The Soft Machine Turns On
Poster
1967 (designed)
1967 (designed)
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This poster was designed by design duo Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. In the late 1960s, they created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images.
Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They formed in 1966, and were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, helping pioneer the progressive rock genre. They played regularly at both UFO and Middle Earth clubs, and combined Jazz and Rock music into a proto-progressive style.
Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They formed in 1966, and were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, helping pioneer the progressive rock genre. They played regularly at both UFO and Middle Earth clubs, and combined Jazz and Rock music into a proto-progressive style.
Object details
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| Title | The Soft Machine Turns On (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen print on paper |
| Brief description | The Soft Machine "Turns On" poster. Michael English collection. |
| Physical description | Printed poster. Psychedelic styled poster, in silver, black and white and fluorescent orange. A woman's head and hand, in black silver and white. her neck dripping with chains. Below is the band's name in orange squashed into a circle. |
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| Production type | Artist's proof |
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| Credit line | Given by Michael English |
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| Summary | This poster was designed by design duo Hapshash and the Coloured Coat. In the late 1960s, they created psychedelic posters for many of the English bands of the time, and decorated and advertised Nigel Waymouth's King's Road boutique, Granny Takes a Trip. They also designed for concerts held at the UFO club and Saville Theatre, and for underground magazine Oz. Their influences came from the decorative and eroticised designs of Art Nouveau, combined with the melting rainbow colours of LSD visions and pop art inspirations from the post-war media; traces of Disney, horror movie monsters and comic book characters and can often be seen hiding amongst the images. Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They formed in 1966, and were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, helping pioneer the progressive rock genre. They played regularly at both UFO and Middle Earth clubs, and combined Jazz and Rock music into a proto-progressive style. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.43-1978 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2010 |
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