To change tack.... If ever there was an outfit that really bridged 'trance' and 'Detroit techno' (and ambient) in a dignified and tasteful and musical way, it's System 7, Steve Hillage's band. He worked with Mayday and Carl Craig in the early 90s. Anyone have any thoughts on their work?
They are coming down here to play for the first time and it could be interesting, so it's topical. Also System 7's albums are being re-released through A-Wave, their own label. Power Of Seven and also the remix album System Express - home to the Plastikman (Richie Hawtin) remix of 'Alphawave' from 1995 have just been re-issued. Back in the day Hillage was in a progressive rock band, Gong, who experimented with electronic stuff and years later, after producing Simple Minds and Robyn Hitchcock, he was exposed to techno via the seminal Virgin/Ten comp and loved it and asked to meet May. And they connected because they had a mutual appreciation of Parliament and Weather Report, etc, etc.
