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
Associated acts	Boredoms, System 7
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 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".