Background
Cibo Matto was formed in 1994 in New York City, USA. They had previously worked together in noise band called Leitoh Lychee before breaking off and forming Cibo Matto. Their genres focus on alternative, trip hop, experimental and instrumental. Cibo Matto released their final album in 2014 before disbanding.
Members
Miho Hatori
Miho Hatori was born in Tokyo, Japan, and her birthdate is unknown. Both Miho and Yuka provide vocals for the group, but Miho does majority of the vocals. She's gone on to collaborate with other artists, including Gorillaz, where she was the first voice of Noodle on the Gorillaz and G-Sides albums.
Yuka Honda
Yuka Honda was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her birthdate is also unknown. Yuka provides the music for Cibo Matto during live performances. Yuka Has previously worked with Sean Lennon, son of Yoko Ono and John Lennon in and outside of Cibo Matto.
Albums
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Cibo Matto EP (1995) |
Viva! La Woman (1996) |
Super Relax (1997) |
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Stereo☆Type A (1999) |
Hotel Valentine (2014) |
Thoughts
Cibo Matto is criminally underrated. I can see why Damon sought after Miho Hatori for the voice of Noodle, because there are a lot of Gorillaz songs that sound similar to Cibo Matto's work. Specifically Left Hand Suzuki Method from G-Sides, which is performed entirely by Miho, sounds exactly like a Cibo Matto song, so if you like Gorillaz, I highly recommend them. I initially discovered Cibo Matto after hearing Birthday Cake because it was on the Jet Set Radio Future soundtrack, and I love Jet Set Radio. Cibo Matto is one of those artists that I started listening to because of Jet Set Radio, like Guitar Vader and Jurassic-5.
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