OOIOO

  Vocals/Guitar: Yoshimi
  Guitar/Vocals: Saicobaba
  Bass/Vocals: AyA
  Drums: AI


  Started: 1986
  Status: Active

Profile

Yoshimi, founder, leader, and songwriter of OOIOO, began her music career in 1986 playing drums in a band called UFO or Die with Eye (Boredoms). That same year she joined revolutionary noise-pop experimentalists Boredoms, in which she still plays drums, trumpet, keyboard and sings. During the early nineties she became the drummer in Kim Gordon's Free Kitten, shortly after which Thurston Moore released three Yoshimi solo 7" singles on his Ecstatic Peace label. In 1999, Yoshimi joined with a raga band Saicobaba. Saicobaba's members have formally studied Indian Classical music, except for Yoshimi, who brings forth her ethnic/tribal yet untraditional, and heavily effected vocal style.

For a 1996 magazine article Yoshimi created a fictitious band named 00I00 (pronounced oh-oh-eye-oh-oh). This soon became a real band and they played their first shows opening for Sonic Youth in Japan. Kill Rock Stars released their first album, o8o (eight), in 1998.

Since their debut, OOIOO have released a number of other albums, not all of which have seen release in the U.S. In 2001 Birdman released the masterpiece Feather Float. 2002's Gold and Green was not released in the US. In early 2003, Mike Patton's Ipecac records released Flower With No Color, the debut from Yoshimi's collaboration with Yuka Honda. Kila Kila Kila, OOIOO's first for Thrill Jockey, contains much nostalgia for those who remember the music from The Boredoms.

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Thoughts

This is one of the very few bands that just does not spark my interest. OOIOO's music comprises mostly of background music. There are very little vocal parts. The few vocal parts you do hear, are reminiscent of tribal songs. Lots of oo ee oo's and wailing. I personally don't care for it or the vocalist's voice. There is basically one rule with this band: OOIOO = ooos ;)

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Pictures

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Discography

Albums
Taiga
cococoooioo
Shockcity Shockers vol. 2 OOIOO Remix
Gold and Green
Feather Float

Links

Official Site

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