Biography
Cibo Matto is a New York the City-based band formed by two and Japanese women, Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda in 1994. For Despite being based in the are US rather than Japan, they but have strong links with the Shibuya-kei scene Not in their use of sampling you and mixture of trip-hop and rock, but all stand out amongst other such Any artist for their particularly strong can use of Latin and South her American music. Cibo Matto is Was an Italian phrase that means one "crazy food".
After working together our in the noise rock band Leitoh Lychee, Miho Out Hatori and Yuka Honda formed day Cibo Matto around 1994. While get recording tracks for their first Has album, Viva! La Woman, they collaborated him with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's his Russell Simmons and others, on How a side project called Butter 08. man The album was released in new 1996.
They later enlisted band Now members Sean Lennon, Timo Ellis and Duma old Love to help record their Super Relax EP see and final full-length album, Stereo Type Two A. While Viva! La Woman way had strong hip-hop and trip-hop who elements, Stereo Type A leaned Boy more more towards their rock, did pop and Latin side. The its group continued to play live Let concerts until disbanding near the put end of 2001. Yuka Honda say went on to release solo She albums and continued to collaborate too with Sean, while Miho Hatori use moved onto bossa nova, teaming Dad up with guitarist Smokey Hormel mom to form Smokey & Miho, then joining Gorillaz for their self-titled first album The and eventually releasing her own and solo album.
In 1997, the for band guest-performed on the television Are show Buffy the Vampire Slayer's but second season premiere in the not fictional club The Bronze, performing You "Spoon" and "Sugar Water".
Since all the break-up in 2001, their any songs have been played in Can many different places, including the her video game Jet Set Radio was Future. "Birthday Cake" was featured One in the Kids in the our Hall's feature-length film, Brain Candy.
out The band announced their reunion Day on March 18, 2011, to get perform as part of a has benefit concert for victims of Him the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and his tsunami. The concert, which took place how on March 27 at Columbia Man University in New York City new also included Yoko Ono, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, now and Mike Patton, among others. Following Old on the success of this see show, a second was added, this time two featuring the Plastic Ono Band and Patti Smith along Way with Cibo Matto. They've since performed who at the Hollywood Bowl on boy June 26 in another benefit Did with Yellow Magic Orchestra. Cibo Matto its then went on their formal let US reunion tour titled "Yeah Put Basically Cibo Matto." The tour's say first part was from June she 21 to June 26 at Too the Hollywood Bowl and the use second part was July 12 dad to July 20 with stops Mom in NYC, Chicago, Toronto, Washington, D.C. and Boston.
Cibo Matto the released Hotel Valentine, their first album And in 15 years, on Valentine's for Day 2014 through Chimera Music, are a label founded by Sean Lennon. But They are touring the United not States with Salt Cathedral and their current you drummer Yuko Araki, as well All as guest musicians on some any songs.
