Grimm Grimm
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| Birth name | Koichi Yamanoha |
| Born | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Website | grimm-grimm |
Grimm Grimm is the solo project of London-based musician, recording artist and producer, Koichi Yamanoha.[1] He has released two solo albums, and four singles on independent labels since 2014.[2]
Grimm Grimm has collaborated with other artists, including Le Volume Courbe, Bo Ningen, Killer-Bong and Klein.[3][4]
Career[edit]
Yamanoha is originally from Tokyo, Japan and formerly performing as frontman of psychedelic-punk group, Screaming Tea Party since 2006 in London.[5][6]The band has released 2 EPs through Stolen Recordings in United Kingdom, and disbanded in October 2010. Yamanoha's first solo performance was at the underground music event, Krautorock Karaoke at Cafe Oto in 2013.[7][8]
His debut Grimm Grimm single, Kazega Fuitara Sayonara / Tell the Truth, was released in late 2014 via Kevin Shields (of My Bloody Valentine)and Charlotte Marionneau (aka Le Volume Courbe)’s Pickpocket Records label[9] in collaboration with Honest Jon's. [4] Followed by his debut album, Hazy Eyes Maybe, was released on ATP Recordings[10] in 2015 and a track “Last Word Is Mine” from the album was used over the end credits for the Aaron Brookner / Jim Jarmusch directed and produced documentary film Uncle Howard (2016) featuring William S. Burroughs. [3] The sophomore album, Cliffhanger, was released by Some Other Planet in partnership with Kartel Music Group in June 2018.[3]
Musical style[edit]
Folk Radio UK described Grimm Grimm's music as "Otherworldly forays into baroque folk, futurist lyricism and electroacoustic oddities"[3] The Mosts Radicalist described his 2018 album, Cliffhanger, as "Gently phased guitar strums ripple beneath an exotic acoustic lead line as Yamanoha’s breathless vocals bear a striking resemblance to Elliott Smith’s beautifully melancholy tones."[11] Clash also gave his album "Hazy Eyes Maybe" an 8/10 describing it as "On the surface, 'Hazy Eyes Maybe' might seem a simple, acoustic album, but scrape beneath the surface and there lies intricately crafted layers of mournful, morphing, melancholic hooks".[12]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Hazy Eyes Maybe (ATP Recordings, 2015)
- Cliffhanger (Some Other Planet, 2012)
Singles[edit]
- "Kazega Fuitara Sayonara / Tell The Truth" 7" Vinyl (Pickpocket Records, 2014)
- "Hazy Eyes Maybe / Knowing" 7" Vinyl (ATP Recordings / P-Vine, 2015)
- "Take Me Down To Coney Island / Ballad of Cell Membrane" DL (Some Other Planet / Hostess Entertainment, 2018)
Split releases[edit]
- w/Tapers, CD (So I Buried, 2014)
Remix[edit]
- "Kazega Fuitara Sayonara Remixes: Remixed by Klein / Killer-Bong" 7" Vinyl (birdFriend, 2019)
Compilation[edit]
- "Rough Trade Counter Culture 15" CD (Rough Trade, 2015)
References[edit]
- ↑ Robin Murray=clash. "Koichi Yamanoha shares one new song and one cover=2018-03-20". Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ "Grimm Grimm Kazega Fuitara Sayonara Klein Remix". The Most Radicalist. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Video Premier: Grimm Grimm – Ballad Of Cell Membrane". Folk Radio=. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Watch: Grimm Grimm Remixed By Klein". The Quietus=. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ↑ Declan Roberts=The London Economic. "Grimm Grimm – Hazy Eyes Maybe=2018-07-02". Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Theo Darton-Moore=The Quietus. "Grimm Grimm Hazy Eyes Maybe". Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ↑ "The Review of Golden Blue EP by Screaming Tea Party". The Real State=. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "Hazy Eyes Maybe – album review". Louder Than War=. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ↑ "My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields launches record label, readies new material/". Fact=. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ↑ "The new video from Grimm Grimm is beautiful; an almost ecstatic truth "". Vice. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- ↑ Holly Mullineaux=The Most Radicalist. "Grimm Grimm Ballad of Cell Membrane=2018-04-20". Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ Megan White=Clash. "Sparse, infectious dream-folk opus=2018-04-20". Retrieved 20 August 2014.
External links[edit]
Category:Living people
Category:Singers from London
Category:British experimental musicians
Category:Japanese male singers
References[edit]
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