/r/CanterburyScene
A subreddit for anything related to the "Canterbury Scene" subgenre of progressive rock music.
This is a subreddit for discussing or submitting content related to the Canterbury Scene. Submit music, articles, images, videos or almost anything else.
Some guidelines:
Please keep submission titles descriptive. If you are submitting music, include the artist and song/album in your title. A redditor should know what they are about to see before they click your link. Titles like "This is my favorite piece of music of all time!" and nothing else are not cool, man.
Feel free to message the moderator(s) with any questions or suggestions!
External sites of interest:
- Facelift Magazine archives
- Canterbury blog, by Phil Howitt, founder of Facelift magazine
- Canterbury Sans Frontières, a Canterbury Podcast
- Legends In Their Own Lunchtime, digging deep into Canterbury topics
Subreddits you should visit:
- ProgRockMusic
- JazzFusion
- PsychedelicRock
- OddTime (Music with unusual meters)
- Kevin Ayers
- Big List of Music Subreddits
/r/CanterburyScene
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Any prog rock bars in Canterbury?
Hey, everyone. Is there any prog rock bar that I should visit in Canterbury? Any place I should check out? Cheers.
16:03 UTC
A Richard Sinclair Primer
For anyone that enjoys the singing of Richard Sinclair as much as I do, The Richard Sinclair Primer is an instant buy (and cheap, too!). It has songs from his solo career as well as from his time in Caravan and Camel. It's a really gratifying compilation.
20:31 UTC
Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair and Trevor Tomkins - Umbrellas
23:03 UTC
Can someone id this track by Soft Machine?
Soft Mach
05:12 UTC
Pussy (1969) - The Open Ground
11:44 UTC
Are there any bands similar to GONG?
Not too long ago, i discovered GONG and Ozric Tentacles and i've been hooked ever since.
Are there any canterbury bands similar to their psychedelic and whimsical style and/or similar to their heavier stuff (like Master Builder or You Cant Kill Me)?
04:57 UTC
Anekdoten - In for a Ride
09:36 UTC
Did Hugh Hopper play bass on soft machine s/t
Can anyone confirm. I think i saw it in an interview but i cannot remember where
23:00 UTC
Womega - Nympho's Belly Button
08:28 UTC
Lunophone 'Surroundings' album trailer - June 21st
12:51 UTC
Photo of the best photo of all time
01:23 UTC
Is this real? I need to know before I buy a plane ticket. It just seems fishy and too good to be true..
04:17 UTC
Tom Penaguin releases impressive album
I thought that the miracle of Zopp – a contemporary band emulating and developing the Canterbury sound – was a one-off. But now Tom Penaguin emerges with his eponymous debut album, released April 5. Tom is a French guitarist and organist, having paid his dues with Orgöne and Djiin, psych-prog bands with interesting and cool albums. Tom’s record is made up of five tracks, of which the first one is more of a brief sound collage a la “The Stubbs Effect” or the fade out of “Moon in June”; longer tracks are mixed with shorter ones, all instrumental. The recording is made with a very nice analog feel – the instruments sound great, with a very authentic Canterbury touch: organs and basses are intermittently fuzzed, Rhodes pianos tinkle, guitars display either a grainy sound or one more jazzy, and the drum kit is archaically trebly. According to the liner notes, “Aborted Long Piece No 2” is just that – it is the remains of a hilarious but glorious-sounding homage to Egg; truly wonderful with odd meters and interesting chord progressions. The two actually longer pieces – “Housefly Leg” and “Arrival of the Great Hedgehog” – showcase intriguing melodies and chord progressions that ebb and flow, start and stop, intercalated with longish guitar solos that arrive, not noodle. Tom impressively handles all the instruments himself – a true multimusician. To some extent, I feel one should avoid too much referencing to influences but since this is a Canterbury Reddit I refrain… overall, the magus here is Dave Stewart – a lot of the sound and the composing are reminiscent of Egg, less Hatfield, but more National Health; particularly the keyboard sounds. Tom’s guitar-playing feels like a mix of Phil Miller’s breezy, jazzy sounds with a tint of the other Phil’s (Manzanera) grainier sound. Zappa’s playing and composing circa “Hot Rats” is another reference point. All in all, a wonderful record in its own right with a firm foothold in a musical era that is increasingly adored.
Bandcamp-link for listening/buying: https://amarxe.bandcamp.com/album/tom-penaguin
09:24 UTC
Looking for any info on a 1994 Kevin Ayers show!
Hi all. Apologies if this isn’t the done way to go about finding information on setlists. I was talking earlier today with my dad about the first (and unfortunately only) time he was able to see Kevin perform live, which was at the Lomax in Liverpool, 1994. The band playing with Kevin at the time was the Wizards of Twiddly.
Unfortunately, my dad couldn’t remember much of the setlist from the show, and I was just hoping to try and find some information from this show and/or tour. I have checked setlist.fm but to no avail.
I did also discover that the Wizards of Twiddly released a live album featuring Kevin from 1995, so I imagine the setlist was somewhat similar, but I was hoping to find more concrete details.
I’d be grateful for any info people may have, cheers!
22:38 UTC
Late Kevin Ayers Release?
19:28 UTC
Rafferty & Ratledge?
08:43 UTC
Kevin Ayers and Jimi Hendrix
Just seen this, of which I was unaware, on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_of_a_Toy. "After a Soft Machine tour of the US with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Ayers had decided to retire from the music business. Hendrix, however, presented Ayers with an acoustic Gibson J-200 guitar on the condition that he continue his songwriting"
16:12 UTC
Soft Machine - West Coast 2024
17:08 UTC
Is this an official Gong release?
22:09 UTC
02:26 UTC
Rascal Reporters - One of Our Dogs is Missing (2023, 'Dux In A Row')
13:26 UTC
Anywhere I can find Canterbury scores/sheet music?
Would love any sort of notation of great bands from the Canterbury scene (Egg, Caravan, Soft Machine)
Nine Feet Underground, for example, would be awesome with the keyboard notated. You can find stuff like this for Tarkus and whatnot, just wondering where I might be able to find anything canterbury specifically.
18:22 UTC
RIP John Marshall
17:22 UTC
Caravan - Austin Cambridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epl3ndc2H3I
Just discovered this recording and was blown away by how good it is. Pretty sure I recognise the track from a recorded version under a different name, though. One of you folks will surely know.
12:20 UTC
Caravan
Hi guys,
Would any of you know why a bunch of caravans albums are not on spotify? Most of the great albums are not listed on there..
06:30 UTC
Rascal Reporters - Fat Delivered (feat. Dave Newhouse of The Muffins)
14:10 UTC
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