Hisham Bharoocha

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Hisham Bharoocha
Born (1976-03-12) March 12, 1976 (age 47)
Niigata, Japan
Origin Providence, Rhode Island
Genres Noise rock, experimental rock
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
Years active1994–present
Member of
  • Kill Alters, Yokubari
Formerly of
Website hishamakirabharoocha.com

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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Early life and education

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

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

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]

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