Yoshimi P-We
Yoshimi is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.
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Origin | Okayama, Japan |
Genres | Noise, electronica, alternative dance |
Associated acts | Boredoms, OOIOO, OLAibi, Free Kitten, Saicobab |
Alongside her drum playing skills with Boredoms, she performs the vocals for OOIOO and also plays trumpet, guitar and keyboards as well.
Born in Okayama, Japan, Yoshimi joined her first band, U.F.O. or Die, with EYE in 1986. Since 1997, she has led the all-female band OOIOO and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.
Yoshimi has worked on a great number of other projects, most notably a raga band called Saicobab, an ambient project called Yoshimi and Yuka, the tribal-drum-influenced OLAibi, and indie supergroup Free Kitten. She appeared as a session player and vocalist on the Flaming Lips' 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Yoshimi participated as drummer one in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance, which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.
Discography
Yoshimio
- Big Toast (1993)
- 2 (1994)
- 3 (1995)
- Yunnan Colorfree (2007)
- Bor-Cozmik (2009o po oopop)
Yoshimi and Yuka
- Flower with No Color (2003)
OOIOO
- OOIOO (1997)
- Feather Float (1999)
- Gold and Green (2000)
- Kila Kila Kila (2003)
- Taiga (2006)
- OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX (Eye Remix EP) (2007)
- COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001
- Armonico Hewa (2009)
- Gamel (2013)
- Nijimusi (2019)
OLAibi
- Humming Moon Drip (2006)
Saicobab
- Sab Se Purani Bab (2017)
Z-Rock Hawaii
- Z-Rock Hawaii (1996)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yoshimi P-We. |
- Emerald 13 Clothing Label (in Japanese)
- 77 Boadrum Site Profile Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (Flash)
- http://www.ooioo.jp/ Official Website