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New York City (1994 – 2001, 2011 – present)

Cibo Matto is a New York City-based band formed by two Japanese women, Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda in 1994. Despite being based in the US rather than Japan, they have strong links with the scene in their use of sampling and mixture of and rock, but stand out amongst other such artist for their particularly strong use of Latin and South American music. Cibo Matto is an Italian phrase that means “crazy food”.

After working together in the band Leitoh Lychee, Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda formed Cibo Matto around 1994. While recording tracks for their first album, VIVA! La Woman, they collaborated with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s Russell Simmons and others, on a side project called Butter 08. The album was released in 1996.

They later enlisted band members Sean Lennon, Timo Ellis and Duma Love to help record their Super Relax EP and final full-length album, Stereo Type A. While Viva! La Woman had strong hip-hop and trip-hop elements, Stereo Type A leaned more more towards their rock, pop and Latin side. The group continued to play live concerts until disbanding near the end of 2001. Yuka Honda went on to release solo albums and continued to collaborate with Sean, while Miho Hatori moved onto bossa nova, teaming up with guitarist Smokey Hormel to form Smokey & Miho, then joining Gorillaz for their self-titled first album and eventually releasing her own solo album.
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  • her0n

    Good to hear about the album, that means I'll have another chance to see em live!

    30 Apr 12:28am Reply

  • buckpacy

    any more updates on the new album?

    29 Apr 5:33am Reply

  • GriefPlay

    awsm

    12 Apr 10:57am Reply

  • MiiStar

    according to their facebook page: "Thank you for all of your support this year. Thank you for your patience, too. We are happy to say that our album is in the oven, at its final stage of cooking. The year 2013 will be da audio bomb. Wishing you a super happy New Ear! Love, Food & Music Cibo Matto"

    11 Apr 8:40am Reply

  • hikankyoukai

    i wonder if the album is coming this year v__v

    2 Mar 8:27pm Reply

  • evanescencefrea

    Sugar Water brings up Buffy for me. (2)

    27 Nov 2012 Reply

  • kecstatic

    i love them so much

    25 Nov 2012 Reply

  • MouseDogBird

    Wow, Cibo Matto back together!? This is very cool, surprising news!

    28 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Zang00

    Counting heartbeats 72 in a minute...

    14 Sep 2012 Reply

  • mad_muffinz

    I can't wait

    2 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Alec_Trevelyan

    editorinchimp you are lucky!

    28 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Alec_Trevelyan

    Did anyone catch that last Yeah Basically Cibo Matto tour? I missed it, and I even knew about it.

    28 Aug 2012 Reply

  • MathianSim

    Thanks Buffy for brining me here

    25 Aug 2012 Reply

  • iHeartTrigun

    @editorinchimp that is amazing!!

    11 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Mitholas

    It's not a perfect comparison, but I suspect fans of this band may like O+S. That's the first band I thought of when I decided to sample "Viva! La Woman" today.

    23 Jun 2012 Reply

  • editorinchimp

    I found a copy of VIVA! La Woman in the dollar bin at Amoeba. Turns out the CD included an old setlist and was autographed by Miho and Yuka. Wow.

    11 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Charity_Pierce

    Hot damn! Forgot about this band for atleast five years, until my itunes library played me "Lint of Love" whilst on shuffle!

    3 Jun 2012 Reply

  • MiiStar

    Hmmmm, when should the supposed album be released? T.T

    22 May 2012 Reply

  • Batabid

    "does anyone know of any songs in existence that sound simimal to apple?" no, that's the thing

    19 May 2012 Reply

  • ihateRBF

    Just found out today that they came back and toured last year. AGHHH! Well, at least a new album is happening... I hope...

    16 May 2012 Reply
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