System 7 (band)

System 7
System 7 playing the album Phoenix rising at the London nightclub Heaven, February 2008
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Techno Ambient
Years active	1991–present
Labels	A-Wave Big Life Records Virgin/EMI Records
Associated acts	Gong
Website	a-wave.com/system7
Members	Steve Hillage Miquette Giraudy

System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven it was initially billed as 777 in North America. System 7 was the name of the current Macintosh Operating System at the time of the band's formation.

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 collaborative project with artists such as Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Alex Paterson (of The Orb), and Youth. 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.

Discography

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)
• Up (2011)
• Phoenix Rising (2013) with Rovo

As Mirror System

• Mirror System (2006)
• Reflector - DJ Mix (2010)

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

Compilations

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

Live albums

• Live Transmissions (2006)

Singles & EPs

• "Sunburst" (1990)
• "Habibi" (1991)
• "Freedom Fighters" (1991)
• "Miracle" (1991)
• "7:7 Expansion" (1992) - #39 on the UK Singles Chart; February 1993
• "Sinbad/Quest" (1993) - #74 on the UK Singles Chart; July 1993
• "Alpha Wave" (1995)
• "Hangar 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)
• "AlphaWave/HPD" (2010)
• "Passion" (2012)

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References

External links

System 7

• System 7 website (official site)
• System 7 at AllMusic
• System 7 discography at Discogs
• System 7 discography at MusicBrainz

Mirror System

• Mirrorsystem official Web site
• Mirror System discography at Discogs