System 7
SYSTEM 7 + Guests
7;30pm, Friday 5th March, Bedford Esquires
System 7’s Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy have had a strong influence on the birth of psychedelic dance music and it’s journey up to the present, forging a unique and bang up-to-date identity on the genre map, in a space where techno, ambient and trance meet.
With the added ingredient of Steve’s celebrated psychedelic techno guitar, System 7, and their downtempo sister project Mirror System reach into their rich ambient and dance catalogue, blended with some new tunes, to create a powerful and exhilarating live set that will take everyone to a higher level. Prepare for lift-offto Planet 7!
Forming in 1989, System 7 began as a collective, also featuring The Orb’s Alex Paterson and Youth. Based on the central core of Steve and Miquette, System 7’s success been marked by a series of high powered collaborations, working with Detroit luminaries Derrick May and Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Jam El Mar, Josh Wink, Son Kite and Rovo among others.
And System 7’s revered club singles have featured outstanding remixes from the likes of Ritchie Hawtin (Plastikman), James Holden, Liquid Soul and Dubfire (whose mix of System 7’s ‘Space Bird’ was number one on Beatport’s main chart for 2 weeks in 2008).
After their first album on Virgin in 1991, System 7 moved to Youth’s Butterfly label for the landmark 777 release in 1993, and a string of other albums and club singles through the 90s.
Starting their own label A-Wave in 2000 they re-released their back catalogue and have continued to release successful new albums, most recently the super well-received ‘Flower of Life’ – released in April 2026 – preceded by a ‘Live Transmissions 02’, a great live recording of a gig in Tokyo from 2024.
As one of the first techno groups to play live System 7 are equally at home in a club, or a festival. Starting with The Orb, and then with Orbital and Underworld at the legendary London club Megadog in the early 90s, they are renowned veterans of the festival scene.
They were involved in setting up the first official dance stage at Glastonbury Festival, where they have played 18 times since 1995. They have also regularly performed at Boom (Portugal), Ozora (Hungary), Fuji Rock (Japan), Bearded Theory and Beautiful Days as well as Roskilde (Denmark), Pink Pop (Netherlands), Universo Paralello (Brazil), Earthcore (Australia) and the Oregon Eclipse Festival (USA).
With their unique and constantly evolving sound System 7 live is an experience not to be missed!
Tickets on sale from SEE & Esquires Bar.