CIBO MATTO – HOTEL VALENTINE

One of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed bands of the late 90s, Cibo Matto pioneered post-genre freakout long before the digital shuffle. Spiking their artful pop songs with rap, funk, jazz, Brazilian, African, and Latin sounds, they placed in Spin’s “Top Albums of the 90’s” and Time magazine’s “Best Hip Hop Albums of All Time”. During a brief two-record career they graced major magazine covers and were immortalized on an early episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Post breakup the band received a “Best Of” overview from Rhine Records in 2007. and their track “Sugar Water” appeared in the Nip/Tuck series finale in 2010. All along Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda have continued to record projects both pop and avant garde, have guested on records by the Beastie Boys and Gorillaz. Returning to the studio as Cibo Matto, they have made their most impressive and cinematic album, packed with kaleidoscopic grooves, demented horns, crazy synthesizers and funk-but-chic blasts of pure danceability.