At RISD, Bharoocha met fellow musician
Brian Gibson and became vocalist of the band
Lightning Bolt after their first show. Bharoocha performed with Lightning Bolt from 1995–1996, but the band's trio recording was never released; In 1996, Bharoocha began drumming for the Clutters, a band that the following year became
Black Dice. Bharoocha's work with Black Dice included 2002's
Beaches & Canyons, and
Tiny Mix Tapes' best albums of the decade, as well as
Wolf Eyes and Black Dice (2003),
Miles of Smiles (2004), and
Creature Comforts (2004). Bharoocha released two albums as
Soft Circle: 2009's
Full Bloom was a solo endeavor, and 2010's
Shore Obsessed included bandmate Ben Vida. Bharoocha also played drums for
Pixeltan, who released several EPs on DFA records. Bharoocha served as musical director and drummer 4 in the
Boredoms'
77 Boadrum performance on July 7, 2007 at the
Empire–Fulton Ferry State Park in
Brooklyn,
New York. He reprised his roles the following year for
88 Boadrum, a duo of free concerts performed at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn; each concert began at 8:08pm local time and featured 88 drummers selected by Boredoms and Bharoocha, with Boredoms participating in the west coast performance and
Gang Gang Dance conducting in New York. In July 2009, Bharoocha released a split 12 inch with High Places on the label PPM. Bharoocha is a member of the band Kill Alters, a trio with Bonnie Baxter and Nicos Kennedy; he appears on the band's releases
No Self Helps (2017) and
Armed To The Teeth (2022), among others.
Visual art and fashion In addition to music, Bharoocha is also a visual artist and photographer known for his collage and mural work. He has had solo exhibitions of his work at D'Amelio Terras gallery in New York, as well as
Vleeshal, a state run space in The Netherlands. His work has been published in
Artforum,
V,
i-D, Flaunt,
Tokion and more. and with
Solange on a line of
Puma sneakers. ==References==