SOFT MACHINE
Complete 1971 concert released at last.
Høvikodden 1971 CUNEIFORM
S
oft Machine were on their 10th line-up by the time they appeared at the Lys-Jazz-Pop Vinterfestival in Høvikodden, Norway in February 1971. A guitarless four-piece at this point, Mike Ratledge’s versatile keyboards are very much the lead instrument, one minute playing frantic block chords, the next taking fuzz-drenched solos and overlapping with Elton Dean’s equally inventive saxophone.