Brian Hopper is a British guitarist and saxophonist, and older brother of the late bassist Hugh Hopper

Hugh Hopper

Hugh Colin Hopper was a progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and various other related bands.-Early career:...

. With Hugh, he was a member in the early Canterbury scene

Canterbury Scene

The Canterbury scene is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s...

 band Wilde Flowers

Wilde Flowers

The Wilde Flowers were a popular music group based in the vicinity of Canterbury, England. The group was active between 1964 and 1967 but never released any records during its existence; however it led to the formation of two other groups that became well-known and influential: Soft Machine and...

. He also played saxophone on Soft Machine

Soft Machine

Soft Machine were an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene, and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre...

's album Volume Two. The death of two bandmates in the early 1970s discouraged Brian from pursuing a proper career in music, so he went into agricultural crop protection research and development instead.

Only in the latter part of the 1990s did Brian re-emerge as an artist of contemporary as well as historical significance. One of his projects was a four-CD compilation of archival Canterbury scene

Canterbury Scene

The Canterbury scene is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s...

 recordings from his private collection.

Under his name

• Virtuality (with Robert Fenner, Voiceprint
  Voiceprint Records
  Voiceprint Records is a company and record label based in England, founded in 1990 by Rob Ayling. They specialise in re-releasing old material, especially progressive rock, but also have new releases, all under the Voiceprint and other imprints....
  
  , 2003)
• If Ever I Am (Voiceprint, 2004)

With others

• The Wilde Flowers (Voiceprint, 1994)
• Canterburied Sounds, Vol.s 1-4 (Voiceprint, 1998)

External links

• Virtuality in the Voiceprint catalogue
• If Ever I Am in the Voiceprint catalogue