Cuneiform has collaborated with two members of the bone trio guitarist nick didkovsky and drummer john roulat to release a benefit cd to help the family of bones third member. Miniluv reprise bassistcomposer hugh has been involved in many projects during his more than 30 years in music. Hopper remained with the group up to six 73 not a fantastic album, but one that features a nottobemissed track composed by him. Benjamin was admitted to a quaker meeting in middletown, bucks, pennsylvania on the 3 june 1701 on presentation of a certificate from the monthly meeting in durham6. This was a period when soft machine was devolving into basic jazzrock.
Bassist hugh hopper, of soft machine fame and more recently numerous other projects including his intriguing jazzloops series, collaborates with american artist matt howarth for a multimedia project that combines hoppers music with howarths comic book included as a pdf file on this enhanced cd to examine the impact the event had on the. Winston smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an. Listen free to hugh hopper 1984 miniluv, minipax and more. Robert wyatt, daevid allen, richard sinclair, elton dean, mike ratledge, phil miller, dave stewart, pip. In addition to the top gear recordings, there is a previously unheard and little known 1973 soundtrack for a short experimental film, two recent works with old collaborator hugh hopper and finally a 2003 home demo of a new song that did not end up on roberts new release cuckooland. The rock bass manual the complete guide to the electric bass guitar, isbn 0907937160 portland publications 1984 hugh hopper. The book just keep indicate that the prole is the key yet it was left just like that. Hugh hopper 1984 1972 20 japan mini lp bluspec dsd.
In 1984, the book was made into a movie which starred john hurt as the central character of winston smith. In 2006, the movie version of v for vendetta was released, which has many of the same running themes and principles as 1984 and, coincidentally, also stars john hurt taking on the role of big brother. Hugh hopper was, at the time, bassist with label teammate soft machine and that may have been enough. Discover all hugh hoppers music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. As he reports in his amusing cd notes, the record label cbs was all in favor of his solo excursion until he let them know what he had in mind, at which point they declined to pay even for studio time, so hopper had to take out a bank loan to make the recording which says a lot for hopper s belief in his artistic vision, and not much at all for the musical as opposed to financial vision. Bassistcomposer hugh has been involved in many projects during his more than 30 years in music. Dispensing with melody and rhythm, hopper sculpted an eerie soundscape of free timbres. Subscribe to our free ebooks blog and email newsletter. Quotations by hugh hopper, english musician, born april 29, 1945. Hopper s 1984 is inspired by george orwells totalitarian fantasy of the same name, and the two longest tracks, miniluv and miniplenty, feature hopper s multitracked solo work on bass, percussion, mellophone, loops and electronics, with only john marshall, the soft machine drummer, contributing additional percussion on the second piece. Though massmarket acceptance was never high on his list of priorities, hopper will be remembered by connoisseurs of british experimental artrock for his.
Lots of weird effects, studio imporvisations on bass and synthesizer or mellophone as he called itinterspersed with some really cool understated brassy jazz. In 1984, he wrote the rock bass manual and returned to music with. Chapter 1 it was a bright cold day in april, and the clocks were striking thirteen. The late and greatly missed hugh hoppers first solo release, 1984 is in many ways one of his boldest and most fascinating works. Robert wyatt had already departed, and hopper would depart himself the same year 1984 was released. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your hugh hopper collection. In a career spanning forty years, he played with litterally everyone. One of his many recent collaborative projects was bone, the trio of hopper, doctor nerve guitarist and main man nick didkovsky, and forever einstein drummer john roulat.
Hugh hopper was born on april 29, 1945 in canterbury, kent, england as hugh colin hopper. Experimental music of japan 19571967 full album early works by toru takemitsu, etc duration. Hugh hopper samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Hugh was known to many as the legendary bassist for soft machine. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Find album credit information for 1984 hugh hopper on allmusic. Hugh hopper that seceded soft machine began to move originally toward his wanting to do. Genealogy profile for hugh hopper hugh hopper 1766 1825 genealogy genealogy for hugh hopper 1766 1825 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of. Cuneiform has collaborated with two members of the bone trio guitarist nick didkovsky and drummer john roulat to release a benefit album to help the family of bones third member. Download fulltext pdf design of hoppers using spreadsheet article pdf available in journal of agricultural engineering research 562. Hugh hopper and odd friends hugh hopper and odd friends 1993 ep 46. The first solo album by hugh hopper was 1984, on which he used tapes and loops in a beautiful and highly personal way. City of canterbury, kent, england, united kingdom died. Innovative bassist with soft machine and stalwart of.
