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FINALLY – an English translation of Aymeric’s IN DEPTH HISTORY of the Canterbury School of progressive rock - over 600 pages.
The author founded Calyx, a website devoted to the Canterbury Scene, in 1996, and has written liner notes for many archival releases. In his native France, he has so far published five books on progressive rock, Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Yes, and this, his fourth, is the product of 15 years of research and interviews with many of the scene’s protagonists.
\"This book looks back on the golden years of the music scene that emerged out of Canterbury, Kent, England in the late 1960s, spearheaded by Soft Machine and Caravan and their various offshoots and relations, including Daevid Allen, Gong, Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North and National Health, Elton Dean, Arzachel, Egg, Khan, Gilgamesh and more.
Musically at the meeting point between pop, progressive rock, electric jazz and modern classical, it brought together musicians from very diverse backgroun, who together produced a unique musical blend of complexity and melody, perfectionism and British humour, carefully structured compositions and forays into joyous anarchy.\"
