ROVO x SYSTEM 7 "Phoenix Rising" Asia Tour 2013

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

ROVO

subsidy category

Creation Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY25 Phase I Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]

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Business Overview

This music video art performance is a collaboration between the Tokyo-based musician group ROVO and SYSTEM7, an international musician group living in the UK. It combines music performance with computer graphics using animation materials unique to Japan. The project was inspired by Osamu Tezuka's masterpiece "Fire Bird" and is called "Phoenix Rising." As the name of the phoenix suggests, the theme and message are "revival" and "rebirth."

Period of Activity / Project

Sunday, November 24, 2013 Tokyo Friday, November 29 Taipei/Taiwan

Venues

Studio Coast (Koto-ku, Tokyo) Legacy (Taipei)

Profile

[ROVO]
Members are Yuji Katsui (Vln), Seiichi Yamamoto (G), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (Dr/Per), Yoichi Okabe (Dr/Per), Hitoshi Harada (B) and Itsuki Mashiko (Syn). He continues to create new works of musical art with his outstanding performance skills and unique sense of composition. Since 2001, he has been holding hands-on art performances that combine music and computer graphics, and his activities have been highly praised not only in Japan but also in the United States, Europe, and other countries.