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HUGH HOPPER collection
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  Style    :  progressive rock and jazz fusion
  Format   : FLAC
  Type     : TRACKS
  Bitrate  : LOSSLES

  URL      : http://music-by-request.newforum2u.com/


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         HUGH HOPPER collection
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Most people know Hugh Hopper (born in March 1945) for his role as bassist in the renowned Canterbury band, Soft Machine, but his career simply can't be resumed at that. 
Hopper first met Daevid "GonG" Allen back in 63 when he passed though Canterbury and stayed at Robert Wyatt's house. They formed between the three of them the Daevid Allen Trio and 
the Australian beatnik taught the two youngsters about music loops and other research he'd learned from experimental artiste Terry Riley. As Daevid went on in his peregrinations, the other two
 members became part of the seminal Canterbury group The Wilde Flowers, which included most every one from the future Soft Machine and Caravan and Hugh's older brother Brian on sax and guitar. 
Back in England in late 66, Daevid founded Soft Machine with Ayers, Ratledge and Wyatt, Hugh becoming their roadie, until Daevid's border incident and Kevin's proclamation of lazyness and not 
liking the future musical direction of SM, Hugh stepped in with his bass. His tenure with the Machine would last until 72 and the release of their sixth album. 

By that time, his first solo album, the Orwell-ian inspired 1984 album had been published, but musically it had very little to do with Soft Machine's music. A very complex and difficult album 
about music loop and drones from his fuzzed-out bass, this is probably one of the foundation of the future Rock -In- Opposition movement along with Robert Wyatt's the End Of An Ear solo debut album. 
This music was a lot more similar to his next "job" in Stomu Yamashta's East Wind group, where he would work for two albums, before leaving to join up Isotope lead by guitarist Gary Boyle. 
He took over the bass from Jeff Clyne and stayed a while recording their best second album Illusion, touring but leaving just before their third album.

1973: 1984 (featuring Pye Hastings, Gary Windo, Lol Coxhill, Nick Evans, John Marshall, Malcolm Griffiths)**
1977: Hopper Tunity Box (featuring Elton Dean, Marc Charig, Frank Roberts, Dave Stewart (the keyboardist), Mike Travis, Richard Brunton, Gary Windo, Nigel Morris)**
1980: Two Rainbows Daily (with Alan Gowen)**
1985: Mercy Dash (with Elton Dean, Keith Tippett, Joe Gallivan)**
1991: Meccano Pelorus (featuring Patrice Meyer, Dionys Breuker, Pieter Bast, Frank van der Kooij)**
1994: A Remark Hugh Made (with Kramer)**
1994: Hooligan Romantics (featuring John Atkinson, Pieter Bast, Dionys Breukers, Patrice Meyer, Frank van der Kooy)**
1995: Adreamor (with Mark Hewins)**
1996: Somewhere in France (with Richard Sinclair)**
1996: Best Soft (compilation)**
1997: Huge (with Kramer)**
1997: Highspot Paradox (with Hughscore)**
1998: Different (with Lisa S. Klossner)**
1999: Delta Flora (with Hughscore)**
2000: Cryptids (with Lisa S. Klossner) **
2000: Parabolic Versions (compilation from Somewhere in France, Hooligan Romantics and Hugh Hopper and Odd Friends)**
2004: The Stolen Hour (comics by Matt Howarth)**
2007: Numero D'Vol (with Simon Picard, Steve Franklin, Charles Hayward)**
2008: Dune (with Yumi Hara Cawkwell, as Humi)**