Phoenix rising by rovo and system 7 album, electronic. Phoenix rising is a new album created by two groups working together. Phoenix beats by rovosystem 7 on mp3, wav, flac, aiff. Phoenix rising is the exciting rockdance collaboration between japanese band rovo and uk ambient techno pioneers system 7. Put on your poncho and slip into your birkenstocks, steve hillage s system 7 have hooked up with japanese band rovo for an album s worth of cosmic enlightenment. Rovo and system 7 music, videos, stats, and photos. You have japanese prog rock band rovo, and steve hillages dance music project, system 7. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Rovo and system 7 phoenix rising europe tour 2014 2014. This cd from 20 features 72 minutes of intense trance music. Phoenix rising is the exciting and innovative rockdance collaboration between japanese psychedelic progressive jamband rovo and uk ambient techno pioneers system 7. They feature two drummers, funky bass and innovative keyboards and are fr.
Phoenix rising is the innovative rockdance collaboration from 20 between japanese psychedelic progressive jamband rovo and uk ambient techno pioneers system 7. It could be said that phoenix rising is a beautiful blend of say jurassic shift and yous more expanded instrumental inspiriations. Guitar legend steve hillage to release new rovo and system 7 rockorientated album phoenix rising london, uk much to the excitement of music fans worldwide, guitar legend steve hillage is releasing a new album in the us with japanese progressive rockjam band rovo on october 8, 20 on cleopatra records. Rovo are a popular japanese progressive rockjam band. With giraudys ambient sensibilities onboard mixing with hillage in system 7 and rovos infectious need to jam, it all makes for a rather spectacular album in phoenix rising. So this is not a psytechno album, a typical system 7 release, it is a sparkling, powerful, lightfilled bit of divine inspiration, a fusion of rock and techno performed with breathtaking skill and imagination. Phoenix rising lp by rovo and system 7, released 23 september 20 1.
Unseen onsen rovo are a completely original progressive spacerock jam band from japan, featuring two drummers like the grateful dead. The phoenix theme, with rumiko tezukas endorsement, continued with system 7 s album and tour collaboration with japanese band rovo, which was titled phoenix rising, and also featured rovo s live rock reinterpretation of the track hinotori. Rovo x system 7 eclipse system 7 phoenix rising version 3. There s hillage s own version of hinotori, which involves shimmering guitars wrapped around a liquid groove. Yuji katsui on electric violin, seiichi yamamoto on guitar, yasuhiro yoshigaki on drums and percussion, jin harada on bass, and tatsuki masuko on synthesizer. Check out phoenix rising lp by rovo and system 7 on amazon music. Steve hillage gong guitars, programming miquette giraudy. The full phoenix rising studio album is set for uk release on september 23rd 20, featuring original collaborations from system 7 and rovo. Love for the phoenix and others are to me more the trance, ambient types of songs. System 7 x rovo hinotori rovo phoenix rising version 2. While the songs of system 7 are usually credited to hillagegiraudy, the final track on phoenix rising is credited solely to miquette giraudy. Rovo defines their music as mandrive trance, and many of. Phoenix rising is a symbolic reference to the rebirth of post tsunami japan, and most of the hyper, beat driven music reflects an uplifting mood.
A collaboration with japanese progjam band rovo, phoenix rising sees captain hillage and his prog pirates guide us through sonic seas that are sometimes tranquil, sometimes stormy, but always phosphorescent. Steve hillages masterful electric guitar style is fully unleashed, with extensive soloing and duets combined with the electric violin of rovo. It also includes a new arrangement of meeting of the spirits by the mahavishnu orchestra a perfect showcase for the albums astonishing blend of. Fri mar 7th the ritz manchester, uk sat mar 8th o2 academy islington london, uk sun mar 9th concorde 2 brighton, uk mon mar 10th assembly leamington spa, uk tues mar 11th spirit of 66 verviers, be thurs mar th the melkweg amsterdam, nl. Seamlessly morphing from techno beats to live drums, the lp is a rich and sophisticated blend of electronics and completely live playing, made possible by the skilled musicianship of eight players. Dubfire rolls out woodblock beats and tap dripping bleeps for. Released 18 september 20 on wonderground catalog no. 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. The upshot was a collaboration that led to this album. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from rovo and system 7. Lyrics to eclipse system 7 phoenix rising version by rovo. This baby was produced to promote the system 7 rovo dates in octnov 2011. When system 7 toured japan, rovo played some system 7 material and system 7 interpreted rovo s material with techno beats. While prog rock is known for experimentation, a union with an electronic dance music project still seems like a strange mix.
Global beats presents rovo and system 7 concorde 2 event status. Sino dub phoenix rising version by system 7, rovo on. System 7 positivenoise club single june th 2011 mp3 page. This genremelting culture clash of a record perfectly. Phoenix rising with system 7 is a music studio album recording by rovo psychedelicspace rockprogressive rock released in 20 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Rovo is a japanese instrumental band founded in 1996 in tokyo by former boredoms guitarist seiichi yamamoto, bondage fruit electric violinist yuji katsui, and synthesizereffects technician tatsuki masuko, and featuring yasuhiro yoshigaki on drums and percussion, youichi okabe on drums and percussion, and jin harada on bass guitar. Eclipse system 7 phoenix rising version rovo shazam. Beatport is the worlds largest electronic music store for djs.
In fact, most of rising features remixes of system 7 material. Phoenix rising lp by rovo and system 7 on amazon music. Read about eclipse system 7 phoenix rising version by rovo and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Phoenix rising live is a combined show of rovo and system 7 playing together, sometimes using the techno beats as the rhythmic basic and sometimes using the live drums, seamlessly. Her unseen onsen provides yet another excellent opportunity for these two groups to work together. System 7 s eleventh album is up there with the best of his work.