Canterbury, England Scene · 1966–1978
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Canterbury
In short
A small circle of musicians from one English town who kept swapping between each other's bands.
The scene
Soft Machine, Caravan, Hatfield and the North and National Health shared members to a degree that makes the family tree more interesting than most of the records. The result is a house sound closer to jazz than to rock, with English understatement where American progressive rock would have put a solo.