The Soft Machine’s music has stand, despite various line-up changes, the test of time. There’s no denying that their music has kept the ebb and flow within their reach by seeing the directions they’re about to go. Throughout their legacy between the Canterbury scene, progressive rock, jazz rock, and fusion, the Machine’s music is always there, and also, where the next generation will take them.
That and their new album Thirteen, which follows-up to 2023’s Other Doors, sees the power between Theo Travis, John Etheridge, Fred Thelonoius Baker (replacing Roy Babbington on Bass), and Asaf Sirkis are paving the way to carry the torch for this great influential wonder that is on Thirteen.