records like soft machine

Third

Soft Machine

The definitive Soft Machine statement, stretching jazz-rock improvisation across four side-long suites of breathtaking ambition.

In the Land of Grey and Pink

Caravan

The quintessential Canterbury scene album, blending whimsical English psychedelia with jazz-tinged prog in a way that feels like a close cousin to early Soft Machine.

Unrest

Henry Cow

Dense, avant-garde and politically charged, this sits in the same experimental jazz-rock territory as later Soft Machine records.

Of Queues and Cures

National Health

A supergroup of Canterbury veterans delivering complex, jazz-soaked prog that directly continues where Soft Machine left off.

Elastic Rock

Nucleus

Ian Carr's fusion masterpiece shares Soft Machine's electric jazz-rock energy and was recorded in the same fertile London scene.

The Rotters' Club

Hatfield and the North

A joyful, sophisticated Canterbury classic packed with intricate arrangements and the same gentle adventurousness as Soft Machine.

Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2: Angel's Egg

Gong

Daevid Allen's cosmic Canterbury offshoot blends jazz, psychedelia and space rock in a gloriously unhinged way Soft Machine fans will love.

Mysterious Traveller

Weather Report

Zawinul and Shorter push electric jazz fusion into abstract, restless territory that echoes the avant leanings of Soft Machine's later work.