Kooxda Soft Machine waxaa lagu sameeyay 1966 magaalada Ingriiska ee Canterbury. Kadib kooxda waxaa ku jiray: soloist Robert Wyatt Ellidge, oo ciyaaray furayaasha; sidoo kale hogaamiyaha heesta iyo bassist Kevin Ayers; guitarist hibo leh David Allen; gitaarka labaad waxa uu ku jiray gacanta Mike Rutledge. Robert iyo Hugh Hopper, kuwaas oo markii dambe loo shaqaaleysiiyay bassist, waxay la ciyaareen David Allen oo hoos yimaada ushii Mike Rutledge. Kadibna waxaa loogu yeeri jiray "Ubax duurjoogta ah".
Tan iyo markii la aasaasay, kooxda muusikada ayaa aad caan uga ah England, waxayna si deg deg ah ugu guuleysteen jacaylka dhagaystayaasha. Waxay ahaayeen kooxda ugu baahida badan kooxda caanka ah ee UFO. Isla mar ahaantaana, halabuurka ugu horreeya ee "Love Makes Sweet Music" ayaa la duubay, kaas oo la sii daayay wax badan ka dib.
Fanaaniinta ayaa ka ciyaari jiray wadamada Yurub. Maalin maalmaha ka mid ah 1967, markuu ka soo laabtay dalxiis, David Allen looma ogola inuu soo galo Ingiriiska. Kadibna kooxda ayaa halkeeda kasii wadatay qaab ciyaareedkeeda seddexleey.
Isbeddellada ku yimaada halabuurka Mashiinka Jilicsan
Wax yar ka dib wuxuu helay guitarist cusub Andy Summers, laakiin looma qaddarin inuu halkaas sii joogo muddo dheer. 68-kii, Mashiinka jilicsan wuxuu noqday madaxa wax-qabadka Jimi Hendrix laftiisa (Jimi Hendrix Experience) ee Gobolada. Socdaalkaas, kooxdu waxay awooday inay abuurto saxankoodii ugu horreeyay "Mashiinka jilicsan" ee Ameerika.
Muddo yar ka dib, bass guitarist Kevin Ayers ayaa ka tagay kooxda, taas oo sababtay burburka kooxda muusikada. Maamulaha Hugh Hopper wuxuu bedelay Kevin wuxuuna ka caawiyay kooxda inay sameeyaan albaabkooda labaad, Volume Two (1969).
Hadda Mashiinka jilicsan wuxuu leeyahay dhawaaq maskaxeed oo aan caadi ahayn. Markii dambe waxa ay isu beddeshay qaab ka duwan, oo loo yaqaan Jazz Fusion, iyada oo ay ugu wacan tahay saxophone-ka Brian Hopper.
Mashiinka Jilicsan Halabuurka Dahabka
Afar ka mid ah ka qaybgalayaasha oo ku ciyaarayay qalabka dabaysha ayaa lagu daray saddexda jir ee jira. Ka dib dhammaan isbeddelada fannaaniinta, afar geesood ayaa la sameeyay, kaas oo qof walba si fiican u xasuusto. Elton Dean waxaa loo tuuray sidii saxophonist-ka. Wuxuu buuxiyey booskii safka, sidaas darteed kooxda ayaa ugu dambeyntii la sameeyay.
Diiwaanka saddexaad iyo afraad ayaa la duubay, "Saddexaad" (1970) iyo "Afraad" (1971) siday u kala horreeyaan. Abuurkooda waxa ku lug lahaa fanaaniinta xisbiga saddexaad ee Rock iyo jazz Lyn Dobson, Nick Evans, Marc Charig iyo kuwa kale. Saxanka afraad wuxuu noqday acoustic.
