Miho Hatori's West Coast tour is coming out !!
IN SUPPORT OF HER RECENT SOLO DEBUT ALBUM " ecdysis "
2/6/07 Tue Casbah San Diego CA 21 & up
2/8/07 Thu Detroit Bar Costa Mesa CA 21 & up
2/9/07 Fri The Troubadour Hollywood CA All Ages
2/10/07 Sat The Cellar Door Visalia CA 21 & up
2/11/07 Sun The Attic Santa Cruz CA 21 & up
2/12/07 Mon Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA All Ages
2/13/07 Tue Blue Lamp Sacramento CA 21 & up
2/15/07 Thu Mission Theater Portland OR All Ages
2/16/07 Fri Crocodile Cafe Seattle WA 21 & up
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Miho Hatori's past collaborations included Gorillaz, Beastie Boys, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Smokey and Miho, and of course, Cibo Matto. But for the first time ever, she has recently released her solo album late last October, titled Ecdysis.
For Ecdysis, released on Victors Speedstar International imprint, she teamed up with bassist Sebastian Steinberg and keyboard player Mark de gli Antoni of former New York band Soul Coughing. They came from New York at the same time as Cibo Matto, so Id known them for a long time, explains Hatori. Basically, I make music with friends who I have some kind of understanding with in terms of what we are looking for. Were all looking for something unique, so it was very comfortable working with them.
-Metropolis Japan Today
"We wanted a title that you have to chew on a little," says Yuka Honda, "not just swallow whole." Stereotypes are something that Yuka and Miho Hatori have encountered ever since Cibo Matto made a splash in the music world with their 1996 debut Viva! La Woman, an album of renegade sampling, off-kilter funk and hardcore. "There are people who think that women can't operate studio equipment," remarks Honda, who produced the new album entirely by herself. "Stereo is also what tells you where you are located. Dolphins can see what is happening with their sense of hearing. In a philosophical way, if you listen, you can also tell where you are, or more importantly, where you're at. We have to learn to listen for ourselves with both our left and right ears, and not just believe everything we're told."
"People always expect you to choose sides between digital or analog, old school or new school, even between Chinese or Italian food," jokes Miho. "Well, we eat everything." Cibo Matto's musical cuisine is a blend of many different styles, with elements of jazz, hip-hop and pop intertwined into a sound entirely their own. From the breakbeat onslaught and Farfisa organ stabs that kickstart the buoyant "Working For Vacation," to the killer groove of "Spoon" and the undulating r&b of "Moonchild," Stereotype A is, at its core, a pop album. "Today kids don't like just one thing!" declares Miho. "That's the new style for the 21st century." Songs like "The Lint of Love," where jazz horns meet funky fuzz bass meet heavy metal guitars, and "Sunday," with its elaborate structure and waltz-time coda, are mini-albums unto themselves. As producer, Yuka envisioned stereo drums, five-part harmonies, and previously unimagined combinations of rhythm sequences and "live" playing.
Stereotype A is a broadly ambitious pop album. "You can take a hardcore Indian phrase, set it to a hip-hop beat, have country guitar in the back, and make it work," says Yuka. "I really think that technology, if we think about it positively, can give us a brighter future. One where stereotypes will be obsolete."
Miho Hatori
Yuka Honda
Pictures from Downtownmusic.net
