Friday, May 16, 2008

ROVO-PYRAMID, CD, 2000, JAPAN




Led by former Boredoms guitarist Seiichi Yamamoto and Bondage Fruit electric violinist Yuji Katsui, the headspinningly immersive and propulsive constructs deployed over the course of this unbroken 43+ minute magnum opus by these Japanese masters (their fifth in a sizeable discography) commences by shepherding you down a rabbit hole of endlessly tumbling polyrhythmic cascades before landing the discombobulated listener in the thick of the great universal OM. From this glazed state of suspension emerges a breed of King Kong sized cosmic funk so absurdly galvanizing, even Funkadelic might be inclined to take a pointer. I feel spent from taking it all in...

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14 comments:

  1. automatingMay 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM

    Hello there,
    I just want to say i love your words about the music, on every posts! Really really engaging intriguing fascinating. + the music is good.
    thanks
    jerome

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  2. AnonymousMay 17, 2008 at 3:42 AM

    Great stuff - I've been a big fan of Rovo for a while now, but I hadn't heard this before. Check out their earlier album Imago if you get a chance. If anybody wants I'll put it up somewhere and post the link.

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  3. AnonymousMay 17, 2008 at 6:01 AM

    I love this band! thank you!

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  4. AnonymousMay 17, 2008 at 6:01 AM

    awesome!

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  5. AnonymousMay 17, 2008 at 12:33 PM

    Roger, can you put up that other rovo album?
    I'm really undecided about my opinions on them, I've seen them live twice and have been really disappointed, but I feel that on CD they might be better. Yamamoto(r) is still king, though.

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  6. AnonymousMay 17, 2008 at 10:59 PM

    roger, can you post the other album? I'm really undecided about them... this post is pretty nice, but I've seen them live twice and have been put to sleep...i need more cd-length material to make a final call...

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  7. AnonymousMay 18, 2008 at 7:38 AM

    Here you go then:

    Imago (1999) 320 Kbps
    http://rapidshare.com/files/115795759/Imago_Pt1.zip.html
    http://rapidshare.com/files/115801659/Imago_Pt2.zip.html

    And as a bonus:

    Sai (2001) 192Kbps
    http://rapidshare.com/files/115787681/Sai.zip.html

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  8. AnonymousMay 18, 2008 at 4:57 PM

    thanks roger. sorry about the moronic double post, but imago is really superb! thanks!

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  9. BobMay 19, 2008 at 2:08 PM

    this is great - never heard them before ! thanks !

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  10. AnonymousMay 20, 2008 at 1:59 PM

    Anybody have a link for ROVO's Condor EP?

    Haven't had any luck locating that one.

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  11. fuzztunnelJune 19, 2008 at 12:52 PM

    Man, that was quite a groove!!!

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  12. AnonymousJune 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM

    http://rapidshare.com/files/115197478/Rovo-Pyramid-2000-Japan.zip

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  13. Art SimonMarch 6, 2009 at 5:13 PM

    Wow! Thanks to everyone for these, just great!

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  14. al66December 2, 2012 at 3:49 AM

    Mediafire link for this album:

    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n2zu0tfo8z2br4d

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