IF BY YES
A new group featuring the extraordinary talents of Petra Haden on vocals and Yuka Honda on keyboards / samplers, who both draw from pop music and the avant garde. Recently joining If By Yes are drummer Yuko Araki and guitarist Hirotaka "Shimmy" Shimizu, known for their work with Cornelius and Mi-gu. If By Yes take their name from a poem by E.E. Cummings.
Yuka Honda - keyboards / sampler / producer
1996 Cibo Matto Viva! La Woman (Warner Bros.)
1996 Butter 08 (Grand Royal)
1999 Cibo Matto Stereo*type A (Warner Bros.)
2002 Yuka Honda Memories Are My Only Witness (Tzadik)
2003 Yoshimi & Yuka (Ipecac)
2006 Yuka Honda Eucademix (Tzadik)
Yuka has also recorded with Dave Douglas, Arto Lindsay, Ikue Mori, Los Lobos and
Kim Gordon. She has produced her own groups Cibo Matto and Butter 08, as well
as Sean Lennon, Miu Sakamoto and Maki Nomiya.
Petra Haden - vocalist / violinist
1994 That Dog (DGC)
1995 That Dog Totally Crushed Out (DGC)
1997 That Dog Retreat From The Sun (DGC)
1999 Petra Haden Imaginaryland (Win)
1999 Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden Bella Neurox (Win)
2003 Petra Haden & Bill Frisell (True North)
2005 Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out (Bar None)
2008 Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden Heart & Daggers (File Under Music)
2008 Petra Haden & Woody Jackson 10 Years (Dashgo)
Petra has also recorded with Beck, Mike Watt, Foo Fighters, Green Day,
Victoria Williams, Spain, The Decemberists.