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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Mike Ratledge</b> (* <a href="6._Mai" title="6. Mai">6. Mai</a> <a href="1943" title="1943">1943</a> in <a href="Maidstone" title="Maidstone">Maidstone</a>, <a href="Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, <a href="England" title="England">England</a>; † <a href="5._Februar" title="5. Februar">5. Februar</a> <a href="2025" title="2025">2025</a>) war ein <a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">britischer</a> <a href="Keyboard" title="Keyboard">Keyboarder</a> und <a href="Komponist" title="Komponist">Komponist</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Werk">Leben und Werk</h2></div>
<p>Ratledge wurde bekannt als Musiker der englischen Artrock-Band <a href="Soft_Machine" title="Soft Machine">Soft Machine</a>. Sein Stil wurde sowohl geprägt vom modernen Jazz der 1960er Jahre (<a href="Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>, <a href="John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, <a href="Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a>) als auch von Minimal Music und indischem Raga. Er komponierte einen Großteil der Musik auf den ersten fünf Alben.
</p><p>Ratledge verließ Soft Machine 1976 und konzentrierte sich auf Werbemusik.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1993 traf er seinen ehemaligen Soft-Machine-Kollegen <a href="Karl_Jenkins" title="Karl Jenkins">Karl Jenkins</a> bei dessen <a href="Adiemus" title="Adiemus">Adiemus</a>-Projekt.
</p><p>1967 heiratete Mike Ratledge die amerikanische Sängerin <a href="Marsha_Hunt_(S%C3%A4ngerin)" title="Marsha Hunt (Sängerin)">Marsha Hunt</a>. Er verstarb am 5. Februar 2025 nach kurzer Krankheit.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.calyx-canterbury.fr/mus/ratledge_mike.html">calyx.club.fr</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/252383-Mike-Ratledge">Mike Ratledge</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><span class="cite"><a href="Michael_R%C3%BCsenberg" title="Michael Rüsenberg">Michael Rüsenberg</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://michael-ruesenberg.de/2023/05/19/das-grosse-raetsel-der-soft-machine-keyboarder-mike-ratledge-wird-80/"><i>Das große Rätsel – Der Soft Machine-Keyboarder Mike Ratledge wird 80.</i></a> Manuskript zur gleichnamigen Sendung in der Reihe <i>Milestones</i> des <a href="Deutschlandfunk" title="Deutschlandfunk">Deutschlandfunks</a>. jazzcity/Michael Rüsenberg, 19. Mai 2023<span style="display:none">;</span><span class="Abrufdatum" style="display:none"> abgerufen am 12. August 2023</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Ratledge&rft.title=Das+gro%C3%9Fe+R%C3%A4tsel+%E2%80%93+Der+Soft+Machine-Keyboarder+Mike+Ratledge+wird+80&rft.description=Das+gro%C3%9Fe+R%C3%A4tsel+%E2%80%93+Der+Soft+Machine-Keyboarder+Mike+Ratledge+wird+80&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmichael-ruesenberg.de%2F2023%2F05%2F19%2Fdas-grosse-raetsel-der-soft-machine-keyboarder-mike-ratledge-wird-80%2F&rft.creator=%5B%5BMichael+R%C3%BCsenberg%5D%5D&rft.publisher=jazzcity%2FMichael+R%C3%BCsenberg&rft.date=2023-05-19"> </span></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/he-was-the-backbone-of-soft-machine-founding-member-and-keyboard-player-mike-ratledge-dead-at-81">"He was the backbone of Soft Machine."</a>, abgerufen am 27. März 2025 (englisch) Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Claudio Fabretti: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ondarock.it/news/morto-mike-ratledge-tastierista-soft-machine-robert-wyatt.htm"><i>Morto Mike Ratledge, tastierista e fondatore dei Soft Machine.</i></a> In: <i>ondarock.</i> 5. Februar 2025,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 5. Februar 2025</span> (italienisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMike+Ratledge&rft.title=Morto+Mike+Ratledge%2C+tastierista+e+fondatore+dei+Soft+Machine&rft.description=Morto+Mike+Ratledge%2C+tastierista+e+fondatore+dei+Soft+Machine&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ondarock.it%2Fnews%2Fmorto-mike-ratledge-tastierista-soft-machine-robert-wyatt.htm&rft.creator=Claudio+Fabretti&rft.date=2025-02-05&rft.language=it"> </span></span>
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