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Apr 14, 2021 · The unique and hugely influential Canterbury music scene of the 60s and 70s. Gareth Branwyn 4:11 pm Wed Apr 14, 2021. This video is private. Watch on. In my late teens, I went deep down the rabbit ...
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The genesis of the scene sounds like the plot of the least commercial coming-of-age movie ever made: A group of budding bohemian teens attend the progressive Simon Langton School in the cathedral city of Canterbury, spend the first half of the 60s discovering jazz and the avant-garde music together, and gear up for their own offbeat musical adventu...
At the start of 1969, Caravan released its own self-titled mission statement. Their wry perspective was apparent even in the album art, which showed the members atop pedestals in mock-dramatic poses. While more song-oriented and less anarchic than early Soft Machine, the first Caravan LP bears more than a few ‘Machine similarities, from the organ-d...
June 1, 1973, brought tragedy to the Canterbury scene. Robert Wyatt, who had more than one too many at a party, fell out of a fourth-floor window and permanently lost the use of his legs. He titled his 1970 solo debut The End of an Ear, but the accident truly brought about the end of an era for the scene, even though Wyatt would reinvent himself as...
You might not expect a sound as singular as Canterbury’s to translate to other nations but it spread all over Europe in the 70s, especially with the help of people like BBC tastemaker John Peel, who championed the Canterburians and brought just about all of them in for radio sessions that sent the music on an even wider trajectory. Moving Gelatine ...
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Actionfredag is a relatively new prog rock band, based in Oslo, Norway. The self produced music is a mixture of progressive metal, progressive rock, Canterbury jazz, avant-garde, black jazz and melodic metal. They are heavily influenced by 70's prog / jazz bands, as well as newer melodic metal and avant-garde bands.
Apr 17, 2015 · Some incorporate Canterbury-like sounds but mix them with a myriad of other influences, ranging from regional music to Zappa-esque jazz-rock. Although it mirrors the same pattern of emergence, climax and decline that you’d find in the history of any of the progressive sub-genres covered so far, it’s a more closed, exclusive club of friends ...
Aug 10, 2023 · Prog. The ultimate Canterbury Scene playlist. By Sid Smith. ( Prog ) published 10 August 2023. Enter a world of Caravan, Soft Machine, Egg, Gilgamesh, Matching Mole and more. (Image credit: Getty Images) It’s not always easy when it comes to deciding what is and isn’t part of the Canterbury Scene. Certainly geography itself is of little ...
Apr 19, 2022 · The essential early Canterbury bands and artists include Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Hatfield and the North, Egg, National Health, Bill Bruford’s early solo works, and Steve Hillage. Most of these musicians combined virtuosic rock with jazz improvisation, intelligent songwriting and various degrees of psychedelia.
