{"id":23801,"date":"2022-10-06T05:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T09:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=23801"},"modified":"2022-10-06T09:36:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:36:48","slug":"take-five-steve-hillage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/06\/take-five-steve-hillage\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Five: Steve Hillage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Let&#8217;s Take Five with Steve Hillage&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Steve Hillage celebrated his 71st birthday recently (August 2). The acclaimed musician was a notable player in the Canterbury, England rock scene of the 1960s, a member of European psychedelic\/jam band Gong, and a key influence on modern-day trance, electronica and other boundary-pushing genres. Here are five classic tracks featuring Steve Hillage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arzachel \u2013 \u201cClean Innocent Fun\u201d (1969)<\/strong> Adopting the pseudonym Simon Sasparella, Hillage played lead guitar and sang in a late \u201860s group called Uriel. The group split before it got around to recording, with most other members going on to form jazz\/rock outfit Egg. Uriel reunited briefly, re-branding as Arzachel, and released a self-titled LP of heavy psychedelia in 1969.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3AGnoPDLUsY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Khan \u2013 \u201cStranded\u201d (1972)<\/strong> In 1971, Hillage formed Khan, a progressive rock band. Like Arzachel, the gorup released only one record before splitting. Like Arzachel\u2019s LP, Khan\u2019s<em> Space Shanty<\/em> was for many years an extremely rare and highly sought-after collector\u2019s item. (Both have since been reissued).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tHkYXKlwB9s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gong \u2013 \u201cI Never Glid Before\u201d (1973)<\/strong> The second in the French band\u2019s \u201cRadio Gnome Invisible\u201d trilogy, <em>Angel\u2019s Egg<\/em> was also the second of the group&#8217;s albums to feature Steve Hillage on guitar. Hillage wrote \u201cI Never Glid Before\u201d for the group; its boogie-meets psychedelia character was and remains unique and distinctive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/btmCCxNBigk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Hillage \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s All Too Much\u201d (1976)<\/strong> By 1976 Hillage and his longtime partner (in life and music) Miquette Giraudy had relocated to the U.S. and began work on a solo album, <em>L<\/em>. Collaborating with Todd Rundgren and backed by Rundgren\u2019s group Utopia, Hillage recorded his most accessible outing to date, scoring a Top Ten album in the UK. Hillage put together a live band and toured widely, opening for Queen and Electric Light Orchestra. The album\u2019s cover of George Harrison\u2019s Beatles-era classic is among <em>L<\/em>\u2019s highlights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sM9oNigAIrI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>System 7 \u2013 \u201cEclipse\u201d (2013)<\/strong> These days \u2013 after influencing a generation of modern-day bands like Ozric Tentacles, Hillage and Giraudy have moved toward making ambient dance music under the System 7 banner. The prolific group\u2019s sound might be different than Hillage\u2019s early work, but the sweeping, wide-screen majesty remains in full effect.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GyQL4mK5HYA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch for an interview with Steve Hillage, coming soon to Musoscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s Take Five with Steve Hillage&#8230; Guitarist Steve Hillage celebrated his 71st birthday recently (August 2). 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