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Line 1: {{Short description\|Japanese musician}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist \|name = Yoshimi<br> Yoshimi P-We<br> YoshimiO \|image = Yoshimi2.jpg \|caption = Yoshimi performing in 2004 \|background = solo_singer \|birth_name = \|birth_date = {{birth date and age\|mf=yes\|1968\|2\|18}} \|associated_acts = [[Boredoms]], [[OOIOO]], [[OLAibi]], [[Free Kitten]], [[Saicobab]]▼ \|origin = [[Okayama]], Japan ▲\|associated_acts = [[Boredoms]], [[OOIOO]], [[OLAibi]], [[Free Kitten]], [[Saicobab]] \|genre = [[Noise music\|Noise]], [[electronica]], [[alternative dance]] \|years_active = \|label = }} '''Yoshimi''' (born {{nihongo\|\|横田佳美\| Yoshimi Yokota}}<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web \|title=Yoshimi \|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/187086-Yoshimi \|publisher=Discogs \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> on February 18, 1968) is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band [[Boredoms]].<ref name="FN">{{cite web \|title=Ikue Mori / Yoshimi P-We Fukuoka Live \|url=https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/event/ikue-mori-yoshimi-p-we-fukuoka-live/ \|publisher=Fukuoka Now \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> Alongside her drum playing skills with Boredoms, she performs the vocals for the all female group [[OOIOO]] and also plays trumpet, guitar and keyboards as well.<ref name="FN" /> Born in [[Okayama]], Japan, Yoshimi joined her first band, [[U.F.O. or Die]], with [[Yamantaka Eye\|EYE]] in 1986. Since 1997, she has led the [[List of all-women bands\|all-female]] band [[OOIOO]] and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.<ref name="FN" /> Yoshimi has worked on ~~a great number of~~many other projects, most notably a [[raga]] band called [[Saicobab]], an [[Ambient music\|ambient]] project called ''[[Yoshimi and Yuka]]'', the tribal-drum-influenced [[OLAibi]], and indie [[Supergroup (music)\|supergroup]] [[Free Kitten]].<ref name="Pitchfork" /> 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.<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web \|title=Boredoms Perform '77 BOADRUM' @ Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY \|date=July 9, 2007 \|url=https://www.stereogum.com/5807/boredoms_perform_77_boadrum_empire_fulton_ferr/news/ \|publisher=Stereogum \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news \|last1=Sanneh \|first1=Kelefa \|title=Part Snake, Part Dragon, All Drums \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/arts/music/09bore.html \|access-date=11 May 2021 \|work=New York Times \|date=9 July 2007}}</ref> ==Reception== Yoshimi was featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of [[The Wire (magazine)\|WIRE]] magazine, and in a feature article by James Hadfield.<ref name="WIRE">{{cite journal \|title=WIRE: Yoshimi P-We \|journal=WIRE \|date=July 2014 \|issue=365 \|url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/39371/spread/1 \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> [[Pitchfork (website)\|Pitchfork]] covered her and her band OOIOO in a feature article in 2020.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web \|last1=Walls \|first1=Seth Colter \|title=Boredoms drummer YoshimiO returns to the long-running, shape-shifting project that represents the other major pillar of her career, consolidating the strengths the band has developed over the years. \|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ooioo-nijimusi/ \|publisher=Pitchfork \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> [[Modern Drummer]] magazine carried a feature article on Yoshimi written by John Colpitts.<ref name="ModDrum">{{cite journal \|last1=Colpitts \|first1=John \|title=Boredoms' YoshimiO: YoshimiO is a multi-instrumentalist and creative force at the center of a number of extraordinary musical powerhouses in Japanese experimental music. \|journal=Modern Drummer \|date=September 2019 \|url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/september-2019-boredoms-yoshimio/ \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> In 2016, Emi Kariya interviewed Yoshimi and [[Ikue Mori]] for Tom Tom Magazine.<ref name="TomTom">{{cite journal \|last1=Kariya \|first1=Emi \|title=Twindrums: Ikue Mori and Yoshimio \|journal=Tom Tom Magazine \|date=January 2016 \|url=https://tomtommag.com/2016/01/18261/ \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> [[Wayne Coyne]] of [[The Flaming Lips]] said that their album ''Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots'' was inspired by Yoshimi.<ref name="G">{{cite web \|title=The Left Field: Play in OOIOO's Technicolor Psych-Rock Wonderland \|url=https://guitar.com/guides/essential-guide/ooioo-yoshimi-p-we/ \|publisher=Guitar.com \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref> He called her "one of those strange genius musicians."<ref name="FOM">{{cite journal \|last1=Dasbupta \|first1=Pubali \|title=From Miles Davis to The Beatles: 10 records that changed Wayne Coyne's life \|journal=Far Out Magazine \|date=2021 \|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/wayne-coyne-favourite-albums-beatles-beach-house-black-sabbath/ \|access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="FN" /> ==Discography== Line 34 ⟶ 44: ===OOIOO=== ''[[OOIOO (album)\|OOIOO]]'' (1997)<ref name="Pitchfork" /> ''Feather Float'' (1999)<ref name="Pitchfork" /> ''[[Gold and Green (OOIOO album)\|Gold and Green]]'' (2000)<ref name="Pitchfork" /> ''[[Kila Kila Kila]]'' (2003) ''[[Taiga (OOIOO album)\|Taiga]]'' (2006)<ref name="Pitchfork" /> ''[[OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX]]'' (Eye Remix EP) (2007) ''COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–2001'' ''[[Armonico Hewa]]'' (2009) ''[[Gamel]]'' (2013)<ref name="Pitchfork" /> ''Nijimusi'' (2019)<ref name="Pitchfork" /> ===OLAibi=== Line 56 ⟶ 66: ''[[Z-Rock Hawaii]]'' (1996) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312033703/http://trafika.jp/pureplus/shop_list.php?category_id=4 Emerald 13 Clothing Label] {{in lang\|ja}} [http://www.viva-radio.com/77Boadrum/drummers.php?id=2&view=video 77 Boadrum Site Profile] Viva Radio, Sep 2007. 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