 ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i ka CD studio "Seven".
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album aʻe ma 1975 ma lalo o ka inoa "Bundles", i hana ʻia me ka mea hoʻokani pila hou ʻo Alan Holdsworth. ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻolilo i kāna mea kani i waena o ke kani holoʻokoʻa. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua lawe ʻo John Edgeridge i kona wahi a hoʻokuʻu i ka disc "Softs". Ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai Soft Machine, haʻalele ka hope o nā mea hoʻokumu, ʻo Rutledge.
A laila ua kono ʻia kekahi mau mea hoʻokani i ka hui: bass guitarist Steve Cook, Alan Wakeman - saxophone, a me Rick Sanders - violin. Hoʻokumu ka line-up hou i ka album "Alive and Well", akā naʻe, ʻaʻole like ke kani a me ke ʻano maʻamau e like me ka wā ma mua.
Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ke kani a me ke ʻano ʻo Soft Machine maʻamau me ka '81 Land of Cockayne me Jack Bruce, Alan Holdsworth a me Dick Morris ma ka saxophone. Ma hope mai, ua komo ʻo Jenkins lāua ʻo Marshall i nā ʻaha mele me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka manawa e noho ai ma ka hui.
Hui i kēia manawa
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hoʻopaʻa leo a pau mai nā ʻaha mele a ka hui ma kekahi ʻano a i ʻole ma nā ʻano like ʻole mai ka makahiki 1988. Ma 2002, he huakaʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo "Soft Works" me Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Marshall a me Allan Holdsworth.
Ua hoʻololi ka hui i ko lākou inoa i "Soft Machine Legacy" i ka makahiki 2004, a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ʻehā mau album ma ke ʻano like me ka wā ma mua. Ua lilo ʻo "Live in Zaandam", "Soft Machine Legacy", "Live at the New Morning" a me "Steam" i mea hoʻomau maikaʻi o nā kuʻuna kahiko o kēia hui.
Ua paʻi ʻo Graham Bennett i kāna puke ma 2005. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ke ola a me ka hana o ka hui mele kaʻao.
