System 7 (band)

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System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America.

Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, both formerly of Gong, formed System 7 after hearing the likes of The Orb playing Hillage's 1979 ambient record Rainbow Dome Musick. They soon became part of the underground dance scene in London. While Hillage and Giraudy form the core of System 7, it is more of an extended collaboratory project with artists such as Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Alex Paterson (of The Orb), and Youth. Unusually for an ambient/dance band, System 7 makes extensive use of Hillage's guitars.

Hillage and Giraudy have also launched a spin-off project called Mirror System, "the new vehicle for developing the chilled & downtempo dimensions of our music." ^[1] They have also worked under the name Groovy Intent.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

• System 7 (1991)
• 777 (1993)
• Point 3 - Fire Album (1994)
• Point 3 - Water Album (1994)
• Power of Seven (1996)
• Golden Section (1997)
• Seventh Wave (2001)
• Encantado (2004)
• Phoenix (2008)

As Mirror System

• Mirror System (2006)

[edit] U.S. albums

As 777

• 777 (1992) U.S. version of the System 7 album
• System 7.3: Fire + Water (1995) U.S. release of the two Point 3 albums

[edit] Compilations

• System Express (1996)
• Mysterious Traveller with Derrick May (2002)
• Planet 7 (2006) iTunes-only album

[edit] Live albums

• Live Transmissions (2006)

[edit] Singles & EPs

• "Sunburst" (1990)
• "Habibi" (1991)
• "Freedom Fighters" (1991)
• "Miracle" (1991)
• "7:7 Expansion" (1992)
• "Sinbad/Quest" (1993)
• "Alpha Wave" (1995)
• "Hanger 84" (1996)
• "Interstate" (1996)
• "Rite of Spring" (1997)
• "Ring of fire" (1998)
• "High Planes Drifter" (2001)
• "Planet 7" (2004)
• "Love Mission - Mission Love" • "I Move" • "Teotihuacan" • "Om Rock" (by Groovy Intent) (download-only EP) (2004)
• "Space Bird" (2008)

[edit] References

1. ^ _MIRRORSYSTEM_

[edit] External links

[edit] System 7

• System 7 website (official site)
• System 7 at Allmusic
• System 7 at Discogs
• System 7 discography at MusicBrainz
• System 7 at Last.fm

[edit] Mirror System

• _MIRRORSYSTEM_ (official site)

• Mirror System at Discogs
• Mirror System at Last.fm