Rovo is a Japanese instrumental band founded in 1996 in

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Seiichi Yamamoto is a Japanese musician. While perhaps most famous for his role as guitarist for the noise rock band Boredoms, he has released multitudes of records both as a solo artist and with several other musicians and bands, in addition to composing the so ...

( Boredoms), electric violinist Yuji Katsui (Bondage Fruit), and

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/effects technician Tatsuki Masuko, and featuring Yasuhiro Yoshigaki on drums and

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, Youichi Okabe on drums and

, and Jin Harada on

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. Rovo defines their music as "man-drive trance," and many of their compositions have a repetitive minimalism, blended with progressive rock and psychedelic music, related to the style of bands such as

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, and

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(circa 1981). They collaborated with Gong guitarist (and former Simple Minds producer)

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's group System 7 on the 2013 album "Phoenix Rising".

Discography

*''Pico!'' (1998),

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*''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''

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(2002),

Tzadik Records Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a ...

*''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
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