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Viva! La Woman (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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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Viva! La Woman

Viva! La Woman Is The Debut Studio Album By The Band Cibo Matto Released On January 16 1996 By Warner Bros. Records. The Tracks "Birthday Cake" And "Know Your Chicken" Were First Released As Singles In 1995. Following The Release Of Viva! La Woman The Latter Was Reissued As A Single In July 1996. Music Videos Were Produced For "Know Your Chicken" And "Sugar Water" Directed By Evan Bernard And Michel Gondry Respectively.