Alongside Pink Floyd, Soft Machine were leaders of the British psychedelic scene. After their debut album, original bassist Kevin Ayers departed for Ibiza. He was replaced in 1969 by Hugh Hopper, an old cohort of Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge and a founder member of the Canterbury school of alternative music. Hopper's fuzz bass became an integral part of the band's sound as it developed through psychedelic rock to free jazz.
By 1973, along with Wyatt and Ratledge, Hopper had quit the band. He then pursued many different solo projects and also often worked with a former member of Soft Machine, Elton Dean. Whilst fuzz bass and jazz rock have been his trademarks onstage, let's not forget that Mojo described his songs as "exquisitely English". He still collaborates with Robert Wyatt and even Whitney Houston sang a version of his "Memories" with Bill Laswell's project Material in the early eighties.

This project came about when Hugh boasted to Robert Wyatt that he could write better lyrics to a Russian tune that Robert was working on. Hugh collaborated with the eccentric Streatham guitarist Mark Hewins and asked Lisa to sing the song for a demo. Mark then went on to other things and Hugh and Lisa recorded this midi-based album, with some mighty fuzz bass here and there and guest appearances by other musicians blowing and hitting things. With Lisa's cool clear vocals and unique lyrics, Hugh has sculpted a soundscape that shimmers and hums, beats menacingly and sears with multi-stacked fuzz. This is a strange and haunting collection of songs:swirling dreams and psychedelic voyages through the past, present and future.