Fanaan kasta waxaa loogu yeeri karaa xirfadle ku sugan goobtiisa, laakiin dabeecadda ugu caansan waxay ahayd Rutledge, kaasoo kooxda oo dhan isku hayay. Waxa uu awood u lahaa in uu curiyo halabuuro cajiib ah, isku dhafka habaynta iyo ku daro hagaajin gaar ah. Wyatt waxa uu lahaa codad xamaasad leh iyo xirfado durbaanka aan caadiga ahayn, Dean waxa uu ciyaaray solos saxophone gaar ah, Hopperna waxa uu abuuray garaadka guud ee avant-garde. Waxa ay si wada jir ah u samaysteen koox isku xidhan oo dhamaystiran, dhinac walbana ka duwan.
Albumkii saddexaad ayaa dib loo sii daayay muddo 10 sano ah wuxuuna noqday kan ugu sarreeya ee lagu qiimeeyay dhammaan shaqooyinka fannaaniinta.
Koox sabbaynaysa
Wyatt sannadkii 70aad wuxuu go'aansaday inuu ka tago kooxda, laakiin wuxuu ku guuleystay inuu soo laabto muddo. Wiilasha ayaa duubaya albaabka "Shan", ka dibna soloist-ka ayaa wali ka tagaya mar kale. Laba bilood gudahood, Dean wuu raaci doonaa. Waxay awoodeen inay la ururiyaan xubnihii hore markii dambe si ay u helaan rikoodh kale, "Lix", oo la sii daayay 1973-kii.
Wax yar ka dib markii la sii daayay saxankan, Hopper wuxuu ka tagayaa iyo Roy Babbington, oo ku xooggan basyada korantada, ayaa la dhigay booskiisa. Safka hadda waxaa ku jiray Mike Rutledge, Roy Babbington, Karl Jenkins iyo John Marshall. Sannadkii 1973-kii waxay duubeen CD-ga studio-ga "Seven".
Albamka soo socda ayaa la sii daayay 1975 isagoo hoos imanaya magaca "Bundles", oo horay loogu abuuray gitaarka cusub Alan Holdsworth. Waa isaga kan qalabkiisa udub dhexaad u ahaa dhawaaqa oo dhan. Sannadkii xigay, John Edgeridge ayaa booskiisa qaatay oo sii daayay saxanka "Softs". Ka dib markii uu ka soo baxay mashiinka Soft, kii ugu dambeeyay ee aasaasayaasha, Rutledge, ayaa ka tagaya.
Kadib dhowr fannaaniin ayaa lagu casuumay kooxda: guitarist Steve Cook, Alan Wakeman - saxophone, iyo Rick Sanders - violin. Safka cusub wuxuu abuuraa albamka "Nool iyo Well", si kastaba ha ahaatee, codka iyo qaabka guud ma ahayn sidii hore.
Mashiinka jilicsan ee caadiga ah iyo qaabka ayaa markii dambe la soo celiyay '81 Land of Cockayne oo ay ku jiraan Jack Bruce, Alan Holdsworth iyo Dick Morris ee saxophone-ka. Ka dib, Jenkins iyo Marshall waxay ka qaybqaateen riwaayadaha kooxda iyaga oo aan fursad u helin inay sii joogaan kooxda.
Kooxda hadda
Dhammaan cajaladaha laga duubay riwaayadaha kooxda waxa lagu sii daayay si uun ama siyaabo kala duwan tan iyo 1988-kii. Sannadkii 2002, waxaa jiray safar la yiraahdo "Soft Works" oo ay ka muuqato Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, John Marshall iyo Allan Holdsworth.
Kooxdu waxay magacoodii u beddeshay "Dhaxalka Mashiinka jilicsan" 2004-tii, waxayna duubtay afar album oo kale oo la mid ah qaabkii hore. "Ku noolow Zaandam", "Dhaxalka Mashiinnada jilicsan", "Ku noolow subaxda cusub" iyo "Steam" waxay noqdeen sii wadida wanaagsan ee caadooyinka hore ee kooxdan.
Graham Bennett waxa uu daabacay buugiisa 2005tii. Waxa uu ka sheekeeyay noloshii iyo shaqadii kooxda faneed ee halyeyga ahaa.
