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Brian Hopper (born 3 January 1943) is a British guitarist and saxophonist.
Hopper was born in Canterbury, Kent, and is the older brother of the late bassist Hugh Hopper. With Hugh, he was a member in the early Canterbury scene band Wilde Flowers. He also played saxophone on Soft Machine's album Volume Two and cowrote several tracks on their eponymous debut. The death of two bandmates in the early 1970s discouraged Brian from pursuing a proper career in music, so he went into agricultural crop protection research and development instead.[1]
Only in the latter part of the 1990s did Brian re-emerge as an artist of contemporary as well as historical significance. One of his projects was Canterburied Sounds, Vol.s 1-4, a four-CD compilation of archival Canterbury scene recordings from his private collection.
Discography
Year Artist Title
1962 various artists Canterburied Sounds, Vol.s 1-4 (released 1998)
1965 The Wilde Flowers The Wilde Flowers (released 1994)
1969 Soft Machine Volume Two
2003 Brian Hopper (with Robert Fenner) Virtuality
2004 Brian Hopper If Ever I Am
2006 Brian Hopper & Robert Fenner Just Desserts[2]
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Canterburied Sounds, Vol.s 1-4
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Canterburied Sounds, Vol.s 1-4 is a set of four CDs of archival Canterbury scene recordings compiled from the private collection of Brian Hopper. The set includes some of the earliest-known recordings of Caravan, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt, and Wilde Flowers.
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Canterbury scene
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The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) is a term used to describe a loosely defined style of music created by a number of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based in the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These musicians played together in numerous bands, with ever-changing and overlapping personnel, creating some similarities in their musical output. Many prominent British avant-garde or fusion musicians began their career in Canterbury bands, including Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart (the keyboardist), Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, and Mike Ratledge.[1][2] Over the years, with outside musicians joining Canterbury bands, and new bands all over the world adopting a "Canterbury sound," the term has come to describe the musical style rather than a regional group of musicians.
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