Michael Roland Ratledge (6 May 1943 – 5 February 2025) was a British musician. A part of the Canterbury scene, he was a founding member of Soft Machine. He was the last founding member to leave the group, doing so in 1976. [1]

5 天之前 · Mike Ratledge, the keyboardist and a co-founder of English rock band Soft Machine, has died, the band’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed.He was 81 years old. “Incredibly sad news that my ...

6 天之前 · Ratledge left Soft Machine in 1976, following the release of their Softs album. He would work with Mike Oldfield, composer David Bedford, Soft Machine colleague Karl Jenkins, and recorded film soundtracks, including 1977's experimental Riddle Of The Sphinx. Although he kept a relatively low profile regarding his Soft Machine exploits, he was ...

5 天之前 · Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge died on Wednesday, February 5, after a brief illness, according to his former bandmate and guitarist John Etheridge. “Mike was the ...

2 天之前 · Mike Ratledge, who has died aged 81, was the keyboard player whose sound was at the heart of Soft Machine, the Canterbury band who rapidly moved from quasi-psychedelia to cutting-edge jazz-rock ...

5 天之前 · Mike Ratledge, one of the founding members of Soft Machine, has died aged 81. The news of his passing was shared by bandmate John Etheridge – guitarist in the British psych-rock band – in a...

4 天之前 · Mike Ratledge was only in Soft Machine for ten of his 81 years on the planet but he’ll be forever remembered as an innovative and energetic force within the progressive community and beyond. Sid Smith. Sid's feature articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including Prog, Classic Rock, Record Collector, Q, Mojo and Uncut. ...

2023年9月8日 · When Etheridge joined he recorded two albums: 1976’s Softs, the last to feature founder Mike Ratledge, and Alive & Well: Recorded In Paris, released in 1978. Although there was a fleeting reunion in the 1980s, Soft Machine were seemingly dead.

4 天之前 · “Mike was the backbone of Soft Machine in the early years and a man with an absolutely incisive mind — a marvelous composer and keyboardist. A real Renaissance man — so talented, cultured, charming — and a wonderful companion. ... Beyond Soft Machine, Ratledge also played on Syd Barrett’s 1970 album The Madcap Laughs and worked with ...

1 天前 · Mike Ratledge, le claviériste et cofondateur du groupe de rock anglais Soft Machine, est décédé, a confirmé le guitariste du groupe, John Etheridge. Il avait 81 ans. « La nouvelle est incroyablement triste : mon grand ami et légende de Soft Machine est décédé il y a deux heures après une brève maladie , a écrit Etheridge sur Facebook.