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Soft Machine

English musical group; rock band
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Soft Machine

Summary

Soft Machine is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,204 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Soft Machine's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Soft Machine's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Soft Machine's genre is psychedelic rock[5].
  • Soft Machine's genre is Canterbury scene[6].
  • Soft Machine's genre is jazz rock[7].
  • Soft Machine's record label is recorded as ABC Records[8].
  • Soft Machine's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • Soft Machine's discography is recorded as Soft Machine discography[10].
  • Soft Machine's Commons category is recorded as Soft Machine[11].
  • Soft Machine's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • Soft Machine comprises Mike Ratledge[13].
  • Soft Machine comprises Robert Wyatt[14].
  • Soft Machine comprises Kevin Ayers[15].
  • Soft Machine comprises Daevid Allen[16].
  • Soft Machine comprises John Etheridge[17].
  • Soft Machine comprises Theo Travis[18].
  • Soft Machine comprises John Marshall[19].
  • 1966 marks the founding of Soft Machine[20].
  • Soft Machine's location of formation is recorded as Canterbury[21].
  • Soft Machine's official website is recorded as https://softmachine.org/[22].
  • Soft Machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Soft Machine[23].
  • Soft Machine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Soft Machine[24].
  • Soft Machine's has characteristic is recorded as rock band[25].
  • Soft Machine's different from is recorded as Soft Machine[26].
  • Soft Machine's start of work period is recorded as 1966[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1966-09[30]

  • Genre(s): acid rock, art rock, canterbury scene, experimental, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, krautrock, progressive rock, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, space rock[31]

  • Community tags: acid rock, art rock, canterbury scene, experimental, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, jazz-rock, krautrock, progressive rock, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, psychedelic rock music, rockgruppe, space rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5193ce6b-a315-4c50-ae49-54e69ffbc988[33]

Body

Founding

1966 marks the founding of Soft Machine[20]. Its location of formation is recorded as Canterbury[21].

Why It Matters

Soft Machine ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,204 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Andy Summers Columbia Records Karl Jenkins Robert Wyatt United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . oxfordmusiconline.com. Retrieved . oxfordmusiconline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . oxfordmusiconline.com. Retrieved . oxfordmusiconline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . oxfordmusiconline.com. Retrieved . oxfordmusiconline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . oxfordmusiconline.com. Retrieved . oxfordmusiconline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . cosmopolite.no. cosmopolite.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . oxfordmusiconline.com. Retrieved . oxfordmusiconline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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