Label: Moonjune Records (US), MJR016
Style: Progressive Rock, Contemporary Jazz
Country: England
Time: 65:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 413 Mb
This
is the final Soft Machine project to feature bassist Hugh Hopper prior
to his death in June 2009. He was replaced by Roy Babbington, Soft
Machine member from 1973 to 1976. Babbington has previously replaced
Hopper in Soft Machine-proper. Steam also marks the first appearance of
Theo Travis in the group replacing Elton Dean who died in February 2006
at age 60.
In October 2004, the members of Soft Works, with John
Etheridge permanently replacing Holdsworth, took the name "Soft Machine
Legacy" and performed two festival shows; one on 9 October in Turkey and
the other on 15 October in the Czech Republic. Liam Genockey
temporarily replaced John Marshall who had ligament problems. The new
band's line-up was Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Hugh Hopper and Liam
Genockey. Soft Machine Legacy released three albums: Live in Zaandam
(2205), the studio album Soft Machine Legacy (2006), which was recorded
in September 2005 and features fresh material, and Live at the New
Morning (2006). After Elton Dean died in February 2006, the band
continued with the British saxophonist and flautist Theo Travis,
formerly of Gong and The Tangent.
In December 2006, the new Legacy
line-up recorded the album Steam in Jon Hiseman's studio. Steam was
released in August 2007 by Moonjune Records before a European tour.
Hopper left the band in 2008 because he was suffering from leukaemia, so
for live performances Fred Thelonious Baker deputising for Hopper.
Following Hopper's death in 2009, the band announced they would continue
with Roy Babbington again replacing Hopper on bass.
Soft Machine
Legacy released their fifth album in October 2010; the 58-minute record
Live Adventures was recorded live in October 2009 in Austria and Germany
during a European tour. Founding Soft Machine bassist Kevin Ayers died
in February 2013 at aged 68, and 77-year-old Daevid Allen died in March
2015 following a short battle with cancer. On 18 March 2013, the Legacy
band released a new studio album titled Burden of Proof. Travis stated:
"legally we could actually be called Soft Machine but for various
reasons it was decided to be one step removed".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Machine)
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03. The Big Man (05:10)
04. Chloe & The Pirates (07:27)
05. In The Back Room (07:11)
06. The Last Day (05:20)
07. Firefly (06:42)
08. So English (08:30)
09. Dave Acto (06:26)
10. Anything To Anywhere (05:18)
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