Soft Machine's work, from their earliest performances as a psychedelic band who were contemporaries of, Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd and theJimi Hendrix Experience, all the way to being one of Europe's best known'fusion' groups, has influenced several generations of bands.

They continue to be name-checked by today's hip experimentalists. Whilst the line-up of Soft Machinemay have changed many times since the heady days of the late 1960s, the band’s spirit of musical adventure continues to make them both unique and totally contemporary.