Grimm Grimm

Grimm Grimm is the solo project of London-based musician, recording artist and producer, Koichi Yamanoha. He has released three solo albums, and six singles on independent labels since 2014.

Grimm Grimm has collaborated with other artists, including Lætitia Sadier, Le Volume Courbe, Bo Ningen, Killer-Bong and Klein.

Yamanoha is originally from Tokyo, Japan and formerly performing as frontman of psychedelic-punk group, Screaming Tea Party since 2006 in London. 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.

His debut Grimm Grimm single, Kazega Fuitara Sayonara / Tell the Truth, was released in late 2014 viaKevin Shields (of My Bloody Valentine) and Charlotte Marionneau(aka Le Volume Courbe)’s Pickpocket Records label in collaboration withHonest Jon's. Followed by his debut album, Hazy Eyes Maybe, was released on ATP Recordings 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. The sophomore album, Cliffhanger, was released by Some Other Planet in partnership with Kartel Music Group in June 2018.

Yamanoha announced the release of his third studio album, Ginormous, on 28 February 2020 on Tip Top Recordings / Magniph. The album was mixed and co-produced by Marta Salogni and featured Lætitia Sadier and Paz Maddio. Grimm Grimm and his ensemble appeared on BBC 6 Music and played three songs live in session onMarc Riley's show on 19 February 2020. The group also played one track on Gideon Coe's BBC 6 Music show on the same day promoting the release of his new album.

Grimm Grimm has toured with and supported artists such as Cate Le Bon, Simon Finn, Dinosaur Jr, Wire and The Undertones. He has also played multiple music festivals around the world including Le Guess Who? in Utrecht, Netherlands, Green Man Festival in Wales, Sonic Festival in Belgium and All Tomorrow's Parties (festival) in England.

Folk Radio UK described Grimm Grimm's music as "Otherworldly forays into baroque folk, futurist lyricism and electroacoustic oddities" 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."Clashalso 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".

Albums

• Hazy Eyes Maybe (ATP Recordings, 2015)
• Cliffhanger (Some Other Planet, 2018)
• Ginormous (Tip Top Recordings/ Magniph, 2020)

Singles

• "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)
• "Ghost Of Madame Legros" (Tip Top Recordings/ Magniph, 2019)
• "Something In Your Way" (Tip Top Recordings/ Magniph, 2019)
• "We've Never Been This Far Before" (Tip Top Recordings/ Magniph, 2020)

Split release

• w/Tapers, CD (So I Buried, 2014)

Remix

• "Kazega Fuitara Sayonara Remixes: Remixed by Klein / Killer-Bong" 7" Vinyl (birdFriend, 2019)

Compilation

• "Rough Trade Counter Culture 15" CD (Rough Trade, 2015)