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| 1. | Hello Dawn
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| 2. | It's All Too Much
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| 3. | AftaGlid Part 1
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| 4. | AftaGlid Part 2
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| 5. | AftaGlid Part 3 -- The Golden Vibe
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| 6. | Solar Musick Suite Part 1
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| 7. | Solar Musick Suite Part 2 -- The Dervish Riff
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| 8. | The Salmon Song
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| 9. | These Uncharted Lands
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| 10. | Interview Part 1
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| 11. | Interview Part 2
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November Two Thousand and Six, The Mlekweg, Amsterdam
This DVD captures the first live performance from The Steve Hillage Band since December 18, 1979.
Steve Hillage first came to the wider public's attention via his work with Gong. When Steve left Gong in 1975 to pursue a solo career he widened his audience a great deal and over the next seven years with albums such as Fish Rising, "L", Motivation Radio, Green and Open he proved not only to be a critical success but also a commercial success, The last Steve Hillage album was the double album For To Next. After this album Steve changed direction and moved into the ambient and ambient dance field and his project System 7 which is still a huge success. In November 2006 however Steve re formed the Steve Hillage band and performed at the Gong Unconventional fan gathering in Holland. The set was captured for release on DVD. This DVD contains the performance and also interview footage with Steve filmed at the time of the performance.
This performance was the first Steve Hillage band performance for over thirty years and was enthusiastically received by Steve's massive fan base when released as part of a limited edition package in 2008. The DVD features the songs, Hello Dawn and It's All Too Much.
This DVD release brings the visual element to Hillage, along with an excellent interview with the great man, who is accompanied, as ever, by Miquette Giraudy. The interview is great, showing both Hillage's sense of humour and his strong opinions - and it's ideal for neophytes, as it covers a lot of his history, including how he came to be associated with Gong and Daevid Allen. The visuals and music go hand in hand: after rousing renditions of 'hello Dawn' and 'Its All Too Much' the spacey stuff kicks in on both a musical and visual level, making the whole package every bit as delicious as his previous DVD material...
...An absolute must for Hillage fans and prospective Hillage fans.
---Dave Winstanley, Rock Society Dec 2009/Jan 2010
Whilst it's fair to say that there are a more than a few admirers of Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy's post-techno outfit System 7 here there are also those that recall the post Gong solo material with equal admiration (and at least two who fall into both camps), and it's the latter camp who will be delighted with this live recording of early Steve Hillage material recorded live at the Howlett on bass and Basil Brooks on additional synths (Chris Taylor on drums completes the line-up() for a blistering, if all too brief, set which includes the George Harrison cover ' It's All Too Much' from the bands most successful album alongside early classics like 'Aftaglid', 'Solar Musick Suite' and 'The Salmon Song' - all of which send old SHB heads in the audience into raptures, with Hillage's guitar playing as fluid and head-spinning as ever.
---Ray Harper, Total Music Magazine
The Steve Hillage fans were in for a real bliss in 2006 when Steve decided to play live with his band at the Gong Family Unconvention at the legendary Melkweg in Amsterdam first time in almost 30 years!...
...This Cd and DVD were originally released already in 2008 as a limited edition spindle, but it's really great that they are available again for the joy of all Steve Hillage fans. They both are very warmly recommended!
---Dj Astro 22.02.10, Psychotropic Zone
Steve Hillage
Active Decade: '70s
Born: Aug 02, 1951 in England
Genre: Rock
Styles: Prog-Rock, Space Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
A guitarist who first found fame in the progressive rock era only to later resurface as an ambient techno cult hero, Steve Hillage was born August 2, 1951. In 1967 he co-founded the group Uriel with bassist Mont Campbell, organist Dave Stewart, and drummer Clive Brooks; the unit subsequently continued on as the trio Egg upon Hillage's 1968 departure for university. He did not return to music for another three years, reuniting with Stewart in 1971 in Khan, which recorded the 1972 prog rock effort Space Shanty before soon splitting.
After touring in support of Kevin Ayers, Hillage joined Gong, winning acclaim for his echo- and delay-heavy brand of guitar work over the course of the group's 1972-1975 "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy (consisting of the LPs Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg, and You). In 1975 Hillage went solo with the album Fish Rising, the first fruits of a longstanding writing partnership with keyboardist Miquette Giraudy. He next traveled to New York to cut 1976's L, produced by Todd Rundgren and featuring guest appearances from Utopia as well as jazz great Don Cherry.
At the peak of the punk era, Hillage's work was by no means fashionable, but he pressed on regardless; in 1977 he issued Motivation Radio, an album recorded with Malcolm Cecil (the creator of an influential early electronic project, the studio-synthesizer T.O.N.T.O.). He subsequently issued 1978's Green, 1979's Rainbow Dome Musick (an early ambient outing), and Open, and 1983's For to Next/And Not Or, but as interest in his music continued to dwindle, Hillage turned to production, helming records for the likes of Robyn Hitchcock and Simple Minds.
By the close of the 1980s, Hillage had largely disappeared from music; however, in 1989 he was visiting the ambient room of a local club when, much to his surprise, his own Rainbow Dome Musick began to play. He introduced himself to the DJ, one Alex Paterson, and soon Hillage was working with Paterson's seminal group the Orb; out of their collaboration grew a new Hillage-Giraudy project, System 7, a dance collective also comprised of club luminaries including Paterson and fellow DJ Paul Oakenfold.
After debuting with an eponymously titled 1991 LP, System 7 plunged completely into blissed-out ambient sound on 1993's 777, which reached the Top 40 on the U.K. album charts. Released in 1994, Point 3 appeared in two different versions: the first, The Fire Album, offered heavy beats and rhythms, while The Water Album featured drumless mixes of the same music. With 1996's Power of Seven, System 7 turned to Detroit techno, recruiting the services of mixers Carl Craig and Derrick May. The group continued to release studio albums for many years to follow, including Golden Section (1997), Seventh Wave (2001), Encantado (2004), and Phoenix (2008). Hillage also reunited with Gong on the album 2032, released in September of 2009.
---Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide |
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