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.
Gathering of top Japanese musicians and leading the Japanese dance music scene by the band sounds from the beginning. In Japan headlining Fuji Rock and other big festivals and promoting their own festival “Man Drive Trance Festival”, this festival is 11th anniversary and every year about 3000 people has been going wild.
For overseas, they have done U.S.A. tour on 2001, Mores Festival in German and EU (Netherlands and Belgium), and U.S.A. tour on 2004, Era New Horizon Festival in Poland on 2006.
And then on 2011, they started collaboration project “Phoenix Rising” with System7. Released collaboration EP and touring together, and got huge success in Japan.
On 2013 they released world wide full album “Phoenix Rising LP” under the name of ROVO and System7. And did Asian tour in Japan and Taiwan, they made legendary fantastic moments.
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