Hisham Bharoocha Explained

Hisham Bharoocha
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date:12 March 1976
Birth Place:Niigata, Japan
Origin:Providence, Rhode Island
Genre:Noise rock, experimental rock
Years Active:1994–present

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, to a Japanese mother and Burmese Indian Gujarati father.[7] [8] 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. His father died of cancer when he was 10 years old;[9] 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.[10] He attended junior high and high school in Tokyo,[11] where he first met Eye and other members of Boredoms.[12]

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.[13]

Career

At RISD, Bharoocha met fellow musician Brian Gibson and became vocalist of the band Lightning Bolt after their first show.[14] Bharoocha performed with Lightning Bolt from 1995–1996, but the band's trio recording was never released;[15] the only officially-released Lightning Bolt music with Bharoocha was "Revenge," a track on the Load Records Repopulation Program compilation.[16]

In 1996, Bharoocha began drumming for the Clutters, a band that the following year became Black Dice. 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.[17] [18] Bharoocha's work with Black Dice included 2002's Beaches & Canyons, included in Pitchfork's best of 2000-2004[19] and Tiny Mix Tapes best albums of the decade,[20] as well as Wolf Eyes and Black Dice (2003),[21] [22] Miles of Smiles (2004),[23] and Creature Comforts (2004).[24]

Bharoocha released two albums as Soft Circle: 2009's Full Bloom was a solo endeavor,[25] and 2010's Shore Obsessed included bandmate Ben Vida.[26] [27] Bharoocha also played drums for Pixeltan, who released several EPs on DFA records.[28]

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.[29] [30] 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.[31] [32]

In July 2009, Bharoocha released a split 12 inch with High Places on the label PPM.[33]

Bharoocha is a member of the band Kill Alters, a trio with Bonnie Baxter and Nicos Kennedy;[34] he appears on the band's releases No Self Helps (2017)[35] and Armed To The Teeth (2022),[36] 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.[37] [38] 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. He has been in numerous group exhibitions at galleries such as Deitch Projects, John Connelly Presents and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.[39] His work has been published in Artforum, V, i-D, Flaunt, Tokion and more.

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,[40] and with Solange on a line of Puma sneakers.[41]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soft Circle . Apple Music . 7 August 2023.
  2. Web site: de Luca . Antonio . Riyait . Jaspal . Eleven artists on what it means to be Asian-American . The New York Times . 6 August 2023 . 10 June 2020.
  3. Web site: We Who Seek: Hisham Bharoocha . Seek Collective . 6 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Murray . Eoin . Premiere: Yokubari 'Buki Vs Buki' . DJ Mag . 6 August 2023 . 29 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Sensory Overload Pt.2: Hisham Bharoocha . Ravelin Magazine . 12 April 2018 . 6 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Hisham Bharoocha . VICE . 6 August 2023 . 8 January 2008.
  7. Web site: Hisham Akira Bharoocha "Wrong Now, Right Now" . Tokyo Art Beat . 6 August 2023.
  8. Web site: We Who Seek: Hisham Bharoocha . 2024-08-15 . Seek Collective . en.
  9. Web site: NY Issue : Interview with Hisham Akira Bharoocha . Neo L . 6 August 2023.
  10. Web site: Chiaverina . John . The Healing Arts: Hisham Akira Bharoocha on His Exhibition at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Brooklyn . ARTNews . 6 August 2023 . 20 November 2017.
  11. Web site: Hisham Akira Bharoocha's Interview With Becca Albee . Ravelin Magazine . November 2017 . 6 August 2023.
  12. Web site: Bharoocha . Hisham Akira . Boredoms . BOMB . 6 August 2023 . 1 July 2008.
  13. Web site: Hisham Bharoocha: A prolific artist channels global communities and Eastern philosophy . Cool Hunting . 6 August 2023 . 25 November 2011.
  14. Web site: Lightning Bolt: full interview transcript . The Wire . 6 August 2023 . June 2005.
  15. Wilson . Matthew James . Brian Chippendale . FORGE . 31 January 2018 . 18 . 87 . 6 August 2023.
  16. Web site: S . Ilya . Stuff You Might've Missed – Lightning Bolt . I Heart Noise . 6 August 2023 . 13 November 2009.
  17. Web site: Richardson . Mark . Beaches & Canyons Turns 20 . Stereogum . 6 August 2023 . 1 September 2022.
  18. Web site: Beta . Andy . Black Dice . Pitchfork . 6 August 2023 . 1 June 2002.
  19. Web site: The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04 . Pitchfork . 6 August 2023 . 7 February 2005.
  20. Web site: Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009: 20-01 . Tiny Mix Tapes . 6 August 2023 . 12 February 2010.
  21. Web site: Beta . Andy . Wolf Eyes & Black Dice . Pitchfork . 7 August 2023 . 4 November 2003.
  22. Web site: Masters . Mark . The Decade in Noise . Pitchfork . 6 August 2023 . 14 September 2009.
  23. Web site: Beta . Andy . Miles of Smiles EP . Pitchfork . 6 August 2023 . 6 April 2004.
  24. Web site: Margasak . Peter . Black Dice, Animal Collective . Chicago Reader . 6 August 2023 . 12 August 2004.
  25. Web site: Margasak . Peter . One-man hypnosis . Chicago Reader . 6 August 2023 . 13 August 2007.
  26. Web site: Harvell . Jess . Shore Obsessed (Soft Circle) . Pitchfork . 6 August 2023 . 6 December 2010.
  27. Web site: Shore Obsessed – Soft Circle . Impose Magazine . 6 August 2023.
  28. Web site: Sylvester . Nick . Pixeltan . Pitchfork . 6 August 2023 . 9 March 2005.
  29. Web site: Sanneh . Kelefa . 77BoaDrum: Part Snake, Part Dragon, All Drums . The New York Times . 6 August 2023 . 9 July 2007.
  30. Web site: Ratliff . Ben . 77 on 7/7/07: A Night for Slithering Into a Musical Organism . The New York Times . 6 August 2023 . 7 July 2007.
  31. Moorman . Trent . The Boredoms Revel in Rhythm, Numerology for 88 BoaDrums . Rolling Stone . 6 August 2023 . 11 August 2008.
  32. Web site: Boredoms lead 88 drummers for LA debut of '88 BoaDrum' . NME . 6 August 2023 . 11 August 2008.
  33. Web site: PPM25 HIGH PLACES & SOFT CIRCLE SPLIT. Post Present Medium (PPM). 2015-12-28.
  34. Web site: Masters . Marc . Kill Alters Find the Light in Working Through Trauma . Bandcamp Daily . 6 August 2023 . 25 August 2017.
  35. Web site: Myers . Quinn . Kill Alters - "No Self Helps" . Post-Trash . 6 August 2023 . 10 August 2017.
  36. Web site: Clarke . Patrick . Armed To The Teeth: An Interview With Kill Alters . The Quietus . 6 August 2023 . 7 February 2022.
  37. Web site: Can they cut it? The artists making collage cool again – in pictures . The Guardian . 6 August 2023 . 24 August 2016.
  38. Web site: Hopper . Jessica . Street art for your walls . The Chicago Reader . 6 August 2023 . 16 December 2009.
  39. Web site: Instagrammer Of The Week: Musician And Artist Hisham Bharoocha . VICE . 6 August 2023 . 17 September 2013.
  40. Web site: Epic Fashion/Music Sunglasses Collabo: Phosphorescence. NBC New York. 10 February 2010 . 2015-12-28.
  41. Web site: Smith . Marissa . Solange Knowles Creates Empowering Sneakers with Puma . Nylon . 6 August 2023 . 28 August 2015.

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