“Incredibly sad news that my great friend and Soft Machine legend passed away two hours ago after a brief illness,” former ...

Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge died on Wednesday, February 5 after a brief illness, according to his former bandmate and guitarist John Etheridge. “Mike was the ...

Utilising more colours and textures than any previous Soft Machine releases ... while the sparring match between Etheridge’s abrasive runs and John Marshall’s surging drums during The Camden ...

Soft Machine in concert Legendary psychedelic ... the current veterans John Etheridge (guitars) and Theo Travis (saxophones), together with Fred Baker (bass) and Asaf Sirkis (drums), are ...