What is the most striking isn't even the music, but the fact that this stuff was on a TV show. Totally impossible today

Fucking hell I love Robert's drumming... His accident was so tragic, but he created such an amazing body of work afterwards. He's just a wonderful musician in general.

My all-time favourite drummer, legend.

This version of Gloria Gloom scared me a lot. I listen this on 2a.m, no lights in my room, damn what a strange feeling. But the bass is so good

Matching Mole = machine molle = Soft Machine

Impresionante video historico los mejores los maxsimos creadores del canterbury mejor grupo fel mundo.

This is pure holy grail video. I've been waiting to see a proper video of MM for years, and this captures them in all of their rawness. You can see how this band is running on pure drive, zero cash and most likely, alcohol or other substances, which does not detract from the music, but gives a glimpse into their collective psyche at the time.

Everything about Robert’s music makes so much sense to me. Always has. Not just him & his melodies on drums or other instruments, but what the others are doing too & their fills & constant attention to complement each other. When I first found Soft Machine is was Bundles & I went backwards to Seven & then did one through everything so when I found Robert Wyatt soft machine & matching mole, I was so deeply satisfied to have this musical void of mine filled with his & his bands contributions. I could hear the a lot of the fills or ideas when first getting exposed to the albums while listening to them especially during the jam sections or during live performances live this & to then hear the vast majority of those things come out as which ever song continued was simply amazing & mind blowing to me & gave me more hope as a dummer for creating music of my own or for wanting to learn bass or relearn trumpet. My old band used to cover facelift live. I would have loved to do this & things like Frob or Magma too.

Timeless - this just stands alone as a unique piece of creative genius that will be just as astonishing and relevant in 100 years

Once again Phil Miller singlehandedly maintains the tradition of performing live in knitwear.

Definitely one of the essential videos of the 70's: absolutely brilliant stuff: Robert's vocal improvisations at the beginning are stunning and the band's performance is awesome throughout: Wyatt/Mac Cormick/Miller/Mac Rae were pre-R.I.O. wonders... this is only a "little red gig" after all...!

Holy shit Robert is awesome

robert Wyatt is insanely good this whole sequence is amazing

Prog Rock superstars Wyatt and friends are so under appreciated

Wyatt forever ! His last records are just exactly so inspired. Thx Rockenstock and thx BassLuderman

Everything about this video is totally unique. It captures one of the greatest and rarest bands in an unusually intimate live in studio setting. Surrounded by a scant few lucky Euro-hipsters smoking and helping out with falling microphones. Robert Wyatt in a ski mask, possibly to keep his wild hair in control. You get Bill MacCormick's groovy pants, Phil Miller's unique facial expressions and marvelous playing, Dave MacRae's nearly impossible standing organ posture. For gear hounds, I have no idea what kind of road-case mini-organ he's playing or what's on top of it. Packs of smokes everywhere. Other Rockenstock clips show a much larger space than this one, everything is close-miked but you can't see them.

Brilliant! It never seems to get old.

I love MacCormick's bass work and that sound!

I've never seen my ears glow in such a magical light - thanks for providing the music to match tout ça!

What remarkable footage. Thanks for putting it up, whoever you are!

Great stuff. I love the Frenchies sitting around and looking like they're thinking 'What the fuck is this?'

I was lucky enough to see them live as they were - bizarrely - booked for Weymouth grammer school end of term dance!! I enjoyed it but some of the other kids were looking slightly confused and bewildered!

Come mai Robert Wyatt si presentò così incappucciato praticamente mascherato a questa esibizione dei Matching Mole ? i brani presentati in questa esibizione erano molto interessanti tratti dall'album Matching Mole il loro primo lp Peccato che il gruppo non poté andare avanti causa il grave incidente capitato a Robert Wyatt che lo costrinse sulla sedia a rotelle causa paralisi delle gambe Situazione che purtroppo per lui ancora oggi sta vivendo all' età credo di 75 anni I Matching Mole sono stati un gruppo veramente d avanguardia musicale infatti non so come catalogarli se nel Progressive rock quello più classico del termine oppure nell'avanguardia più estrema detta RIO Ad ogni modo Band FANTASTICA !!!!!!!!!!!!

Robert Wyats french accent is the best thing ever.

The drummer leads the band, the beat, the beat, the lovely beat. . . .

This is amazing. Surely Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt saw this performance. The conceptual similarities are uncanny.

I love this! One of my favourite bands - Robert is (was) a phenomenal drummer, but Phil Bill and Dave are all brilliant too. No wonder Phil Miller can play those tricksy guitar runs, d'ya see the size of his hands?

Amo la voz de Robert Wyatt cuando improvisa.....un genio de la experientacion.

McCrae did play organ on Matching Mole's Little Red Record, along with piano and electric piano (and VCS 3 keyboard). As a matter of fact, you can hear it if you listen carefully on Gloria Gloom and Nan True's Hole. And Wyatt was an amazing drummer. His post-accident material is terrific, but I love his work and playing before his accident to that after his accident. He was amazing!

The Best side of KZfaq.

They were around for such a short time, too, less than a year I think. Fortunately they came along at a time when I was so ready for something like it that they have always been with me. There was due to be a third album with a different lineup (including Francis Monkman from Curved Air) but sadly Robert had his accident which put paid to that. Robert has now retired from recording and performing but what an amazing collection of music he has made in his life! A beautiful soul, I'm sure.

