Yoyo Röhm was born in Wuppertal, Germany, in 1965 and studied classical guitar and contrabass at Cologne Conservatory.

He was a founder member of Bad Little Dynamos, The Absurd and Melotronik and has recorded with a wide variety of singers and musicians including Ben Becker, Katharina Franck, Kristof Hahn, Martin Dean, Jasmin Tabatabai and Thomas Wydler of The Bad Seeds.

In addition, he has performed live with: Gunter Hampel, Les Hommes Sauvages, The Screaming Meat and Jaki Liebezeit from the legendary German progressive rock band Can.

Röhm has also composed music for theatre plays and a number of short movies and dance pieces.

In 2007 Yoyo Röhm left Fatal Shore after producing their third studio CD Real World.

In recent years Yoyo has continued to work as both producer and musician with a variety of artists. Most recently he has worked with Mick Harvey, played bass and keyboards on the 2019 Swans album Leaving Meaning, and collaborated with Mika Bajinsk, Marie-Claire Schlameus and Kristof Hahn on NOUS, the debut LP of Sometimes With Others. 

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