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. Alongside her drum playing skills with Boredoms, she performs the vocals for the all female group OOIOO and also plays trumpet, guitar and keyboards as well. Born in

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, 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 many other projects, most notably a

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band called Saicobab, an ambient project called ''

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'', the tribal-drum-influenced OLAibi, and indie

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. She appeared as a session player and vocalist on

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' 2002 album ''

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''. Yoshimi participated as drummer one in the

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performance, which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the

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said that their album ''Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots'' was inspired by Yoshimi. He called her "one of those strange genius musicians."

Reception

Yoshimi was featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of

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magazine, and in a feature article by James Hadfield.

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covered her and her band OOIOO in a feature article in 2020.

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magazine carried a feature article on Yoshimi written by John Colpitts. In 2016, Emi Kariya interviewed Yoshimi and

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for Tom Tom Magazine.

Discography

Yoshimio

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'' (1993) *'' 2'' (1994) *'' 3'' (1995) *''

Yunnan Colorfree ''Yunnan Colorfree'' is a solo album by Yoshimi P-We (Boredoms/OOIOO/ Free Kitten) under the name Yoshimio. The music is a soundtrack to a documentary movie of the same name; the movie focuses on the women of Yunnan, a remote area in southern Chi ...

'' (2007) *'' Bor-Cozmik'' (2009)

Yoshimi and Yuka

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Flower with No Color ''Flower with No Color'' is the collaborative album by artists Yoshimi P-We (best known for as the drummer of Boredoms) and Yuka Honda (best known as half of Cibo Matto) as Yoshimi and Yuka. ''Flower with No Color'' was released in 2003 (see 20 ...

'' (2003)

OOIOO

*'' OOIOO'' (1997) *''Feather Float'' (1999) *'' Gold and Green'' (2000) *''

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'' (2006) *''

OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX ''Eye Remix'' (stylised as ''OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX'') is EP of remixes by the Japanese band OOIOO by Boredoms member Yamantaka Eye (aka EYヨ). Originally handed out while touring in the US for the Taiga album, the EP contains two remixes by E ...

'' (Eye Remix EP) (2007) *''COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001'' *''

Armonico Hewa ''Armonico Hewa'' is the sixth studio album by Japanese experimental rock band OOIOO. It was released on August 5, 2009 by the labels Commmons and Shock City. "Armonico Hewa" is a combination of the Spanish word "armonico" and the Swahili wor ...

'' (2009) *''

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'' (2013) *''Nijimusi'' (2019)

OLAibi

*'' Humming Moon Drip'' (2006)

Saicobab

*'' Sab Se Purani Bab'' (2017)

Z-Rock Hawaii

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'' (1996)

References

External links

77 Boadrum Site Profile
Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (

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