ROVO and System 7 "Phoenix Rising"

Country: Japan/UK
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Techno, Electronica
Label: Cleopatra Records
Release date: October 8, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Hinotori (album version) [12.01]
2. Love For The Phoenix [9.39]
3. Meeting of the Spirits [7.24] (Mahavishnu Orchestra cover)
4. Cisco (Phoenix Rising) [13.42]
5. Unbroken [7.34]
6. Sino Dub (Phoenix Rising) [13.34]
7. Unseen Onsen [7.21]

Line-up: 
ROVO
Yuji Katsui - violin, electric violin
Seiichi Yamamoto - electric guitar
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki - drums, percussion
Yoichi Okabe - drums, percussion
Jin Harada - bass
Tatsuki Masuko - keyboards, synths

System 7
Steve Hillage (Gong) - guitars, programming
Miquette Giraudy - synths

Description/Reviews: 

ROVO are a Japanese progressive rock/jam band. SYSTEM 7 is the dance music project of Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, presenting a unique combination of tech-house beats and live playing, who have had a strong influence on the development of psychedelic ambient and electronica.

1. Hinotori (Album Version) - A reworking of the brilliant Rovo live rock adaptation of System 7’s “Hinotori”, fully based on the live band with soaring guitar and violin solos.
2. Love for the Phoenix - A techno tour de force loosely based on the classic System 7 track "Habibi" from the first System 7 album (1991) but made with a completely new beat and overlayed with live playing and violin. A powerful emotion is employed that evokes the suffering and spirit of rebirth in Japan’s recent national tragedy, and the heart-based symbolism of the Phoenix.
3. Meeting of the Spirits - A simplified cover version of the iconic Mahavishnu Orchestra track, showcasing the fantastic blend of lead guitar and electric violin, and also displaying the extraordinary beats of the two Rovo drummers.
4. Cisco (Phoenix Rising) - An epic live Rovo track in the "Krautrock" spirit of Can and Neu, with one of the trippiest tempo changes of all time, and featuring an intricate middle section composed by Steve Hillage.
5. Unbroken - An electro/breakbeat track composed by System 7 that starts completely programmed and switches to completely live playing around the same theme, with another Mahavishnu-style guitar and electric violin melody
6. Sino Dub (Phoenix Rising) - Another live Rovo track combined for Phoenix Rising with a techno trance programmed beat in typical System 7 style.
7. Unseen Onsen - A floating ambient track with lush live playing, composed by Miquette Giraudy in the Mirror System style.

Media/Samples 
Several tracks online

Links:
System7 web page
ROVO web page
System7 Facebook
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