New Album by Brian Hopper

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   One of the original Canterbury founders, but one who has maintained a 
very low profile in the music world  - I believe became a graduate 
biochemist instead -  unofficial historian and archivist for Soft 
Machine, Brian Hopper has just written me to announced his second solo 
album. Just Desserts will be issued in the next month, via prog and ambient 
specialist distributors Burning Shed Records. Brian has made Just 
Desserts in partnership with guitarist Robert Fenner, and describes the music "as building on the ambient 
and ethnic influences of our previous release Virtuality - released by 
Voiceprint Records - but features a stronger rhythmic base than 
before". 

Brian's light touch jazzy prog saxophone is much in evidence - indeed 
here I would suggest  Brian and Robert expand the territory beyond  which 
Canterbury musicans are known. Brian played in Wilde Flowers, and then 
played sax for Soft Machine for their seminal album Volume 2. 
He also wrote a number of the early Soft's classic tuness 

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Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12817	Topic: New Album by Brian Hopper Posted: October 19 2006 at 13:40
	`One of the original Canterbury founders, but one who has maintained a very low profile in the music world - I believe became a graduate biochemist instead - unofficial historian and archivist for Soft Machine, Brian Hopper has just written me to announced his second solo album.Just Desserts`will be issued in the next month, via prog and ambient specialist distributors Burning Shed Records. Brian has made Just Desserts in partnership with guitarist Robert Fenner, and describes the music "as building on the ambient and ethnic influences of our previous release Virtuality - released by Voiceprint Records - but features a stronger rhythmic base than before". Brian's light touch jazzy prog saxophone is much in evidence - indeed here I would suggest Brian and Robert expand the territory beyond which Canterbury musicans are known. Brian played in Wilde Flowers, and then played sax for Soft Machine for their seminal album Volume 2. He also wrote a number of the early Soft's classic tuness