Hisham Bharoocha
Born (1976-03-12) March 12, 1976
Niigata, Japan
OriginProvidence, Rhode Island
GenresNoise rock, experimental rock
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
Years active1994–present
Member of
  • Kill Alters, Yokubari
Formerly of
Websitehishamakirabharoocha.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]

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, 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Soft Circle". Apple Music. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 de Luca, Antonio; Riyait, Jaspal (10 June 2020). "Eleven artists on what it means to be Asian-American". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 "We Who Seek: Hisham Bharoocha". Seek Collective. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Murray, Eoin (29 April 2022). "Premiere: Yokubari 'Buki Vs Buki'". DJ Mag. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sensory Overload Pt.2: Hisham Bharoocha". Ravelin Magazine. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Hisham Bharoocha". VICE. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Hisham Akira Bharoocha "Wrong Now, Right Now"". Tokyo Art Beat. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "NY Issue : Interview with Hisham Akira Bharoocha". Neo L. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Chiaverina, John (20 November 2017). "The Healing Arts: Hisham Akira Bharoocha on His Exhibition at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Brooklyn". ARTNews. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Hisham Akira Bharoocha's Interview With Becca Albee". Ravelin Magazine. November 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Bharoocha, Hisham Akira (1 July 2008). "Boredoms". BOMB. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Hisham Bharoocha: A prolific artist channels global communities and Eastern philosophy". Cool Hunting. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 "Lightning Bolt: full interview transcript". The Wire. June 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  14. 1 2 Wilson, Matthew James (31 January 2018). "Brian Chippendale". FORGE (18): 87. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  15. ↑ S, Ilya (13 November 2009). "Stuff You Might've Missed – Lightning Bolt". I Heart Noise. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  16. 1 2 Richardson, Mark (1 September 2022). "Beaches & Canyons Turns 20". Stereogum. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  17. ↑ Beta, Andy (1 June 2002). "Black Dice". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04". Pitchfork. 7 February 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009: 20-01". Tiny Mix Tapes. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  20. ↑ Beta, Andy (4 November 2003). "Wolf Eyes & Black Dice". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  21. ↑ Masters, Mark (14 September 2009). "The Decade in Noise". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  22. ↑ Beta, Andy (6 April 2004). "Miles of Smiles EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  23. ↑ Margasak, Peter (12 August 2004). "Black Dice, Animal Collective". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  24. ↑ Margasak, Peter (13 August 2007). "One-man hypnosis". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  25. ↑ Harvell, Jess (6 December 2010). "Shore Obsessed (Soft Circle)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  26. ↑ "Shore Obsessed – Soft Circle". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  27. ↑ Sylvester, Nick (9 March 2005). "Pixeltan". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  28. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (9 July 2007). "77BoaDrum: Part Snake, Part Dragon, All Drums". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  29. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (7 July 2007). "77 on 7/7/07: A Night for Slithering Into a Musical Organism". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  30. ↑ Moorman, Trent (11 August 2008). "The Boredoms Revel in Rhythm, Numerology for 88 BoaDrums". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  31. ↑ "Boredoms lead 88 drummers for LA debut of '88 BoaDrum'". NME. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  32. ↑ "PPM25 HIGH PLACES & SOFT CIRCLE SPLIT". Post Present Medium (PPM). Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  33. ↑ Masters, Marc (25 August 2017). "Kill Alters Find the Light in Working Through Trauma". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  34. ↑ Myers, Quinn (10 August 2017). "Kill Alters - "No Self Helps"". Post-Trash. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  35. ↑ Clarke, Patrick (7 February 2022). "Armed To The Teeth: An Interview With Kill Alters". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  36. ↑ "Can they cut it? The artists making collage cool again – in pictures". The Guardian. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  37. ↑ Hopper, Jessica (16 December 2009). "Street art for your walls". The Chicago Reader. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  38. 1 2 "Instagrammer Of The Week: Musician And Artist Hisham Bharoocha". VICE. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  39. ↑ "Epic Fashion/Music Sunglasses Collabo: Phosphorescence". NBC New York. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  40. ↑ Smith, Marissa (28 August 2015). "Solange Knowles Creates Empowering Sneakers with Puma". Nylon. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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