- System 7 (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = System 7
Background = group_or_band
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Origin =United Kingdom
Genre =Techno
Ambient
Associated_acts = Gong
Years_active = 1991-present
Label =A-Wave
URL = [http://www.a-wave.com/system7/ a-wave.com/system7]
Current_members =Steve Hillage Miquette Giraudy System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to
Apple, Inc 's trademark onSystem 7 forMac OS , they are known as 777 inNorth America .Steve Hillage andMiquette Giraudy , both formerly of Gong, formed System 7 after hearing the likes ofThe 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 asCarl 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." [ [http://www.a-wave.com/mirrorsystem/ _MIRRORSYSTEM_] ] They have also worked under the name Groovy Intent.
Discography
tudio 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)U.S. albums
As 777
* "777" (1991) U.S. version of the "System 7" album
* "" (1995) U.S. release of the two "Point 3" albumsCompilations
* "
System Express " (1996)
* " Mysterious Traveller" with Derrick May (2002)
* "Planet 7 " (2006) iTunes-only albumLive albums
* "
Live Transmissions " (2006)ingles & EPs
* "Habibi" (
1991 )
* "Freedom Fighters" (1991)
* "7:7 Expansion" (1992)
* "Alpha Wave" (1995)
* "Hanger 84" (1996)
* "Interstate" (1996)
* "Rite of Spring" (1997)
* "Love Mission - Mission Love" • "I Move" • "Teotihuacan" • "Om Rock" (by Groovy Intent) (download-only EP) (2004)References
External links
ystem 7
* [http://www.a-wave.com/system7/ System 7 website] (official site)
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*Mirror System
* [http://www.a-wave.com/mirrorsystem/ _MIRRORSYSTEM_] (official site)
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