Nonhuman administrative management mechanism was drawn because of a bold sound. Hugh hopper composer, producer, sean murphy executive producer, gary martin recording engineer, barbara salisbury design, john esam liner notes. Hugh colin hopper 29 april 1945 7 june 2009 was a british progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. Always the innovator, hopper produced this as a representation of the atmosphere of orwells 1984, and he did it well.
Download free ebooks of classic literature, books and novels at planet ebook. Following drummer robert wyatts lead, hopper left in 1973, just after the release of his first solo album, 1984 a darkly ominous mix of tapeloop experiments, tense improv soundscapes, and. In december 1968 hugh hopper met with ratledge and wyatt to set a future course, and a new soft machine trio was born. Hugh hopper s best known as a member of the classic lineup of soft machine, whose early 70s albumsdisplayed a sometimes whimsical, very english mix of jazz, psychedelia and rock. He was a prominent member of the canterbury scene, as a member of soft machi. One of the central figures in the british jazzrock scene of the 60s and 70s, hugh hopper got his start exploring electronic and tape music techniques with future gong founder. Allen, wyatt and future bassist hugh hopper first played together in the. Signatories to this certificate included joseph hopper, george hopper and thomas hopper.
The softs at its most uncompromising, drop captures the rare ratledgedean hopper howard lineup. Han var eit viktig medlem i canterbury scene, som medlem av soft machine og forskjellige andre tilknytte band han starta karrieren i 1963 som bassist med the daevid allen trio, i lag med trommeslagar robert wyatt, og skifta mellom frijazz og rhythm and blues. June 7, 2009 hugh hopper soft machine was born on april 29, 1945 in canterbury, england hugh c. Hugh hoppers best known as a member of the classic lineup of soft machine, whose early 70s albumsdisplayed a sometimes whimsical, very english mix of jazz, psychedelia and rock. Soft machines bassist hugh hopper debuted solo with 1984 cbs, 1973, one of the most futuristic albums of the canterbury school fuzz bass, loops, overdub. Hopper was perhaps the central figure of the whole famous canterbury scene. The softs at its most uncompromising, drop captures the rare ratledgedeanhopperhoward lineup. Hoppers 1984 is inspired by george orwells totalitarian fantasy of the same name, and the two longest tracks, miniluv and miniplenty, feature hoppers multitracked solo work on bass, percussion, mellophone, loops and electronics, with only john marshall, the soft machine drummer, contributing additional percussion on the second piece. The 14minute miniluv was entirely performed by hopper on bass and assorted electronic devices. It was then that hopper s signature fuzz bass was employed, as noted in author graham bennett s 2005 soft machine biography outbloodyrageous, essentially to match musical wits with ratledge s fuzzedup lowrey organ.
Be sure to check the laws for your country before downloading, reading or sharing this file. Rem genre progressive rock rem date 1973 rem discid 5b0b4207 rem comment exactaudiocopy v0. He was a prominent member of the canterbury scene, as a member of soft machine and various other related bands. Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until i make contact with them, musically or personally, i never assume that anything wonderful will happen.
This book was published in australia and is out of there. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Soft machine bbc radio 1 live in concert 1971 1993 48. Jun 09, 2009 the composer and bass player hugh hopper, who has died aged 64 of leuk aemia, achieved his highest public profile through his work with soft machine between 1968 and 1972, though massmarket. Hugh hopper 29 april 1945 7 june 2009 was a composer and bass player from canterbury, united kingdom who achieved his highest public profile through his work with soft machine between 1968 and 1972. Hugh hopper samples, covers and remixes whosampled. Hugh colin hopper was a british progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. Albums include 1984, hopper tunity box, and cruel but fair.