Cibo Matto

oh, the band name: yuka and yoshimi

I love Viva L.A. Woman and I really like that Stereotype A album. Too bad they're not working together anymore. I liked a lot the fact that every single of their songs was about food.

But don't you think that the group in the middle of that vid is like Cibo Matto talking about the other end of the nutrition process?

WHO CARES
I DON'T CARE
A HORSE'S ASS IS BETTER THAN YOURS

:) a good friend of mine is working with Miho on some solo stuff/video these days. she says it sounds very good!

Got skipped in this thread, but there was a Miho Hatori (as Miho Hatori) album called Ecdysis on Ryko a few years back. Was generally pleasant though not terribly memorable, and probably doomed from the get-go by its genuinely horrible cover art/design. Listened to it once or twice but never felt compelled to return. Any fans?

http://betterpropaganda.com/images/artwork/Ecdysis-Miho_Hatori_480.jpg

she played one of the songs for me before it came out -- i think it was "barracuda." i like that one. i like the sound of the album in general but i haven't heard much of it at all.

Extra sugar
Extra salt
Extra oil and MSG

Reunited!

yay!

Sean Lennon is going nowhere near them this time, right

i wonder if Nels Cline will play with them at all now that he's married to Yuka, might be fun to hear

what a beefy hip!

Sean Lennon is going nowhere near them this time, right

did his bass-playing really drag down their general level of musicianship?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZs_BPg2xqM

did his bass-playing really drag down their general level of musicianship?

He certainly helped Stereotype A be terrible.

ah, I wasn't listening by then

but god, how sexist of you to suggest they couldn't have turned terrible all by themselves

Horse_ebooks just tweeted that he could help you build your chicken and it sent me straight into Cibo Matto nostalgiaville.

I just heard Miho on a Towa Tei album, was pretty good too! But I don't understand why people like this group :S

Awww. Well I have an embarassing past as a Sean Lenon fangirl (thanks to seeing him open for Beck in..98?)
Through Sean, I got into Cibo Matto and Yoko Ono and stopped listening to his stuff.

it's so cool that Yuka Honda is married to Nels Cline, never would've guessed 15 years ago that they'd even cross paths musically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zX_AT0Xco

YEah.

pretty much what you'd expect, huh

i guess it isn't 1999 anymore

touring US again anyway

I was really obsessed with Stereotype A when I was like 16-17. I find it nearly unlistenable now. It's funny how the brain changes.

CIBO MATTO TO RELEASE HOTEL VALENTINE FEBRUARY 14
FIRST RECORD SINCE 1999

Chimera Music is excited to announce the release of Hotel Valentine, Cibo Matto's first record since 1999 Coming out on February 14, 2014, the album was self-produced over a two-year period by Cibo Matto founders and co-conspirators Miho Hatori and Yuka C. Honda. Helping to create the kaleidoscopic, post-regional grooves and funky blasts of pure danceability on Hotel Valentine are guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Glenn Kotsche, percussionist Mauro Refosco, vocalist Reggie Watts, trumpeter Michael Leonhart, trombonist Aaron Johnson, Douglas Wieselman and many others. Hotel Valentine is their most impressive release to date as it finds them constructing a rich concept album, a love story amid the ghosts traversing the hallways of a hotel. Underneath the lush sonic palate, they have created the soundtrack to an invisible film as they've continued to refine their sound and remain fully committed to an ethic of fun.

The first track the band is sharing from Hotel Valentine is "MFN." The colorful, avant-psychedelic video was directed by Georgia.

Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, Cibo Matto announced a reunion at a benefit concert in New York City. From that point, they continued to perform and tour sporadically while working on new material.

Says keyboardist/sampler Honda, "Having spent some time apart, we became more aware of our magical chemistry, our magnetic bond. We both realized we had unfinished business."

On February 14, 2011 a Cibo Matto light bulb flickered and they struck upon the idea of an invisible film, a score without motion, an album called Hotel Valentine.

Hotel Valentine is a metaphor, a question, an answer, an idea, a feeling; A strange and vivid scene.

"Hotel Valentine is the cinematic bricolage of Yuka and me," says vocalist Hatori. "Our medium is music. For me, making an album is like raising a child. We don't know what kind of person (story) they will end up to be."

The full track list for Hotel Valentine is below:

1. Check In
2. Deja Vu
3. 10th Fl.Ghost Girl
4. Emerald Tuesday
5. MFN
6. Hotel Valentine
7. Empty Pool
8. Lobby
9. Maid Song (House Keeping)
10. Check Out

The Cibo Matto North American tour dates are below:

February
7 - New Haven, CT - Spaceland
8 - Boston, MA - Sinclair
9 - Kingston, NY - BSP Lounge
11 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot and Saddle
14 - New York, NY - Les Poisson Rouge
15 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
16 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Backroom
17 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
18 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
19 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
21 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent
22 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
23 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
24 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
26 - San Francisco - Slim's
28 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom

March
1 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café
4 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
5 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
6 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
7 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe

"Don't throw the funky oyster shell at me"

I was huge into Stereotype A back when it came out too, and I still like it more than the debut; I think I've defended it somewhere on ILM. Kaleidoscopic is a word that gets thrown around too much, but it fits that album perfectly. Will hesitantly check out the new album. Has anyone seen 'em live - how were they?

They're both great albums IMO

Cibo Matto (like Seefeel) are one of those bands that I have not found a single other band that really sounds/feels like them or captures their vibe; I basically have two albums in an entire (micro)genre to listen to and I'm super stoked abt adding a third

At the time, I thought Stereotype A was horrible. The last time I listened to it, it was okay but boring.

