Iqembu leSoft Machine lasungulwa ngo-1966 edolobheni laseNgilandi laseCanterbury. Khona-ke iqembu lalihlanganisa: umculi oyedwa uRobert Wyatt Ellidge, owayedlala okhiye; futhi umculi oholayo kanye bassist Kevin Ayers; isigingci esinekhono uDavid Allen; isiginci sesibili sasisezandleni zikaMike Rutledge. URobert noHugh Hopper, kamuva owaqashwa njengomdlali webhesi, wadlala noDavid Allen ngaphansi kwenduku kaMike Rutledge. Khona-ke babizwa ngokuthi "Izimbali Zasendle".
Selokhu lasungulwa, leli qembu lomculo belithandwa kakhulu eNgilandi, futhi ngokushesha lazuza uthando lwezithameli. Bekuyibhendi edingeka kakhulu eklabhu ye-UFO edumile. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ingoma yokuqala ethi "Uthando Lenza Umculo Omnandi" yabhalwa, eyakhululwa kamuva.
Abaculi babedlala emazweni aseYurophu. Ngolunye usuku ngo-1967, lapho ebuya ohambweni, uDavid Allen akazange avunyelwe ukungena eNgilandi. Iqembu labe seliqhubeka nokudlala njengabadlali abathathu.
Izinguquko ekubunjweni komshini othambile
Ngokushesha wathola isiginci esisha u-Andy Summers, kodwa wayengahloselwe ukuhlala lapho isikhathi eside. Ngo-68, iSoft Machine yaba yinhloko ekusebenzeni kukaJimi Hendrix ngokwakhe (Jimi Hendrix Experience) e-States. Kulolo hambo, ibhendi ikwazile ukwenza idiski yabo yokuqala ethi "The Soft Machine" eMelika.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, umculi we-bass uKevin Ayers washiya iqembu, okwabangela ukuhlukana kweqembu lomculo. Umphathi kaHugh Hopper ungene esikhundleni sikaKevin futhi wasiza iqembu ukuthi lenze i-albhamu yabo yesibili, uMqulu Wesibili (1969).
Manje Umshini Othambile unomsindo ongavamile we-psychedelic. Kamuva yashintsha yaba uhlobo oluhlukile, olubizwa nge-Jazz Fusion, ngenxa ye-saxophone kaBrian Hopper.
Umshini Othambile Wokwakhiwa Kwegolide
Abanye abahlanganyeli abane ababedlala izinsimbi ezifuthwayo bangezwe kwabathathu abakhona. Ngemuva kwazo zonke izinguquko kubaculi, kwasungulwa i-quartet, wonke umuntu ayikhumbula kahle. U-Elton Dean waphonswa njenge-saxophonist. Wavala igebe ohlwini, ngaleyo ndlela iqembu lagcina selibunjwe.
Irekhodi lesithathu nelesine labhalwa, "Okwesithathu" (1970) kanye "Okwesine" (1971) ngokulandelana. Ukudalwa kwabo bekubandakanya abaculi beqembu lesithathu be-rock ne-jazz uLyn Dobson, u-Nick Evans, uMarc Charig nabanye. I-disc yesine yaba i-acoustic.
Umculi ngamunye angabizwa ngokuthi uchwepheshe emkhakheni wakhe, kodwa umlingisi ovelele kwakunguRutledge, owabamba iqembu lonke ndawonye. Wayenekhono lokuqamba izingoma ezimangalisayo, axube izinhlelo futhi engeze ukuthuthuka okuyingqayizivele. U-Wyatt wayenamazwi amnandi nekhono elimangalisayo lokudlala izigubhu, uDean wayedlala yedwa yedwa we-saxophone, futhi uHopper wadala i-avant-garde vibe iyonke. Ndawonye bakha iqembu elihlangene neligcwele ngokugcwele, eliyingqayizivele kuzo zonke izici.
I-albhamu yesithathu iphinde yakhishwa iminyaka eyi-10 futhi yaba ngekalwe kakhulu kuyo yonke imisebenzi yabaculi.
Iqembu liyantanta
UWyatt ngonyaka wama-70 wanquma ukulishiya iqembu, kodwa wakwazi ukubuya isikhashana. Abafana baqopha i-albhamu ethi "Five", futhi ngemva kwalokho umculi we-solo usahamba futhi. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, uDean uzolandela okufanayo. Bakwazile ukuhlangana namalungu angaphambili kamuva ukuze bathole elinye irekhodi, elithi "Six", elakhishwa ngo-1973.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokukhululwa kwalesi disc, uHopper ushiya kanye noRoy Babbington, owayenamandla kumabhesi kagesi, ubekwa endaweni yakhe. Uhlu manje luhlanganise uMike Rutledge, uRoy Babbington, uKarl Jenkins noJohn Marshall. Ngo-1973 baqopha i-CD studio ethi "Seven".
I-albhamu elandelayo yakhululwa ngo-1975 ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Bundles", eyadalwa umculi omusha u-Alan Holdsworth. Nguye owenza insimbi yakhe ibe maphakathi nawo wonke umsindo. Ngonyaka olandelayo, uJohn Edgeridge wathatha indawo yakhe futhi wakhulula i-disc "Softs". Ngemuva kokuphuma kwakhe kuSoft Machine, owokugcina wabasunguli, uRutledge, uyashiya.
Khona-ke abaculi abaningana wamenywa eqenjini: bass guitarist Steve Cook, Alan Wakeman - saxophone, futhi Rick Sanders - violin. Uhlu olusha lwakha i-albhamu ethi "Alive and Well", nokho, umsindo nesitayela esijwayelekile sasingasafani nangaphambili.
Umsindo wakudala we-Soft Machine nesitayela kwabuyiswa kamuva ne-'81 Land of Cockayne ehlanganisa u-Jack Bruce, u-Alan Holdsworth no-Dick Morris nge-saxophone. Kamuva, uJenkins noMarshall babamba iqhaza ekhonsathini yeqembu ngaphandle kokuthola ithuba lokuhlala eqenjini.
Iqembu manje
Konke okuqoshiwe okuvela kumakhonsathi eqembu kukhishwe ngandlela thize ngamakhono ahlukene kusukela ngo-1988. Ngo-2002, kwaba nohambo olubizwa nge-"Soft Works" ehlanganisa u-Hugh Hopper, u-Elton Dean, u-John Marshall no-Allan Holdsworth.
Ibhendi yashintsha igama layo laba yi-"Soft Machine Legacy" ngo-2004, futhi yaqopha amanye ama-albhamu amane ngesitayela esifanayo nangaphambili. "Live in Zaandam", "Soft Machine Legacy", "Live at the New Morning" kanye "neSteam" kube ukuqhubeka okuhle kwamasiko amadala aleli qembu.
UGraham Bennett washicilela incwadi yakhe ngo-2005. Uchaze impilo nomsebenzi weqembu lomculo wodumo.
