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Spaced - Parts One to Seven All titles written by Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, |
Spaced is previously unreleased studio recordings recorded in early/mid 1969 by
the "classic" Soft Machine trio line-up of Hugh Hopper [bass], Mike Ratledge
[electric piano/organ] and Robert Wyatt [drums]. These heavily manipulated/ looped/etc.
recordings, were originally presented as the backdrop to a multi-media work entitled
Spaced. After it's week-long performance, the tapes were forgotten for over two decades
until re-discovered by Mike King. These recordings feature the band at their most radical,
and while they would never again use the studio in such an extreme fashion, the work done
here definitely influenced later works such as Third and Hugh's 1984. With liner notes by
Hugh and Bob Woolford.
"Fantastic archival release...showing them at their most experimental, tranced-state
ever, an organically looped masterpiece of sound construction..."-Forced Exposure.
"...Spaced encapsulates an invigorating divination of gloomy
psychedelia/Kluster-meets-Albert Ayler freedom...it sounds like psilocybin
heaven."-The Wire. "Radically savage or wot! But I still like it."-Hugh
Hopper, upon hearing the tapes for the 1st time since 1969.
Notes from Cuneiform records' web site
