SOFT MACHINE Live At Henie Onstad Art Centre (2009 issue UK 12-track 2-CD album set - The fact that recordings made of Britain's Soft Machine remain as rewarding and inspirational today as the moment of their making, qualifies the groups international stature as the most expressively intelligent of rock music's progressive epoch. During this recording which occurred on the evening of February 28th, 1971 at the Henie Onstad Art Centre in Oslo, Norway, the group was afforded a rare crucible for their collective creativity by virtue of an intimate concert space, accurate amplification, and an appreciative audience. Also in Henie Onstad for his own Art Exhibition was Soft Machine's friend Mark Boyle [1926-2005], who projected his sensory films during this concert. Thankfully, the performance was professionally recorded using classical ambient technique, and safely archived until the Henie Onstad Art Centre, and the musicians, granted Reel Recordings the honor and responsibility to present this magnificent recording for CD release. The results sound for itself as demonstrably the finest stereo recording of Soft Machine ever captured on tape).