777 by System 7
777 is System 7’s second album and represents an early crystallization of their progressive and psychedelic dance music sound.
Originally released in 1993 777 was one of the first albums recorded at producer Youth’s legendary Butterfly Studios in London, a seminal venue for the early development of the psy-trance movement in the UK.
'7:7 Expansion' the opening track is a collaboration with Youth and Tony Thorpe and was released as the first single and actually entered the UK national top 40 chart!
Track 2 'A Cool Dry Place' is a collaboration with The Orb and Track 3 'Desir', a psychedelic techno tour de force, is a collaboration with Orb DJ Lewis Keogh.
The rest of the album is written and produced by System 7’s Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy travelling through some deep trancey grooves and finishing with “Ship of the Desert”, a downtempo classic, and “Faydeaudeau” a floating chillout masterpiece.
777 was re-released in 2003 on System 7’s own A-Wave label.
Tracklist
| 1. | 7:7 Expansion | 10:03 |
| 2. | A Cool Dry Place | 8:19 |
| 3. | Desir (Ghost Mix) | 7:48 |
| 4. | On The Seventh Night | 7:33 |
| 5. | Sinbad | 8:00 |
| 6. | Quest (Moon Mix) | 6:41 |
| 7. | Ship Of The Desert | 9:46 |
| 8. | Faydeaudeau | 7:21 |
| 9. | 7:7 Expansion (Double Edged Sword Mix) | 10:10 |
| 10. | 7:7 Expansion (Conspiracy Edit) | 3:39 |
Videos
Credits
Track 1 7:7 Expansion is a collaboration with Youth and Tony Thorpe and mixed by Youth
Track 2 A Cool Dry Place is a collaboration with and mixed by The Orb (Alex Paterson and Thrash)
Track 3 Desir (Ghost Mix) is a collaboration with Lewis Keogh and mixed by Lewis Keogh and Greg Hunter
Tracks 4-8 Produced and Mixed by Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy
Track 9 (Bonus Track) mixed by Greg Hunter
Track 10 (Bonus Track) edited by Steve Hillage
Track 1 Published by EG Music / BMG Chrysalis
Track 2 Published by Orb Music / Big Life Music / BMG Chrysalis
Track 3 Published by BMG Chrysalis / Copyright Control
Tracks 4-8 Published by BMG Chrysalis
Bonus tracks 9-10 Published by EG Music / BMG Chrysalis
Tracks 1-3 Engineered by Greg Hunter
Track 4 Engineered by Greg Hunter and Dare Mason
Track 5 Engineered by Jim Abiss
Tracks 6-8 Engineered by Dare Mason
Bonus Tracks 9-10 Engineered by Greg Hunter
Recorded and Mixed at Butterfly Studios, Brixton, London in Autumn 1992
Remastered in 2003 by Dave Turner At Heathmans Mastering
Ⓟ and © 2003 A-Wave.com Ltd
Artwork and Design by David James Associates
Photography by Trevor Key
License
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SYSTEM 7’s Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy have had a strong influence on the birth of psychedelic dance music and it’s journey up to the present, forging a unique and bang up-to-date identity on the genre map, in a space where techno, progressive and trance meet - and with the added element of Steve's highly specialised techno guitar.