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Humi (Hugh Hopper / Yumi Hara Cawkwell): Dune
by John Kelman
One well-known artist; the other, not-so. Bassist Hugh Hopper first came to public attention as a member of legendary British group Soft Machine in the late 1960s, but since then the experimental disposition that ultimately resulted in his leaving that band has been heard across a spectrum of projects, from the jamband fusion-centricity of Soft Machine ...
Bassist Hugh Hopper Interviewed at AAJ
Hugh Hopper started out on his path through music as a stalwart of the British Canterbury scene, from which came bands including Soft Machine, of which Hopper was a member for five years, Caravan and Hatfield and The North. In a sense he's embodied the music which emerged from that scene, which might be best described ...
Hugh Hopper: Idiom As A Means To No End
by Nic Jones
Hugh Hopper started out on his path through music as a stalwart of the British Canterbury scene, from which came bands including Soft Machine, of which Hopper was a member for five years, Caravan and Hatfield and The North. In a sense he's embodied the music which emerged from that scene, which might be best described ...
Hopper Tunity Box
By Hugh Hopper
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Hopper Tunity Box; Miniluv; Gnat Prong; The Lonely Sea and the Sky; Crumble; Lonely Woman; Mobile Mobile; Spanish Knee; Oyster Perpetual.
Numero D'Vol
By Hugh Hopper
Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Numero D'Vol; On The Spot; Earwigs Enter; Free Bee; Get That Tap; Bootz; Shovelfeet; Bees Knees Man; Straight Away; Twilight; Some Other Time.
Hugh Hopper: Numero D'Vol
by Glenn Astarita
Legendary British bassist Hugh Hopper steps aside from his duties with Soft Machine Legacy to further his solo career, spanning back to the 1970s during those astounding Canterbury progressive-rock years. Unlike previous endeavors, the bassist integrates elements of the avant modern British jazz scene, largely due to the performance of estimable saxophonist Simon Picard. And speaking ...
Hugh Hopper: Numero D'Vol
by Nic Jones
Hugh Hopper's a busy man as far as recording goes these days, and this one comes more or less immediately after Soft Machine Legacy's Steam on the same label. Comparison between the two perhaps reveals this one as a more varied affair, with the music lacking the air of tension that's such a constructive feature of ...
Hugh Hopper: Hopper Tunity Box
by Nic Jones
In chronological terms Kevin Ayers and Hugh Hopper were the bass players in the most worthwhile editions of the British band Soft Machine, an outfit which, in the days before they became a fairly routine jazz-rock band, exhibited truly progressive ideals in terms of musical scope. Hopper left the band in 1972, and in August of ...
Soft Machine: Third through Seven Remasters
by John Kelman
While the merits of remastered reissues are the source of considerable debate, there's no denying that the discography of pioneering British jazz/rock band Soft Machine has been more deserving of attention than most. In the group's fourteen-year existence it shifted gears more often than outfits lasting considerably longer. Beginning in the late 1960s as a psychedelic ...
Hugh Hopper: Hopper Tunity Box
by John Kelman
Why re-review an album covered less than eighteen months ago? In the case of bassist Hugh Hopper's second solo album (and his first after leaving seminal British jazz-rock group Soft Machine), it's because this reissue comes very close to sounding like an entirely new record. According to Hopper, during the mastering process of Hopper Tunity Box, ...
