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Posted by blackplasma on Dec-12-2015 14:30:

System 7 - X-Port (Album)

Thought this was worth a post. There's handful of decent up-tempo tracks on this CD, if you enjoyed the recent Minilogue and Son Kite albums you should check it out:

BP: https://pro.beatport.com/release/x-port/1621010

CD: http://www.planetgong.co.uk/bazaar/...m7_x-port.shtml

There's also a sister-album 'N-Port' which is more on the downtempo side:

https://pro.beatport.com/release/n-port/1621004

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Dec-12-2015 16:52:

I'm amazed System 7 don't get discussed more often around these parts. They're pretty much the only act I can think of who make music straight of the early '90s but with bang up to date production. They're a storming live act as well.

Had a very, very quick skim through this new album but it sounds pretty promising. Will give it a full listen this evening. In the meantime, here's one of my favourite tunes of theirs, from their underrated 1994 Fire/Water double album:

Posted by Syntonic on Dec-12-2015 19:50:

Listened through samples a few weeks ago and liked what I heard but can't comment much more...planning on picking up both CDs. Huge artist double album, and been a long time since the first Mirror System album. First album is really good.

Also some collaborations with Alex Paterson, James Monro, and Jam El Mar.

www.discogs.com/System-7-X-Port/release/7607307

www.discogs.com/Mirror-System-N-Port/release/7607358

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Dec-13-2015 15:33:

Had a listen to this last night, enjoyed it. It felt like a return to the very pumping, vaguely progressive-influenced sound they had on The Seventh Wave. Can't say I really got the transcendental Minilogue vibe from it, though.

Posted by Dj Pluviose on Dec-14-2015 18:39:

The only track of I know from System 7:

And this track is amazing

edit: The Jupiter track J posted above is amazing btw. No idea their other tracks sound like this. These guys were FAR ahead of their time and way further than even today's. Good shit J. Aside from Alphawave this is literally the second track from System7 I've ever heard about until Jupiter.

Posted by Trance-M on Dec-14-2015 20:39:

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I'm amazed System 7 don't get discussed more often around these parts.

I'm amazed that they are not on popular German or even Dutch compilation series back in the 90's. I just noticed Alphawave and another track at two Belgian compilations, all other compilations seem to be UK or US only. That must for sure also contribute to it's absence here.
Here at TA also for me was the first time hearing System 7, I think it was Jack posting this one:

Posted by blackplasma on Dec-14-2015 22:20:

'Planet 7' surely must be fairly well-recognised round here, as it borrows from Sander Kleinenberg's 'My Lexicon' and Scott Bond vs Solarstone's '3rd Earth' fairly heavily. It was also remixed by James Holden which gave it further prominence in 2004.

As far as I'm aware, and that discounts the 90's and a little beyond, they've never really promoted themselves as 'trance' music, and produce what they want to play out as a live act, not what they want others to slip into a DJ set.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Dec-15-2015 15:47:

No, but they're heavily associated with the psy festival circuit and play many of the big events. Given how many forlorn trance fans have taken to sifting through the psy scene in search of melodies, I'm surprised System 7 don't crop up more often.