Rovo
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Rovo at Moers Festival 2004, Germany
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Background information | |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genre(s) | Psychedelic rock, post-rock, avant-garde electronic music, trance |
Years active | 1996–present |
Label(s) | Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Indies Network, Tzadik |
Associated acts | Boredoms |
Website | rovo.jp |
Members | |
Seiichi Yamamoto Yuji Katsui Tatsuki Masuko Yasuhiro Yoshigaki Jin Harada Youichi Okabe |
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 percussion, Jin Harada on bass guitar, and Youichi Okabe on drums. Rovo defines their music as "man-drive trance," and many of their compositions have a dance-oriented minimalism similar to that of Neu! or the early-'80s instrumentals of Simple Minds.
[edit] Partial 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