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Soft Heap - Soft Heap (CD) (UK Import)
Soft Heap - Soft Heap (CD) (UK Import)
Artist: Soft Heap
Music Genre: Prog rock, Jazz, Rock
- Label
- Charly Records
- Cat No
- CHARLY5014CD
- Released
- 2025
- Pressing
- UK & Europe
- Styles
- Prog Rock, Avant-garde Jazz, Fusion
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| Artist | Soft Heap |
|---|---|
| Format | CD |
| Label | Charly Records |
| Catalogue no. | CHARLY5014CD |
| Genre | Prog rock, Jazz, and Rock |
| Released | 14 February 2025 |
| Barcode | 5060767449295 |
Soft Heap — Soft Heap
Format: CD • Label: Charly Records (CHARLY5014CD) • Released: 2025 • Pressing: UK & Europe • Genre: Prog Rock, Avant-garde Jazz, Fusion
Tracklist:
1. Circle Line
2. A.W.O.L.
3. Petit 3'S
4. Terra Nova
5. Fara
6. Short Hand
Imported from the UK.
About the artist
About the artist
Jazz-rock band formed in January 1978 by ex members of Soft Machine. "Soft" being an obvious reference to their past band, and "Heap" being the 4 initial letters of the musicians' first name : Hugh, Elton, Alan, and Pip. The band's direction was very jazzy and improvisational.
Due to his commitments with National Health, Pyle couldn't be on the first tour, thus Dave Sheen replacing him and the band's name changing to Soft HeaD. The album 'Rogue Element (1978) was recorded on that tour. It was followed by an eponymous studio album, this time as Soft Heap (with Pip). Hopper was later replaced by John Greaves, and after Gowen's death in 1981, Mark Hewins joined on guitar. Mark : "John Greaves and I were given the opportunity to change the name of the group when we joined, but we all decided that in respect of Alan Gowen's memory we would keep the HEAP moniker (Hugh, Elton, Alan, Pip)... It could have been... Soft JEMP!".
No records were released during the 80's, although the band kept gigging : four tours during the decade with a total of 25 European concerts, culminating with "a fantastic gig in a circus tent, built especially for us, at the Coutance Festival in 1989 - this was recorded and broadcast live by FR1 Radio" (Mark Hewins). A 1982 recording was eventually released as 'A Veritable Centaur' CD in 1995.
Due to his commitments with National Health, Pyle couldn't be on the first tour, thus Dave Sheen replacing him and the band's name changing to Soft HeaD. The album 'Rogue Element (1978) was recorded on that tour. It was followed by an eponymous studio album, this time as Soft Heap (with Pip). Hopper was later replaced by John Greaves, and after Gowen's death in 1981, Mark Hewins joined on guitar. Mark : "John Greaves and I were given the opportunity to change the name of the group when we joined, but we all decided that in respect of Alan Gowen's memory we would keep the HEAP moniker (Hugh, Elton, Alan, Pip)... It could have been... Soft JEMP!".
No records were released during the 80's, although the band kept gigging : four tours during the decade with a total of 25 European concerts, culminating with "a fantastic gig in a circus tent, built especially for us, at the Coutance Festival in 1989 - this was recorded and broadcast live by FR1 Radio" (Mark Hewins). A 1982 recording was eventually released as 'A Veritable Centaur' CD in 1995.
Source: Discogs
