System 7 (band)

System 7

System 7 playing the album Phoenix 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 they were 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 electric guitars.

Hillage and Giraudy later launched a spin-off project called Mirror System,[1] and have also worked under the name Groovy Intent.

Discography

Studio albums

As Mirror System

U.S. albums

As 777

Compilations

Live albums

Singles & EPs

[2]

References

  1. ↑ A-wave.com/mirrorsystem
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 545. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

External links

System 7

Mirror System