Cibo Matto was 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
Shibuya-kei scene in their use of sampling and mixture of
trip-hop 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
noise rock band
Leitoh Lychee, Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda formed Cibo Matto around 1994. While recording tracks for t…
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