Robert making sure he is the centre of attention, as usual!

Потрясающе , завидую тем , кто мог слышать и видеть это в живую .

Fucking amazing! I never tire of watching this.

mucho mole que feliz estoy oyendo esta cosa

Absolutely Outstanding. Thanks for Uploading!

Nice n crazy just the way i like things. Robert is a Gift to this World.

I've seen them twice in Holland, both times wonderful, one of them with Lol Coxhill on soprano sax. We will miss him

Gloria Gloom is scary, perhaps a bit disturbed. Robert Wyatt is a pioneer in both drumming and vocal techniques. Superb performance from Matching Mole. Probably not for Abba fans though.

After years playing shirtless, Mr. Wyatt puts a t-shirt on and a sock over his head. To do that he must have been half mad, or absolutely shattered by some upset in his life. But Christ couldn't he play the drums. Best I've ever seen, the creativity is just overwhelming. And Matching Mole strikes me now as less self-indulgent here than it did all those years ago.

This makes me happy.

I wouldn't be surprised. I love both their work, each totally unique, actually.

Wow merci d'avoir partager cette prestation ! !.Je suis un fan de ce groupe fantastique et imaginatif .Wyatt est toute un drummer ! !.

... I have no words to say ... one of da most important bands there were > ROBERT! ... just only for ROBERT! ... thx (wid a huge smile on me face) for ul diz gem! thank you so so so ... ya!

La Machine Molle de Robert Wyatt!

Roberto wyatt y gilmour son los dos mejores del mundo.

Awesome. Many thanks for this. I have the vinyl but no player so, good to hear.

great video, allways loved the bass well and everything else about this song

I saw Matching Mole at The Queen Elizabeth Hall (in 72) before Robert Wyatt’s accident. God Song was the highlight!

I bet FZ would’ve loved this!

Very good!

Did anyone else think of Lightning Bolt when they saw Robert at the drums wearing his mask?

stupendo grazie

какой энергетичный чувак!

Et en plus ce jeu de mot pour francophone. Robert

Incredible!

Only the French could feign such cool indifference.

awesome!

The host choofing away on a ciggie. Gold.

McCrae did play organ on certain Matching Mole songs, although it was mostly as an addition to his electric piano work. . You can hear it on Nan True's Hole, Gloria Gloom, and Starting in the Middle of the Day We Can Drink Our Politics Away.

gooood it's so good!

For me I feel that Robert Wyatt is the best drummer (ever) to come out of the U.K. He peaks like the great jazz fusion drummers of the 1970s. Check out his drumming on sugar cane harris's (Liz Pineapple wonderful) and you will know what I mean.

still love it!

excellent!

Wow!

Saw them live twice: Reading Festival 1972. Queen Elizabeth Hall September 1972.

That's one of the reasons that makes me love youtube :)

Awesome!

Next to Daevid Allen and Pye Hastings, Wyatt is the third musician I've seen (either live or in footage) perform vocals by "bibbling" themselves. It must have been a secret dictum of the Canterbury scene that each frontman had to do that at some point, alongside the rule that all bands had to use Lowrey organs rather than Hammonds.

documento magnifico

brilliant

Muy buen video, muy en el estilo de Soft Machine, muy en el estilo de Robert Wyatt!!

ÉNORME!! 🙏🙏

40 anni dopo sono ancora avanti di altri 40

Awesome Band

L'intro en français ! C'est cool ! x)

What's brown, lives in the ground, and it's myopic? It's the Mole!

HAUNTING DISTURBING BRILLIANT!!

Con soft machine ❤❤❤❤❤

Love the head gear!😂

rim shots on 4 time and triplets on 3 time @ 10:42. . that"s why he's a good drummer.

in an alternative universe, louis balfour of jazz club is a real person and either djs or hosts this music live 24-7 for all eternity

ENORME !!!!

Robert Wyatt 💙💙💙

broken crash, oughtta love him

@10:51, Phil quotes YES "Close to the Edge" (down by the river- in a van, with Matt Foley. Seasons WILL pass you by.....)

Matching Mole (a pun, "machine molle" being French for 'Soft Machine'),

trés forts les gaillards!!!

if you like this, check out the tony williams albums "Emergency" and "Turn It Over"... similar vibe but maybe even more intense IMO. Love both groups tho.

Here in 2022

Musique pour descendre les escaliers de la cave mal éclairée !!!!

La máscara del baterista es muy idéntica a los "ukukos" de una antiquísima fiesta religiosa de mi ciudad Cusco - Perú.

wHOLLY CRapoliiiiiiIe!! Did I just have a flashback? Wait... the walls aren't melting....oh, it's just MM.

dope

I remember seeing them around this time,and being disappointed that robert wyatt had left soft machine, or " machine moule " as the french called them. I think the stuff is very good in the progressive absurdist mould and was a precursor to hatfield and the north in a way. maybe some commentators prefer more straightforward music, and cant understand structured improvisation that takes a bit of thought and concentration ?

Robert wyatt you are a fucking rock star. All this surrealistic stuff. And rock bottom genius. Shipbuilding Say no more

Holy shit this is what inspired lightning bolt

Just great prog group ever

excuse my ignorance, is the drummer from soft machine?

Robert Wyatt, Dave Sinclair etc, excellent musicians. Love MM but they all went on to better things.