Tatsuya Yoshida

Yoshida at Death by Audio

Tatsuya Yoshida (吉田達也, Yoshida Tatsuya) (born 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 Koenji Hyakkei. He is also a member of the progressive rock trios Korekyojinn and Daimonji.^[1] Outside of 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 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" .

Along with his participation in bands, he has also released several solo recordings.

Discography

• 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)

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 Painkiller

• The Prophecy: Live in Europe (Tzadik, 2013)

A complete list of all recordings Yoshida Tatsuya appears on can be found here.

References

External links

• Official Website
• New Official Website