In October 2004, a new variant of Soft Works, with John Etheridge permanently replacing Holdsworth, took the name of “Soft Machine Legacy” and performed their first two gigs (two Festival shows on 9 October in Turkey and 15 October in Czech Republic), Liam Genockey temporarily replacing John Marshall who had ligament problems (the first Soft Machine Legacy line-up being consequently: Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Hugh Hopper and Liam Genockey). Later on, Soft Machine Legacy released three albums: Live in Zaandam (2005), the studio album Soft Machine Legacy (2006) recorded in September 2005 and featuring fresh material and the album Live at the New Morning (2006). After Elton Dean died in February 2006, the band continued with British saxophonist and flautist Theo Travis, formerly of Gong and the Tangent. In December 2006, the new Legacy line-up recorded the album Steam in Jon Hiseman’s studio. Steam was released in August 2007 by Moonjune before a European tour. Hopper left in 2008 because he was suffering from leukaemia, so the band continued live performances with Fred Thelonious Baker deputising for Hopper. Following Hopper’s death in 2009, the band announced that they would continue with Roy Babbington again replacing Hugh Hopper on bass. Soft Machine Legacy released their fifth album in October 2010: a 58-minute album entitled Live Adventures recorded live in October 2009 in Austria and Germany during a European tour. Founding Soft Machine bassist Kevin Ayers died in February 2013, aged 68, while Daevid Allen died in March 2015 following a short battle with cancer, aged 77.”Gong founder Daevid Allen has died, aged 77”, The Guardian, 13 March 2015”R.I.P. Daevid Allen Of Soft Machine and Gong 1938-2015” by Paul Cashmere, Noise 11, 13 March 2015 On 18 March 2013, the Legacy band released a new studio album, titled Burden of Proof. Travis stated that “legally we could actually be called Soft Machine but for various reasons it was decided to be one step removed.”“Soft Machine Legacy” in Cherry Red Records My Favourite Flavour magazine; issue #28; June 2013; p. 11
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