Hisham Bharoocha
Hisham Akira Bharoocha (born March 12, 1976[1] in Niigata, Japan[2]) is an American musician and visual artist. Bharoocha lives in Brooklyn,[3] performs as Yokubari,[4] and is a member of the band Kill Alters;[5] he is also a former member of the Providence bands Lightning Bolt and Black Dice.[6]
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| Born | March 12, 1976 Niigata, Japan |
| Origin | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Genres | Noise rock, experimental rock |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
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| Website | hishamakirabharoocha |
Early life and education edit
Bharoocha was born in Niigata, Japan,[2] to a Japanese mother and Burmese father.[7] The family moved to Tokyo and then to Toronto when he was two,[citation needed] and Bharoocha spent his elementary school years in Los Angeles and San Diego.[3] His father died of cancer when he was 10 years old;[8] as an adult, memories of the experience inspired the 24-foot mural and sound installation Bharoocha created for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Brooklyn.[9] He attended junior high and high school in Tokyo,[10] where he first met Eye and other members of Boredoms.[11]
After graduating from high school, Bharoocha attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island, where he studied various art forms such as video and photography.[12]
Career edit
At RISD, Bharoocha met fellow musician Brian Gibson and became vocalist of the band Lightning Bolt after their first show.[13] Bharoocha performed with Lightning Bolt from 1995–1996, but the band's trio recording was never released;[14][13] the only officially-released Lightning Bolt music with Bharoocha was "Revenge," a track on the Load Records Repopulation Program compilation.[15]
In 1996, Bharoocha began drumming for the Clutters, a band that the following year became Black Dice.[14][13] After graduating from RISD in 1998, Bharoocha moved to New York City and became actively involved in the music and art scene; the other members of Black Dice also moved to New York, and Bharoocha continued playing with the band until his departure in 2004.[16][17] Bharoocha's work with Black Dice included 2002's Beaches & Canyons,[16] included in Pitchfork's best of 2000-2004[18] and Tiny Mix Tapes' best albums of the decade,[19] as well as Wolf Eyes and Black Dice (2003),[20][21] Miles of Smiles (2004),[22] and Creature Comforts (2004).[23]
Bharoocha released two albums as Soft Circle: 2009's Full Bloom was a solo endeavor,[24] and 2010's Shore Obsessed included bandmate Ben Vida.[25][26] Bharoocha also played drums for Pixeltan, who released several EPs on DFA records.[27]
Bharoocha served as musical director and drummer 4 in the Boredoms' 77 Boadrum performance on July 7, 2007 at the Empire–Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.[28][29] He reprised his roles the following year for 88 Boadrum, a duo of free concerts performed at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn; each concert began at 8:08pm local time and featured 88 drummers selected by Boredoms and Bharoocha, with Boredoms participating in the west coast performance and Gang Gang Dance conducting in New York.[30][31]
In July 2009, Bharoocha released a split 12 inch with High Places on the label PPM.[32]
Bharoocha is a member of the band Kill Alters, a trio with Bonnie Baxter and Nicos Kennedy;[33] he appears on the band's releases No Self Helps (2017)[34] and Armed To The Teeth (2022),[35] among others.
Visual art and fashion edit
In addition to music, Bharoocha is also a visual artist and photographer known for his collage and mural work.[36][37] He has had solo exhibitions of his work at D'Amelio Terras gallery in New York, as well as Vleeshal, a state run space in The Netherlands.[12] He has been in numerous group exhibitions at galleries such as Deitch Projects, John Connelly Presents and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.[38] His work has been published in Artforum, V, i-D, Flaunt, Tokion and more.[38]
Bharoocha collaborated with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, model Erin Wasson, No Age, Opening Ceremony, Maria Cornejo and United Bamboo on a line of sunglasses called Phosphorescence,[39] and with Solange on a line of Puma sneakers.[40]
References edit
- ^ "Soft Circle". Apple Music. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ a b de Luca, Antonio; Riyait, Jaspal (June 10, 2020). "Eleven artists on what it means to be Asian-American". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "We Who Seek: Hisham Bharoocha". Seek Collective. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Murray, Eoin (April 29, 2022). "Premiere: Yokubari 'Buki Vs Buki'". DJ Mag. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Sensory Overload Pt.2: Hisham Bharoocha". Ravelin Magazine. April 12, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Hisham Bharoocha". VICE. January 8, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Hisham Akira Bharoocha "Wrong Now, Right Now"". Tokyo Art Beat. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "NY Issue : Interview with Hisham Akira Bharoocha". Neo L. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Chiaverina, John (November 20, 2017). "The Healing Arts: Hisham Akira Bharoocha on His Exhibition at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Brooklyn". ARTNews. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Hisham Akira Bharoocha's Interview With Becca Albee". Ravelin Magazine. November 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Bharoocha, Hisham Akira (July 1, 2008). "Boredoms". BOMB. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Hisham Bharoocha: A prolific artist channels global communities and Eastern philosophy". Cool Hunting. November 25, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Lightning Bolt: full interview transcript". The Wire. June 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ a b Wilson, Matthew James (January 31, 2018). "Brian Chippendale". FORGE (18): 87. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ S, Ilya (November 13, 2009). "Stuff You Might've Missed – Lightning Bolt". I Heart Noise. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ a b Richardson, Mark (September 1, 2022). "Beaches & Canyons Turns 20". Stereogum. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Beta, Andy (June 1, 2002). "Black Dice". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04". Pitchfork. February 7, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009: 20-01". Tiny Mix Tapes. February 12, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Beta, Andy (November 4, 2003). "Wolf Eyes & Black Dice". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ Masters, Mark (September 14, 2009). "The Decade in Noise". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Beta, Andy (April 6, 2004). "Miles of Smiles EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Margasak, Peter (August 12, 2004). "Black Dice, Animal Collective". Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Margasak, Peter (August 13, 2007). "One-man hypnosis". Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Harvell, Jess (December 6, 2010). "Shore Obsessed (Soft Circle)". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Shore Obsessed – Soft Circle". Impose Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Sylvester, Nick (March 9, 2005). "Pixeltan". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (July 9, 2007). "77BoaDrum: Part Snake, Part Dragon, All Drums". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Ratliff, Ben (July 7, 2007). "77 on 7/7/07: A Night for Slithering Into a Musical Organism". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Moorman, Trent (August 11, 2008). "The Boredoms Revel in Rhythm, Numerology for 88 BoaDrums". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Boredoms lead 88 drummers for LA debut of '88 BoaDrum'". NME. August 11, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "PPM25 HIGH PLACES & SOFT CIRCLE SPLIT". Post Present Medium (PPM). Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ Masters, Marc (August 25, 2017). "Kill Alters Find the Light in Working Through Trauma". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Myers, Quinn (August 10, 2017). "Kill Alters - "No Self Helps"". Post-Trash. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Clarke, Patrick (February 7, 2022). "Armed To The Teeth: An Interview With Kill Alters". The Quietus. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Can they cut it? The artists making collage cool again – in pictures". The Guardian. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ Hopper, Jessica (December 16, 2009). "Street art for your walls". The Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Instagrammer Of The Week: Musician And Artist Hisham Bharoocha". VICE. September 17, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ "Epic Fashion/Music Sunglasses Collabo: Phosphorescence". NBC New York. February 10, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ Smith, Marissa (August 28, 2015). "Solange Knowles Creates Empowering Sneakers with Puma". Nylon. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
External links edit
- at the Wayback Machine (archived March 1, 2012)
- 77 Boadrum Site Profile Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (Flash)
- Vice Magazine interview from 2008