Old timeyguitar techno with System 7
I’ve written earlier how the 60’s era psychedelic band, Gong, was an early precursor to the techno scene. Those hanging around after Gong's Friday show at the Orange Court will see what I mean when Gong guitarist Steve Hillage hooks up with girlfriend Miquette Giraudy for a guitar-techno show called System 7. Click the vid for their show at Glastonbury two years ago.
Of course, they do things a little different, mixing electric guitar with some pretty heavy ambient, trance beats. Not many have tried this formula as it aint easy to pull off, but in Hillage’s mind its yet another form of defiance, and breaking musical boundaries.
System 7 will also be in Japan a few days ahead of their Fuji Rock appearance, taking part in the first Total Solar Eclipse Festival scheduled for Amami Island on Wednesday, July 22nd.
System 7 Website
System 7 Myspace
//sean s.
