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Mike Ratledge, keyboard player who co-founded Soft Machine, luminaries of the ‘Canterbury Scene’

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Michael Ratledge was the keyboard player for Soft Machine .

Soft Machine moved from quasi-psychedelia to cutting-edge jazz-rock with a pop sensibility.

The Softs were sui generis: any given minute of their music might include jazz improvisations, muscular psych-prog work-outs and sweet pop tunes with Beach Boys-inspired harmonies.

Ratledge stayed with Soft Machine until 1976 , going on to become a composer.

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