Artist: Kevin Ayers

June 1, 1974

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Kevin Ayers a cassé sa pipe le 18 février. C’est moche. J’ai commencé à m’intéresser au bonhomme en découvrant sur les notes de pochette de Tatay , mon album préféré des Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci –l’un des deux groupes que j’ai le plus aimés depuis ces 20 dernières années- ceci : « Creator of the best l.p. of all time Shooting at the moon (…), our hero. » Ça s’annonçait pas mal. [...]

Every so often an album is released that seems to have been made exactly to my idiosyncratic specifications. Ornette Coleman's harmolodics? Check. Intellectually ambitious hip hop? Check. Sprawling narrative? Check. I'm compelled to believe that Soweto Kinch crafted his new The Legend of Mike Smith with me in mind. Can there really be anyone else in the universe who loves The Streets' A Grand Don't Come for Free , Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City , Ornette Coleman's [...]

La psicodelia está de luto: Kevin Ayers, miembro fundador de The Soft Machine y dueño de una exquisita carrera solista en donde colaboró con personajes de la talla de Nico y Brian Eno, murió este 18 de febrero recién pasado en su hogar en Montolieu, Francia. Considerado la encarnación del ideal creativo e ideológico de los 60s, Ayers nació en Kent (Inglaterra), pasó su niñez en Malasia y regresó a los 12 años a Londres, de donde fue expulsado a los 17 por un juez luego de un arresto por posesión de drogas. Reubicado en Canterbury, no [...]

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August 1944 - February 2013 A founding father of British psychedelia. Download Kevin Ayers - Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes mp3 (from Whatevershebringswesing ) Follow @madmackerel

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Founding member of psychedelic jazz rockers, Soft Machine , Kevin Ayers has died aged 68. Ayers passed away on the 18th February at his home in France. Here's him doing what he did best: Soft Machine - Clarence In Wonderland Kevin Ayers - Shouting In A Bucket Blues

Farewell, Kevin Ayers . The co-founder of the pastoral prog-rock group The Soft Machine in the late 60s and celebrated solo artist died two days ago in his sleep. Ayers had came out of a 15-year reclusive existence in France in 2007 to release The Unfairground , on which he collaborated with members of Neutral Milk Hotel, teenage Fanclub, and Ladybug Transistor. Ayers was a great, pioneering musician who will surely be missed. Below is a nice clip from 1970 of The Soft Machine. [ Stereogum ] [...]

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Filed under: News , R.I.P. Tim Duncan, Wikipedia Kevin Ayers, bassist and vocalist for British psychedelic group Soft Machine , died Feb. 18 after a lengthy illness in the French village of Montolieu. He was 68. According to Ultimate Classic Rock , Ayers had been living in France in recent years after releasing his last solo record in 2007 entitled The Unfairground . The son of a BBC producer, [...]

Kevin Ayers in the Seventies in London by Kate Simon After hearing about Kevin Ayer's very recent passing, Kate Simon was kind enough to send me this beautiful shot of him from the 1970's. She said, "I photographed him innumerable times, and was at the historic June 1, 1974 show he did at The Rainbow with Cale, Nico, and Eno. He was a stunning musical and personal presence." Thanks Kate!

Mojo reports that the adventurous British songwriter and Soft Machine co-founder Kevin Ayers died in his sleep two night ago. He was 68. Read More...

R.I.P. Kevin Ayers, cantante de Soft Machine El cantante de Soft Machine , Kevin Ayers , falleció el pasado lunes 18 de febrero a los 68 años. El cantante y compositor británico fue pionero de la escena y el sonido de Canterbury, Reino Unido, junto a sus compañeros progresivos Robert Wyatt , Dave Stewart , Steve Hillage , y Peter Blegvad . En 1963, se junto con Wyatt y Hugh Hopper para formar The Wilde Flowers , y en 1966 Wyatt [...]

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One of the pioneers of 'The Canterbury Scene' passed away today. The English singer-songwriter was a member of many bands, most notably Soft Machine, in which he collaborated with Pink Floyd's Syd Barrrett and future guitarist of The Police, Andy Summer. The cause of Ayers' death is not yet known.

A sad start to today as news that Kevin Ayers passed away in his sleep last night. Beyond his seminal work with The Soft Machine throughout the '60s and gritty prog outfit Gong, Ayers was a visionary psych folk artist, crafting one of my personal favorite albums, his career-defining Joy of a Toy. Ayers was 68. Blast these songs loud today, folks. MP3 ::: Kevin Ayers - The Clarietta Rag Kevin Ayers - Stop This Train (Again Doing It) 

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Kevin Ayers - RIP Soft Machine: Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers, and Daevid Allen

Psych musician and Soft Machine member, Kevin Ayers has died at the age of 68. The English singer-songwriter, part of the Canterbury scene , was a major influence on the '60s psychedelic movement and worked with the likes of Syd Barrett , Robert Wyatt and more. Ayers released one album with Soft Machine and several as a solo artist, his last being  The Unfairground  in 2007. John Peel [...]

  "Kevin Ayers  possessed a voice like no other, intrinsically British and full of whimsy and mischief. This latter quality animated much of his life as well as his music." "Born in Herne Bay, Kent, in 1944, Ayers was raised in Malaysia before returning to England at the age of 12 where he attended Simon Langton Grammar School For Boys, later described as "a hotbed for teenage avant-garderie". His first band,  The Wilde Flowers , formed in the summer of '63 and also featured  Robert Wyatt  and Hugh Hopper , both of whom (along [...]

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