Generally, I've got to say that all sounds, musics, noises since conception are bound to have influenced me.

After Elton Dean who died in February 2006 Theo Travis [1] replaced him and Soft Machine Legacy recorded the album Steam released in 2007. In 1972 shortly before leaving Soft Machine he recorded the first record under his own name 1984 (named after George Orwell's novel).

Hugh Colin Hopper (29 April 1945 – 7 June 2009) was a British progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist.