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Stereotype A (Album) by Cibo Matto

Artist Biography For Cibo Matto

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 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. In 1997 The Band Guest-Performed On The Television Show Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Second Season Premiere In The Fictional Club The Bronze Performing "Spoon" And "Sugar Water". Since The Break-Up In 2001 Their Songs Have Been Played In Many Different Places Including The Video Game Jet Set Radio Future. "Birthday Cake" Was Featured In The Kids In The Hall's Feature-Length Film Brain Candy. The Band Announced Their Reunion On March 18 2011 To Perform As Part Of A Benefit Concert For Victims Of The 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake And Tsunami. The Concert Which Took Place On March 27 At Columbia University In New York City Also Included Yoko Ono John Zorn Sonic Youth And Mike Patton Among Others. Following On The Success Of This Show A Second Was Added This Time Featuring The Plastic Ono Band And Patti Smith Along With Cibo Matto. They've Since Performed At The Hollywood Bowl On June 26 In Another Benefit With Yellow Magic Orchestra. Cibo Matto Then Went On Their Formal US Reunion Tour Titled "Yeah Basically Cibo Matto." The Tour's First Part Was From June 21 To June 26 At The Hollywood Bowl And The Second Part Was July 12 To July 20 With Stops In NYC Chicago Toronto Washington D.C. And Boston. Cibo Matto Released Hotel Valentine Their First Album In 15 Years On Valentine's Day 2014 Through Chimera Music A Label Founded By Sean Lennon. They Are Touring The United States With Salt Cathedral And Their Current Drummer Yuko Araki As Well As Guest Musicians On Some Songs.

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Stereo Type A Also Tagged As Stereotype A And Stylised As STEREO TYPE A Is The Second Studio Album By Cibo Matto Released In 1999. As The Group Disbanded In 2001 It Was Their Last Studio Album Prior To Their 2011 Reunion. The Album Peaked At Number 171 On The Billboard 200 And Also Reached The Top Spot Of CMJ's College Charts. While Having A Strong Focus On Atmospheric And Ambient Sounds And Melody Particularly In "Moonchild" Stereo Type A Also Contains A Broad Range Of Styles Reaching Into Hip Hop Territory On "Sci-Fi Wasabi" With Additional Vocals By Duma Love And Heavy Metal On "Blue Train". Furthermore "Clouds" And "Mortming" Contain Heavily Vocoded Vocals.
In Their Interview With The Band Barnes & Noble Noted The Band Moving Away From Writing Songs About Food Opining The Album Is A "diverse Collection Of Tracks That Includes Metal-Edged Rockers Lounge-Influenced Pop Pithy Hip-Hop -- And Only One Song About Culinary Delicacies 'Sci-Fi Wasabi' ." In The Same Interview Yuka Spoke About The Album's Title When We Decided To Make This Record Miho And I Talked About A Lot Of Things That Were On Our Minds What Was Happening Around Us And How We Felt About What Happened With Viva! La Woman. For Three Days We Were Just Sitting Around Talking And Talking Instead Of Writing Music. And We Kept Bumping Into That Subject A Lot How We Have To Deal With Stereotypes So Much And How It Can Be Very Hard Because The People Who Have These Stereotypes Aren't Even Aware Of It. Several Critics Noted The Album's Difference From The Group's Debut Regarding It Positively As A Progression Of Style And A Maturation. The Album Received Positive Reviews Upon Its Release.