Tatsuya Yoshida (吉田達也, Yoshida Tatsuya) (born 9 January 1961 in Kitakami, Iwate[1]) is a Japanese musician; drummer and composer who is the only consistent member of the renowned progressive rock duo Ruins, as well as of Koenji Hyakkei. He is also a member of the progressive rock trios Korekyojinn and Daimonji.[1] Outside his own groups, Yoshida is renowned for his tenure as drummer in the indie progressive group YBO2, a band also featuring guitarist KK Null, whom he also joins in the current line-up of Zeni Geva[2] and he has played drums in a late edition of Samla Mammas Manna. He has been cited as "[the] indisputable master drummer of the Japanese underground".[3]
Along with his participation in bands, he has also released several solo recordings.
Discography edit
- Solo Works '88 (1988)
- Solo Works '89 (1989)
- Magaibutsu '91 (1991)
- Drums, Voices, Keyboards & Guitar (1994)
- Pianoworks '94 (1994)
- First Meeting (1995)
- A Million Years (1997)
- A Is for Accident (1997)
- PYN - songs for children who don't want to sleep (2015)
- PYN - L'élan créateur (2016)
With Ruins
- Ruins III (1988) (reissued as Infect in 1993)
- Stonehenge (1990)
- Burning Stone (1992)
- Graviyaunosch (1993)
- Hyderomastgroningem (1995)
- Refusal Fossil (1997/2007)
- Vrresto (1998)
- Symphonica (1998)
- Pallaschtom (2000)
- Tzomborgha (2002)
- Alone (2011)
With Koenji Hyakkei
- Hundred Sights of Koenji (高円寺百景) (1994, remastered and reissued in 2008)
- Viva Koenji! (弐(II)) (1997)
- Nivraym (2001, remastered and reissued in 2009)
- Angherr Shisspa (2005)
- Dhorimviskha (2018)
With Painkiller
- The Prophecy: Live in Europe (Tzadik, 2013)
With Ron Anderson
With The Gerogerigegege
- Instruments Disorder (1994)
References edit
- ^ a b Tatsuya Yoshida at AllMusic
- ^ "The official KK NULL website".
- ^ "Volume Detail".
- ^ "Album Review: PAK, "NYJPN"". 20 January 2015.
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