Encantado (album)
Encyclopedia
Encantado is the eighth studio album
by British
ambient
dance
band System 7
.
"Encantado
" is a Spanish word that means "enchanted" or "entranced". Hillage and Giraudy were inspired to use this title following a visit to Coba
on the Yucatán Peninsula
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
dance
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
band System 7
System 7 (band)
System 7 are a British ambient dance band. Due to the existence of another band called System Seven, they were initially marketed as 777 in North America...
.
"Encantado
Encantado
Encantado is a word in Portuguese roughly translating as "enchanted one", and is also a commonly used greeting in Spanish meaning "enchanted", as in "enchanted to meet you". The Brazilian term is used for creatures who come from a paradisiacal underwater realm called the Encante...
" is a Spanish word that means "enchanted" or "entranced". Hillage and Giraudy were inspired to use this title following a visit to Coba
Coba
Coba is a large ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is located about 90 km east of the Maya site of Chichen Itza, about 40 km west of the Caribbean Sea, and 44 km northwest of the site of Tulum, with which it is...
on the Yucatán Peninsula
Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel...
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Track listing
| # | Track | Length | Written by | Produced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Planet 7" | 08:26 | Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy and Sander Kleinenberg | Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy |
| 2 | "Bewitched" | 08:35 | Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy | |
| 3 | "Back to Reality" | 07:56 | ||
| 4 | "Octopussy" | 07:18 | ||
| 5 | "Bassrock" | 07:54 | Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy and Alex Paterson Alex Paterson Alex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of the ambient group The Orb, in which he has worked since its inception.... |
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| 6 | "Kupuri" | 08:47 | Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy | |
| 7 | "Gazed and Diffused" | 06:45 | ||
| 8 | "Dance of the Deer" | 07:53 | ||
| 9 | "Europa (Blue)" | 07:34 |
External links
- Encantado • discography on the official System 7 website