System Express
Encyclopedia
System Express is a compilation album
by dance
/ambient
band System 7
showcasing remix
es of tracks from their first four studio album
s. Four are the band's best-known single remixes and seven are completely new mixes. The original UK edition came with a bonus CD EP of two additional remixes.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
/ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
band System 7
System 7 (band)
System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America...
showcasing remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es of tracks from their first four studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s. Four are the band's best-known single remixes and seven are completely new mixes. The original UK edition came with a bonus CD EP of two additional remixes.
CD1
(BFLCD21, AAWCD005)| # | Track | Length | Written by | Produced by | Mixed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Alpha Wave (Plastikman Acid House Mix)" (original version on Point 3 - Fire Album Point 3 Point 3 is the collective title of the third and fourth studio albums by British ambient dance band System 7. The first of the two is Point 3 - Fire Album; the second, Point 3 - Water Album. The two offer different mixes of the same material, Fire using more drums and rhythms, while Water is more... ) |
10:43 | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | Richie Hawtin Richie Hawtin Richard Hawtin is an English-Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's second wave of artists in the early 1990s and a leading exponent of Minimal techno since the mid 1990s... , re-edited by Steve Hillage |
| 2 | "Desir (Turbo Mix)" (original version on 777 777 (album) 777 is the second studio album by British ambient dance band System 7. - Track listing :... ) |
05:52 | Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy & DJ Lewis | Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy & DJ Lewis | Greg Hunter Greg Hunter Greg Hunter is a British composer and sound engineer. He attended Goldsmiths, University of London. He is known for his work with The Orb and with producer Youth in their collaboration to form Dub Trees, and as a composer of electronic / world music... & DJ Lewis, re-edited by Steve Hillage |
| 3 | "Hanger 84 (Cox's WW Ultimatum Mix)" (original version on Power of Seven Power of Seven (album) Power of Seven — or, as represented in typographic artwork on its packaging, Power of Seven7 — is the fifth studio album by British ambient dance band System 7.- Track listing :- External links :... ) |
05:40 | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | Carl Cox Carl Cox Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s... |
| 4 | "Coltrane (Red Moon Mix)" (original version on Point 3 - Fire Album Point 3 Point 3 is the collective title of the third and fourth studio albums by British ambient dance band System 7. The first of the two is Point 3 - Fire Album; the second, Point 3 - Water Album. The two offer different mixes of the same material, Fire using more drums and rhythms, while Water is more... ) |
08:57 | System 7 & Greg Hunter, re-edit Re-edit In popular music, a re-edit is an altered version of a recorded song created by repeating, reordering, or removing sections of the original recording - for example, making a chorus repeat several times in a row, or extending the length of a break section. Like remixes, re-edits are especially... ed by Steve Hillage |
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| 5 | "Altitude (Easy Life Mix)" (original version on System 7 System 7 (album) System 7 is the first studio album by dance/ambient band System 7.A somewhat different version was released in the United States as 777 by 777... ) |
08:51 | Derrick May & Steve Hillage | Derrick May & Steve Hillage | System 7 & Adam Wren |
| 6 | "7:7 Expansion (Elastic Mix)" (original version on 777 777 (album) 777 is the second studio album by British ambient dance band System 7. - Track listing :... ) |
07:31 | Youth Martin Glover Martin Glover, also known as Youth, is a record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. He is a member of The Fireman along with Paul McCartney. Glover was born in Africa.-Early career:... , Tony Thorpe The Moody Boys The Moody Boys was a UK house music production and remix outfit active since 1988 , consisting of Tony Thorpe and, until 1992, Jimmy Cauty.-History:... & Steve Hillage |
Youth & Tony Thorpe | |
| 7 | "Big Sky City (High Rise Mix)" (original version on Power of Seven Power of Seven (album) Power of Seven — or, as represented in typographic artwork on its packaging, Power of Seven7 — is the fifth studio album by British ambient dance band System 7.- Track listing :- External links :... ) |
06:53 | Derrick May & Steve Hillage | Derrick May & Steve Hillage | |
| 8 | "Big Sky City (Jacob's Optical Staiway Mix)" (original version on Power of Seven Power of Seven (album) Power of Seven — or, as represented in typographic artwork on its packaging, Power of Seven7 — is the fifth studio album by British ambient dance band System 7.- Track listing :- External links :... ) |
04:44 | Jacob's Optical Stairway 4 Reinforced Productions | ||
| 9 | "Interstate (Doc Scott Mix)" (original version on Power of Seven Power of Seven (album) Power of Seven — or, as represented in typographic artwork on its packaging, Power of Seven7 — is the fifth studio album by British ambient dance band System 7.- Track listing :- External links :... ) |
07:08 | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | Doc Scott |
| 10 | "Sirènes (Marshall Jefferson Mix)" (original version on Point 3 - Fire Album Point 3 Point 3 is the collective title of the third and fourth studio albums by British ambient dance band System 7. The first of the two is Point 3 - Fire Album; the second, Point 3 - Water Album. The two offer different mixes of the same material, Fire using more drums and rhythms, while Water is more... ) |
05:53 | Laurent Garnier Laurent Garnier Laurent Garnier , is a French techno music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJ-ing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span deep house, Detroit techno, trance and jazz... &Steve Hillage |
Laurent Garnier & Steve Hillage | Marshall Jefferson Marshall Jefferson Marshall Jefferson is an American musician, working in house music, in particular, the subgenres of Chicago house and deep house.-Biography:... |
| 11 | "Sunburst (Atahualpa Mix)" (original version on System 7 System 7 (album) System 7 is the first studio album by dance/ambient band System 7.A somewhat different version was released in the United States as 777 by 777... ) |
06:43 | Alex Paterson Alex Paterson Alex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of the ambient group The Orb, in which he has worked since its inception.... , Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy |
Youth & Steve Hillage | System 7 & Adam Wren |
CD2
(BLFCDL21)| # | Track | Length | Written by | Produced by | Mixed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sirènes (System 7.1)" (original version on Point 3 - Fire Album Point 3 Point 3 is the collective title of the third and fourth studio albums by British ambient dance band System 7. The first of the two is Point 3 - Fire Album; the second, Point 3 - Water Album. The two offer different mixes of the same material, Fire using more drums and rhythms, while Water is more... ) |
10:00 | Laurent Garnier & Steve Hillage | Laurent Garnier & Steve Hillage | Carl Craig Carl Craig Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs... |
| 2 | "Interstate (Exploding Plastic Main Line)" (original version on Power of Seven Power of Seven (album) Power of Seven — or, as represented in typographic artwork on its packaging, Power of Seven7 — is the fifth studio album by British ambient dance band System 7.- Track listing :- External links :... ) |
11:07 | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy | David Holmes David Holmes (musician) David Holmes is a Northern Irish DJ, musician and composer.-Career:Holmes began djing in Belfast from the age of 15. His first hit was the song "DeNiro", with Ashley Beedle, in 1992. In the early to mid 1990s he ran two club nights in the Belfast Art College known as Sugar Sweet and Shake Yer Brain... |
External links
- System Express • discography on the official System 7 website