System 7 – Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy

Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy talk to Kevin Paul about their techno project System 7 and ambient project Mirror System, discussing their studio setup, live performances and creative approach to making music.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
00:38 – Current Projects
01:20 – System 7 and Mirror System
02:20 – Songwriting Process
04:27 – Using Gong-Influenced Sounds
05:17 – Main Creative Tools
06:19 – Learning From DJ Experience
06:55 – Collaborative Workflow
08:49 – Structuring Albums
09:27 – Streamlined Studio Setup
11:20 – Limitations and Finishing Tracks
13:31 – Live Performances
16:58 – 10 Records and Collaborations
21:02 – The Future Of System 7
26:18 – Mirror System for Ambient Music

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Steve Hillage – Biog

Steve Hillage is an English guitarist, producer and electronic music pioneer best known for his work with the psychedelic prog band Gong, his influential solo albums of the 1970s and the electronic duo System 7. Renowned for his distinctive “glissando” guitar style, Hillage later became a key figure in ambient techno and psychedelic dance music, blending electronic production with live guitar performance alongside longtime creative partner Miquette Giraudy.
http://stevehillage.com
https://www.facebook.com/stevehillageband
https://www.instagram.com/stevehillage

Miquette Biog

Miquette is a French keyboardist, vocalist and composer known for her work with Gong, Steve Hillage and System 7. A major creative force behind System 7’s ambient and techno sound, she has collaborated with Hillage since the 1970s, contributing keyboards, vocals, programming and production across a wide range of psychedelic, ambient and electronic music projects.
https://www.instagram.com/miqui7777
https://www.facebook.com/p/Miquette-Giraudy-100063115306402

Interviewer: Kevin Paul – Biog

Kevin Paul started his career as a DJ but quickly found his passion was sound engineering. His first audio job was at Soho Studios in 1991, moving to Konk Studios six months later, where he worked alongside successful producers and engineers such as Bob Clearmountain, Adam Mosley, Pascal Gabriel and Gil Norton, as well as bands such as The Kinks, Galliano, Terrorvision, UFO and Elastica.

After working on archiving the Depeche Mode back catalogue in 1994, he was offered an engineering role at Mute Records’ in-house studio, which eventually lead to a position as Head Engineer, which gave him access to the entire Mute Records roster. Highlights include mixing Goldfrapp’s ‘Felt Mountain’, David Bowie’s ‘Hours’ and Nick Cave’s ‘No More Shall We Part’. He also worked in 5:1, mixing Moby’s ‘Hotel’, Goldfrapp’s ‘Black Cherry’ and more for DVD.

In 2004 Kevin went freelance and re-mixed the entire Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds back catalogues for SACD/DVD. Since 2008, Kevin Paul has been in charge of mixing and remixing performances at the iTunes Festivals in the UK and Germany. He has mixed over 100 artists to date, including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The XX, Calvin Harris, Foo Fighters, Jack White, Linkin Park, Florence & The Machine, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Jessie J., Norah Jones, Oasis, Mumford & Sons, N.E.R.D., Lykke Li, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, Hot Chip, Paul Weller and many more.

He continues to record, engineer, produce and mix many projects in music and film, runs the mixing and surround mixing modules for the Masters Degree course at UK’s Westminster University, and divides his time between London and Berlin. Recent works include the international-selling new album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and mixing the latest album of Denmark’s ‘Dúné’ with the first single premiering at the Danish Music Awards, plus the latest iTunes Music Festival.

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