Cibo Matto

Ok, this one I've been listening to for a long time now but I just thought I'd share this one out. They're sooo good, I like them a lot but it seems like only a few has heard of them or maybe they have, they just didn't know it was them.

Cibo Matto (meaning crazy food in Italian, and pronounced [tʃiːbo matːo]) was a New York City-based band formed by Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori in 1994. The lyrics in their songs are primarily concerned with food, possibly used as a metaphor. Their sound has been described as a combination of "Jazz, Hip-Hop, Brazilian music, African Drumming, and Disco samples".

Grand Royal involvement

Although Cibo Matto was represented by Warner Bros. Records, they were also considered to be a major part of the Grand Royal Records family.

* Under Grand Royal, Honda and Hatori formed side-project band Butter 08 (1996) with Russell Simins, Rick Lee and Mike Mills.
* Hatori collaborated with the Beastie Boys (who founded Grand Royal) on their 1997 album, Hello Nasty.
* Lennon released his debut album, Into the Sun (1998) on Grand Royal (which featured Honda, Hatori and Ellis).
* Yumiko Ohno of Buffalo Daughter (a former Grand Royal band) contributed moog synthesizer and backing vocals to Stereo Type A (1999).
* In 2000, Grand Royal released a compilation album entitled At Home with the Groove Box in which Lennon contributed the song "Winged Elephants" while Honda and Hatori contributed the song "We Love Our Lawyers". The compilation also featured artists such as Beck and Sonic Youth.

Disbanded

The group continued to play live and tour until disbanding in 2001. In an interview Honda stated,
“ Cibo Matto broke up, because it was time. We felt the need to move to the next step. It was a healthy decision, though it was sad at the same time. Things just need to grow out of things sometimes. ”

All of the members of Cibo Matto have gone onto release solo material and have on occasion collaborated with each other.


This one's cool but I'll share three of their songs, if you don't mind, since this is just a really great cover and the next one is a collaboration. Haha


Yes, it is with Yoko! Although I'm sorry for the copy I got from imeem 'cause it's not that good. I'll find a better one ASAP. :)


I posted a video 'cause imeem's Cibo Matto sources are lame. HAHAHA This is the first song I heard of Cibo Matto. My friend, Jayme told me about it and we listened to it. She ended up accompanying me, listening to Cibo Matto the whole night while we were doing our plates. HAHA Anyway, this one's called Sci-fi Wasabi.

Enjoy! :)