The debut remains one of my favorite albums of all time.

I've defended Stereotype A here before, too. It pales only in comparison to the debut. On its own terms, it's quite good if not great, but it's also a much different animal than V!LW. I love them both.

I guess I do like "Sci Fi Wasabi," but I'd rather listen to "Birthday Cake."

New Video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zX_AT0Xco

It's cute.

Why is it that no national/international bands I wanna see in 2014 are playing Baltimore? DAMN.

They're playing DC - just a stone's throw away! I'm planning to see them when they come in Feb.

It's an issue because I live in northeast PA and hate driving in DC.

Still can't pretend that song does a lot for me.

They're playing Philly - just a ston'es throw away! I'm planning to see them when they come in Feb.

Haha I was thinking about making that post myself Stevie.

I basically think of Baltimore as DC, considering bands usually play one place but not the other - can't count how many times I've gone up there for a show. But driving in DC ain't fun, that's for sure.

Philly show has a capacity of like 120 though and is sold out :-/

in other news I might pee when I see them

I LOVE THIS NEW "MFN" SONG SO MUCH

I can't decide how much I like it yet (right now, I'm at like, not love). It's definitely not complacent - makes me excited for the new album.

I keep singing it when I'm walking places.

I listened to "Hotel Valentine" this morning and it really did not grab me... I'm hoping it gets better w/ repeated listens

There's a stream here btw:

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/02/267029140/first-listen-cibo-matto-hotel-valentine

Cool, thanks man

I'm predicting a 6.9

was looking at the upcoming shows of a local club online and say Cibo Matto/Buffalo Daughter double bill on the schedule i was like did i fall into a time warp?

Oh shit, I forgot they were playing tonight- now I have to scramble to finish my classwork and make it in time...

I am SO EXCIIIIIITED

I like this a lot more than Stereotype A

Ohhhh that was a great show.

Yes but did you pee? I'm seeing them tonight.

I peed so much.

Viva! LA woman has gradually become one of my favorite albums from the mid-90s. It’s quite the creative take on trip hop and I’m not sure I’d even classify it inside that genre. It’s too zany and closer to Beck than say Portishead.

I tend to lump it almost closer to Hello Nasty era Beasties, and Grand Royale type stuff than most trip hop.

It’s better than that shit xxxtentacion thrash

is that supposed to be funny, controversial or just a stupid non sequitur ?

I know it's canonical to a lot of ppl but it still feels underrated to me, it's such a fun, funny, unique record, kind of B-52's-y in the way it manages to be silly without being frivolous or novelty bcz it is so musically skillful

The vocal performances are always enthusiastic which makes it feel more like punk-hop. The beastie boys comparison is apt I think.

Sugar Water is one of those iconic mid-'90s tracks for me, it's got a particular haunting vibe and one of the best music videos of its time.

It samples Morricone and the Cure so maybe that’s where the haunting vibe comes from?

carne if you have to ask, it ain't funny.

YO ANYONE GOT THAT SONG FROM THAT PRE CIBO MATO BAND THEY WERE IN WITH THE SKELETON KEY DUDE? BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT FOR YEARS. DOUG WOLK SAID THEY WERE LIKE THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME AND ZORN WOULD PLAY WITH THEM.

LOL

For whatever odd reason I've pumped "Know Your Chicken" 5 or 6 times in the past few months and it still bangs.

I stumbled into Cibo Matto by accident with I “Know your chicken”... it was back in the Napster days, I was looking for something else entirely but I got curious and downloaded it.

It was such an addictive and groovy thing... but also I was 14 and felt too self-conscious to share it with anyone else at the time. I just knew it was one of those songs that would give you weird looks from most people if played out loudly or even worse, it would get a snarky observation that might ruin the whole song for me. So I saved it for myself for years until I stopped caring.

https://youtu.be/HuNtddD8dzs

Here they are playing it live with Sean Lennon on bass in some dude’s bedroom in the 90’s.

It sounds too weird for me in rock format.

I love when they were on Squirt TV! (That was a fun show in general.)

otm. Cibo Matto always reminds me of Squirt TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MFpy-yw9G0

just now noticing the Yoko-like turkey wails at the start of "Birthday Cake"

I saw them at a Matador showcase at CBGB in ‘95 w/Railroad Jerk and some other bands :P

YO ANYONE GOT THAT SONG FROM THAT PRE CIBO MATO BAND THEY WERE IN WITH THE SKELETON KEY DUDE? BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT FOR YEARS. DOUG WOLK SAID THEY WERE LIKE THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME AND ZORN WOULD PLAY WITH THEM.

Nah, that was a later side project / supergroup.

Leitoh Lychee!

https://soundcloud.com/deserter_fm/leitoh-lychee-nothing-to-do-os-ms-dan

my weight is 300 pounds...my favoreeet is beef jierky

who cares?

i don't care

Miho Hatori's new album as Miss Information is sounding really great.

https://pioneerworkspress.bandcamp.com/album/sequence

just catching up to yuka's eucademix material. continues in the vein of her instrumental/wordless albums on tzadik, but a bit more flighty and psychedelic. can't recommend it enough.

she has a brand new track on this excellent north spy records compilation (which is what alerted me to the eucademix alias): https://acrossthehorizon.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-horizon-vol-1

"a long slow blink before the answer":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-kQGFexcSI

sorry, that's NORTHERN SPY records.

elsewhere, channeling music for nine post cards:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2oHh4Namic

"yo yo moon" (2024)

big sigh. she's the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4twbxAFXN98