LOo-oOP Dee-Lite

[Mark HEWINS <hewins@musart.co.uk>]

Hi Folks,
Just added myself and the Canterbury Musicians (well some of them) to the
looperlist....

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Hugh Hopper and the rest of the SOFT MACHINE of the time have just released
a previously unavailable recording 'Spaced' from 1968, featuring a tape
looping extravaganza: Recorded at a primeval 'multi-media' event live at 
the
Roundhouse in London.

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We are-in the Canterbury Music scene; all loopers of old 
(except myself ; Mark Hewins; I'm jung).

Daevid Allen(Gong) was at it in 1962 with Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) and
all those looping dudes of old!
A seamless 35 year history! Dating from almost before I was born!

Some of the Musicians in the Canterbury scene have been using tape loops;
and other esoteric bits of gear to make new sounds; since at least the mid
60's and early '70's are:

Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Dave Stewart, Pip Pyle, 
Dave Sinclair, Kevin Ayers, Lol Coxhill, Phil Miller, Steve Hillage, 
Richard
Sinclair, 

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The list carries on and I'm lucky; the heritage trickles down to me....
I now have an old Revox B77 MkII that I use for tape echo and looping 
only...
(Back to the dark ages? I think not)

Soft Machine are the ones who supported Pink Floyd when Floyd were still
playing 'pop' tunes.... Funny that!... Then as a band they discovered
accessable popalooping for making money!

The Canterbury boys, from the 'Wilde Flowers' onwards, actually made what
was a shift from 'solo' Looping/Improvisation into a group form, dependant
on their own Inter/Improvisational skills (considerable).

With AMM, And especially Keith Rowe (whom it is also my luck to know well)
you had the 'first' ^_^ electric 'Improvised Music' band, but with Soft
Machine the Music became known artistically to a world audience. For Pink
Floyd it became a financial carreer possibility. All of us working in this
area should acknowledge the contribution these gifted experimenters gave 
us.
BTW
They all worked with each other at some point too....
A fine example!

P&L>M
   MARK HEWINS 
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