Robert Wyatt is a pioneering British musician whose career spans jazz, rock, and avant‑garde experimentation. A founding member of Soft Machine and Matching Mole, Wyatt helped shape the Canterbury scene of the late 1960s and 1970s. After a life‑changing accident in 1973, he embarked on a remarkable solo career marked by emotional depth, political awareness, and genre‑defying creativity. His timeless voice and eclectic compositions have earned him critical acclaim and enduring influence across generations of artists.