Canterbury Scene

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Leader: lenoil
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Created on: 27 Jan 2008
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This group is about Canterbury Scene.

The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many prominent British avant-garde or fusion musicians began their career in Canterbury bands, such as Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, Mike Ratledge, Fred Frith, and Peter Blegvad. Over the years, with band membership changes and new bands evolving, the term has been used to describe a musical style or subgenre, rather than a regional group of musicians. [From Wikipedia]

http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_sound

Active Discussions

HOD2010 commented on
“Modern Canterbury sound, anyone?” (12) October 2011

toretorden commented on
“New Canterbury Community Website” April 2011

toretorden commented on
“What is the most significant Canterbury Scene band?” (14) April 2011

r_appleblossom commented on
“"Canterbury Soundwaves" podcast” December 2010

crimsonking93 commented on
“Non-UK Canterbury Sound” (5) December 2009

Recent Journals

dadala-Spaghetti Wall album at SoundCloud by tergan | 11 Feb 2012
Classical guitar music by CasiniProjekt | 23 Dec 2011
Sign-up for a FREE DL of dadala - Spaghetti Wall by tergan | 30 Oct 2011 | 1 comment

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Overall Unique to this Group

1	Pink Floyd	24
2	Jethro Tull	21
3	Caravan	21
4	Soft Machine	19
5	David Bowie	18
6	The Beatles	18
7	The Rolling Stones	17
8	Genesis	17
9	Gong	16
10	King Crimson	16

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planet12

Gong

October 2011
lloopy93

http://www.last.fm/group/Music%2Bfrom%2BKent%2B%2526%2BSussex

September 2011
toy-maker

i love you

June 2011
re41night

The Soft Machine, and Mr. Frank Zappa, side effects of the last orange sunshine taken over 30 years ago...But it's ok.

November 2010
Dream_Migrator

Interesting group. Inspiring! More groups like this :-).

September 2010
crimsonking93

>implying ilovemuzik214 has listened to more than just 2 canterbury scene bands in his life

August 2010
ilovemuzik214

soft machine and camel are the best of the scene

August 2010
times_of_jelco

the pride of the countryside

June 2010
ainhoa_lin

This is nice.

June 2010
Verasigh

Let the Canterbury scene be with you!

January 2010
ashleyrobb

feels good here

January 2010
phoustsince1991

I worked in Canterbury for 2 years and everyone I asked had never heard about any Canterbury Scene.

July 2009
Cruinne

This is the richest music genre i ever experienced, quite addicted to it. :)

March 2009
AtomHeart42

Camel

March 2009
vitovenvito

hi to everybody, Canterbury sound will travel forever with me.........We're not alone

January 2009
timskinner1

Gentle Giant. I really like Blind Dog...:)

November 2008
lenoil

Any suggestions for connected artists?

November 2008
lenoil

"Caravan" and "In the Land of Grey and Pink" are great. There are also other great Caravan albums too.

November 2008
timskinner1

Favourite Caravan albums anybody?

November 2008
bluesbomb

Due to illness, Hugh Hopper has had to cancel all engagements, including his solo gigs. He is strong in spirit, with great support from family & friends, & we all pray he makes a full recovery. A Hugh Hopper Benefit/Donations concert has been arranged, with all profits going to Hugh. The Concert will be held at the 100 Club Oxford Street London 14th December 2008. Also MoonjuneRecords has set up special deals of Hugh Hopper related CD's, & also deals with all CD's from their excellent catalogue. Full details on my channel page. http://it.youtube.com/user/TheSoftMachineFamily www.moonjunerecords.com www.the100club.co.uk

November 2008