Rovo

Rovo
Rovo at Moers Festival 2004, Germany
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Post-rock, psychedelic, avant-garde, electronic, trance
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Indies Network, Tzadik
Members	Seiichi Yamamoto Yuji Katsui Tatsuki Masuko Yasuhiro Yoshigaki Jin Harada Youichi Okabe
Website	rovo.jp

Rovo is a Japanese instrumental band founded in 1996 in Tokyo by former Boredoms guitarist Seiichi Yamamoto, Bondage Fruit electric violinist Yuji Katsui, and synthesizer/effects technician Tatsuki Masuko, and featuring Yasuhiro Yoshigaki on drums and percussion, Youichi Okabe on drums and percussion, and Jin Harada on bass guitar. Rovo defines their music as "man-drive trance," and many of their compositions have a repetitive minimalism, blended with progressive rock and psychedelic music, in the style of 1970s band Gong. They collaborated with Gong guitarist Steve Hillage's group System 7 on the 2013 album "Phoenix Rising".

Discography

• Pico! (1998), Sony Music Entertainment
• Imago (1999), Sony Music Entertainment
• Pyramid (2000), Sony Music Entertainment
• Sai (2001), Hi-Fidelity Flag Disc/Warner Indies Network
• Sino / Pan-American Beef Stake Art Federations split 12" with Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden (2001), P-Vine Records
• Tonic 2001 live double album (2002), Tzadik Records
• Flage (2002), Hi-Fidelity Flag Disc/Warner Indies Network
• Mon (2004), Hi-Fidelity Flag Disc/First Aid Network
• Condor (2006), Wonderground Music
• Nuou (2008), Wonderground Music
• Ravo (2010), Wonderground Music
• Phase (2012),
• Phoenix Rising (2013) with System 7, a-wave
• XI (2016), Wonderground Music

External links

• Official website