Soft Machine SixSoft Machine: Karl Jenkins (oboe, soprano & baritone saxophones, piano, electric piano); Mike Ratledge (piano, electric piano, celeste, organ); Hugh Hopper (bass); John Marshall (drums, percussion). SIX was the last album Hugh Hopper made with Soft Machine. The mysterious low end excursion "1983" is the only number he wrote this time out (Hopper's first solo release, 1984, is highly recommended). Founding member and keyboardist Mike Ratledge