{"id":19024,"date":"2023-03-03T19:04:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=19024"},"modified":"2023-03-03T19:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:04:12","slug":"hugh-hopper-of-soft-machines-legacy-enhanced-with-the-re-release-of-jazzloops-and-the-stolen-hour-featuring-his-soft-machine-bandmates-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2023\/03\/03\/hugh-hopper-of-soft-machines-legacy-enhanced-with-the-re-release-of-jazzloops-and-the-stolen-hour-featuring-his-soft-machine-bandmates-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine\u2019s Legacy Enhanced With the Re-Release of \u201cJazzloops\u201d and \u201cThe Stolen Hour\u201d, Featuring his Soft Machine Bandmates \u00a0\u2013 OUT NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hugh Hopper was a key member of Soft Machine and an accomplished solo artist but passed away in 2009. His legacy is now being celebrated with the re-release of two of his solo albums which had been hard to find until now.<br><br>Both \u201cJazzloops\u201d and \u201cThe Stolen Hour\u201d feature his Soft Machine bandmates guesting throughout including: Robert Wyatt, Elton Dean and John Marshall.\u00a0 Other guests include Gong alumni Didier Malherbe and French guitarist Patrice Meyer.<br><br>This double disc re-mastered set includes \u201cThe Stolen Hour\u2019s\u201d comic, created by Matt Howarth, in the booklet and has been endorsed by\u00a0Christine Janet Hopper, Hugh Hopper\u2019s wife, who also plays trumpet on some of the recordings.<br><br>Peter Pardo of Sea of Tranquility reviewed the original releases of these albums by saying,\u00a0<em>\u201cHearing Hugh Hopper, Elton Dean, Robert Wyatt and John Marshall, all former Soft Machine members, jamming together again is another reason to celebrate\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The albums are OUT NOW and available from:<\/strong>Amazon 2 CD Set:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/HH2CD\">https:\/\/geni.us\/HH2CD<\/a><br>Jazzloops Spotify:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/HHjazzloopsSP\">https:\/\/geni.us\/HHjazzloopsSP<\/a><br>Jazzloops Apple Music:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/HHjazzloopsAM\">https:\/\/geni.us\/HHjazzloopsAM<\/a><br>The Stolen Hour Spotify:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/HHstolenhourSP\">https:\/\/geni.us\/HHstolenhourSP<\/a><br>The Stolen Hour Apple Music:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/HHstolenhourAM\">https:\/\/geni.us\/HHstolenhourAM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This double disc set is also available directly from Cherry Red:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cherryred.co.uk\/product\/hugh-hopper-jazzloops-the-stolen-hour\/\">https:\/\/www.cherryred.co.uk\/product\/hugh-hopper-jazzloops-the-stolen-hour\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Hopper was a key member of Soft Machine and an accomplished solo artist but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[2696,125,51,2697],"class_list":["post-19024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-hugh-hopper","tag-prog","tag-progressive-rock","tag-soft-machine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19026,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19024\/revisions\/19026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}