System 7

For those of you joining us from the U.S then the System 7 that I'm talking about is called '777', due to a rock band of the same name. But over here in the U.K they are known as 'System 7', they being Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy. Early albums include '777', 'System 7', 'Point 3' and probably others that I've forgotten - click here for full discography.

EP: Altitude Mixes Feat. Ultra Nate

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Altitude Mixes

Track Listing:

  1. (Paradox) Deep Mix
  2. (Paradox) Derrick May's Club Mix
  3. (Paradox) Life is a Paradox Mix
  4. (Paradox) Ultrapella
  5. Screamer Mix
  6. Screamer Mix - Instrumental
  7. Orb Tour Mix
  8. Album Mix

Released 1992 on Ten Records.

Album: 777

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777

Track Listing:

  1. Sunburst - Seahorse Mix (7.12)
  2. Miracle - Orb Remix (6.29)
  3. Depth Disco (7.33)
  4. Altitude (5.56)
  5. Habibi (6.07)
  6. Strange Quotations (6.15)
  7. Bon Humeur (6.57)
  8. Freedom Fighters (5.17)
  9. Dog (5.53)
  10. Thunderdog (2.22)
  11. Listen (6.22)
  12. Fractal Liaison (2.08)
  13. Over and Out (3.26)
  14. Mia - The Fisherman Mix (6.07)

Released 1991 on Ten Records / Caroline Records (USA).

Album: Power of 7

Power of 7

Track Listing:

  1. Interstate (also a 12"/cd single)
  2. Civilization
  3. Davy Jones' Locker
  4. Big Sky City
  5. Good Morning
  6. Night Owl
    • The Osmosis Suite
    1. To the Power of Seven
    2. Hanger 84
    3. Chicago Indian
  7. Mektoub
  8. Europa

This album is more complete than the previous albums, which all tended to fall on the ambient side of things. Interstate is the opening track, quite funky - I like this track! This was also the first single from the album. The Osmosis Suite (God knows why its called this!) contains some of the best material on this album and the latest single Hanger 84 (Hanger 84 is the hanger where the crash remains of the 1947 Roswell incident were kept - that's if u believe in all that stuff!!!).

Single: Hanger 87

Hanger 87

Track Listing:

  1. Hanger 87 - Cox's W.W. Ultimatum Mix
  2. Hanger 87 - The Gods Must be Crazy Mix
  3. Hanger 87 - Live Mix - The End 7/2/96

The Carl Cox remix is quite a dark affair, whereas the remix from System 7 (The Gods Must Be Crazy) is nothing special. The live version is the best version of this track, which saves this single from the bin.

Album: System Express

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System Express

Track Listing:

  1. Alpha Wave - Plastikman Acid House Mix
  2. Desir - Turbo Mix
  3. Hanger 84 - Cox's WW Ultimatum Mix
  4. Coltrane - Red Moon Mix
  5. Altitude - Easy Life Mix
  6. 7:7 Expansion - Elastic Mix
  7. Big Sky City - High Rise Mix
  8. Big Sky City - Jacob's Optical Stairway Mix
  9. Interstate - Doc Scott Mix
  10. Sirenes - Marshall Jefferson Mix
  11. Sunburst - Atahualpa Mix
Lmt. Ed. Disc 2:
  1. Sirenes - System 7.1
  2. Interstate - Exploding Plastic Main Line

Released '96 on Butterfly Recordings.

Single: Rite of Spring

rite of spring

Track Listing:

  1. Rite of Spring - Origin Mix
  2. Rite of Spring - Doc Scott Mix

Released 6/97. The Origin Mix of this track is absolutely wicked and has become a favourite at Whirl-Y-Gig. Very bouncy and uplifting - a must for the collection. Also features on the Golden Section album.

Album: Golden Section

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Golden Section

Track Listing:

  1. Rite of Spring
  2. Don Corleone
  3. Y2K (Beatnik Mix)
  4. Ring of Fire
  5. Exdreamist
  6. Wave Bender
  7. Sinom X Files
  8. Merkaba!
  9. Y2K (Back to the Future)
  10. Borobudur

Released '97. The highlight of this album is the Origin Mix of Rite of Spring. The rest of the album is predominantly drum and bass.

Album: Seventh Wave

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Seventh Wave

Track Listing:

  1. Manik Shamanik (9.46)
  2. High Planes Drifter (8.50)
  3. 7 O'Clock (10.25)
  4. Soft Rain (8.53)
  5. Sal Del Mar (9.00)
  6. Varkala (8.11)
  7. The Abyss (7.39)
  8. Chiringuito (8.19)

Released 9/01 on A-Wave Records. System 7 have released their latest album following a series of live performances, including that on the Whirl-Y-Gig stage at the 2001 Reading WOMAD Festival. As in their live show, this CD is predominantly thundering, relentless trance, with lengthly rolling tracks.

12": High Planes Drifter

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High Planes Drifter

Track Listing:

  1. High Planes Drifter - Original Mix
  2. High Planes Drifter - Purple's 24/7 Remix
  3. High Planes Drifter - Voyager Remix

Released 9/01 on A-Wave Records. Written and produced by Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy. Additional remix and production on track 2 by Purple and on track 3 by Voyager.

Other Info:

Live version of On the 7th Night (Live at Glastonbury Festival) (from the 777 album) is to be found on EarthTrance, a compilation album of various top trance artists, such as Speedy J, Eat Static, Banco-De-Gaia, Sven Vath and psychedelic artists such as Koxbox, Man with no Name, Medicine Drum and Hallucinogen.

For further information on System 7 see the System 7 web site.

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