Muzyczna Scena Canterbury Progressive rock in their varieties released a number of species and subspecies. These divisions, however, not always perfectly reflect the content of music presented by performers. An example might be even Krautrock, where many groups, often playing something completely different was zaszufladkowanych in one shelf. Therefore, for the style, sometimes the mainstream criteria for topographical and here we can understand that Krautrock (Swabian rock), the music was created in Germany, although not necessarily created by the German musicians.
is not the case with one of the greatest, most fruitful and unusual fragments of rock history - the scene of Canterbury. Here we have a core of artists directly from the topographic heart of this music, which is the city of Canterbury in England, and artists from around the world who are united in spirit with this trend.
definition of music from Canterbury is probably the hardest in the whole rock music, but has a very recognizable elements in common. The first commandment
musicians were unfettered creative freedom, which manifested itself in the most daring, quirky and above all, non-commercial forms. We are dealing here with the type of blemish autsajderów music, who not see the others playing your music, regardless of the absence of sufficient profits from it to keep themselves and their families.
their music is characterized by specific sense of humor, sometimes grotesque. Most teams focused on the original, you might say its patented, jazz from Canterbury, which is purely a European variety of this music. On the other hand is a strong inspiration Canterbury folk, which is the main representative of the trend is Caravan. Has become a hallmark of the typical sound of distorted electric guitar reminiscent of Hammond. Top
Canterbury can illustrate music based on three main bands of this scene, which are
Caravan, The Soft Machine
and
Gong.
Each of these three artists is so completely different, yet so similar.
Caravan that all contractors of Canterbury's most approached the celebrity status, it is almost a fairy-tale band music. Sounds created by them are arranged in the images, move the most distant recesses of the imagination. They play a very melodic style, where the original organ solos are card team. A story that complements the often appearing flute and a huge amount of percussion instruments - the team is not just limited to traditional drums. Autumn melancholy mixed with the Tolkien fantasy, and so musically and lyrically.
The Soft Machine features avant-garde approach to music. Debut doing the kind of simple songs are in your own style, not at all easy, where psychedelia mixed with jazz. Quickly passed metamorphosis, after which they went away from the rock sound in favor of jazz improvisation, a purely instrumental. The compositions are lengthy, complex, often thematically linked. Dominated by the ubiquitous distorted bodies with the wind instruments. Soft Machine Music certainly is not easy and is definitely targeted to the elite, for whom music is not just limited to simple and pleasing forms.
Gong is the third and probably the most difficult of these teams. Also the most difficult to characterize. Style Group has emerged as a charismatic leader led her Deawid Allen. There is everything, which is characterized by Canterbury music, and even more. Psychedelic even a sense of humor, freedom, improvisation, many changes topics, there are even elements of space rock. I think that most accurately recorded their music to identify its some kind of childish play, grotesque theaters. Nothing more, nothing less - this is the Gong.
