777

this release from steve hillage and miquette giraudy and crew takes off from the turf from their first album, which was a more housey affair that floated somewhere between london, chicago, detroit, and the outer space occupied by the likes of dr. alex of the orb. but here, the spacy elements come much more to the fore, and hillage starts to develop a beautiful, fluid, trancy groove on these tracks that goes a few steps beyond mere techno music. this is where ibiza meets planet gong, perhaps. equally at home on the floor as well as later for the afterhours, this and the followup (7.3) are perhaps system 7 at their peak, and is a beautiful example of where techno was going back in the day.