Tag: Paolo Botta

When Soft Machine unambiguously claimed there was ‘a music for the body and a music for the mind’ and they steered with no regret to the second, this resulted in being one of clearest statement a rock progressive musician could do. Ever since every progger knew which side to favor. This exploitation of the musical mind against the body shaking of the commercial music made the fortune of prog and it played a role in its decay. Even today, being linked to prog, or even being linked with the most orthodox and audacious wing of rock in opposition, sounds like a declaration… Continue reading