Yoshimi P-We

Yoshimi P-We

Yoshimi P-We performing with the Boredoms at the 2006 Intonation Music Festival in Chicago
Background information
Birth name Yokota Yoshimi
Born (1968-02-18) February 18, 1968
Origin Okayama, Japan
Genres Noise, electronica, alternative dance
Associated acts Boredoms, OOIOO, OLAibi, Free Kitten

Yoshimi P-We, (born Yoshimi Yokota (横田佳美 Yokota Yoshimi) on February 18, 1968) is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.

Alongside her drum playing skills with the Boredoms, she also performs on the vocals for OOIOO and also plays trumpets, guitars and keyboards as well.

Born in Okayama, Japan, Yoshimi joined her first band, U.F.O. or Die, with Yamatsuka Eye in 1986. Since 1997, she led the all-female band OOIOO and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.

Yoshimi worked on a great number of other projects, most notably a raga band called Saicobaba, 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

Yoshimi at 77 Boadrum, July 7, 2007

Yoshimio

Yoshimi and Yuka

OOIOO

OLAibi

Z-Rock Hawaii

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