X-Port by System 7

X-Port is the uptempo System 7 album partner to Mirror System's more chilled N-Port - an ambitious and successful dual release by Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy.

From Planetgong:- High tempo groove delight. The perfect blend System 7's live dancefloor energy with classy arrangements and Steve's unique guitar style.

References many points of the musical compass visited by Steve and Miquette on the journey so far. New work with the Orb's Alex Paterson naturally conjour up thoughts of the very first System 7 album, but there are also Rovo reverberations and much more.

Their collaboration with Alex Paterson on 'The Queen' is an spacey alien Detroit inspired instrumental and again with dubbed-out ambient techno on 'Angelico Presto'. James Monro returns S7 to edgy terrain on 'Infinity Boulevard' alongside the crispy percussive tech funk of 'Chic Psychedelic (X-Port Version)'. Flanked by the potent and raw 'The Colour of Love (X-Port version)', a throbbing 7 minute epic, and the techno tour de force 'Love for the Phoenix (X-Port Version)' (loosely based on the classic System 7 track 'Habibi' from the first System 7 album) which is their collaboration with Rovo, fusing chants, live violin and guitar over thumping beats. '5 Beat' picks up the pace with its charged techno beats, metallic groove and early house feeling aided by a bouncy tech bassline, segued guitar 'n' snarly synth lines. 'Stovepipe' stands out for its relentless unravelling beats epic that ignite and reconnects in hypnotic rhythm. 'Opal Flash', which includes a blistering Steve guitar solo, and System 7's remix of Rovo's 'Batis' showcase the side of System 7 that finds big success at major trance festivals such as Ozora and Boom.

The ambitious twin release of 'X-Port' and 'N-Port' also celebrates the 21st anniversary of the twin release of System 7's 'Fire' and 'Water' albums.

Tracklist

1.	Hinotori Call Sign	0:55
2.	Chic Psychedelic (X-Port Version)	6:59

3.	The Colour of Love (X-Port Version)	7:41
4.	The Queen	6:37
5.	Love for the Phoenix (X-Port Version)	9:02

6.	Infinity Boulevard	6:55
7.	5 Beat	7:53

8.	Angelico Presto	6:42
9.	Opal Flash	4:39
10.	Stovepipe	7:46
11.	Rovo - Batis (System 7 Remix)	6:40

Credits

released October 16, 2015

Track 4 The Queen and Track 8 Angelico Presto are collaborations with Alex Paterson
Track 5 Love for the Phoenix (X-Port version) is a collaboration with Rovo
reworked from the original version on AAGWCD004 Rovo & System 7 - Phoenix Rising
Track 6 Infinity Boulevard is a collaboration with James Monro
Track 11 is System 7's remix of Batis by Rovo

Rovo are:- Yuji Katsui (electric violin) - Seiichi Yamamoto (guitar) - Tatsuki Masuko (DX7, SH101) Jin Harada (Bass) - Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (Drums - Percussion) - Yoichi Okabe (Drums - Percussion)

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 10 written by Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy published by Stage Three Music Publishing Ltd

Tracks 4 and 8 written by Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy and Alex Paterson published by Stage Three Music Publishing Ltd / Kobalt Music

Track 6 written by Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy and James Monro published by Stage Three Music Publishing Ltd / copyright control

Track 11 written by Yuji Katsui published by sound of rain

Mixed by System 7 at A-Wave Studios, Notting Hill, London July 2015

Initial writing and recording at Honey Bunnies and Villa Tirtarum, Bali November 2012 - Special thanks to Gus and Cozi Till
Track 6 additional production by James Monro

Mastered by Shane McEnhill at Finyl Tweek London August 2015

Released by A-Wave - distributed by SRD

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