Miho Hatori

Miho Hatori
羽鳥 美保

Miho Hatori performing in August 2004
Background information
Born (1971-04-04) April 4, 1971
Tokyo, Japan
Genres Avant-garde, downtempo, trip hop, indie rock, world music
Occupation(s) Singer
song writer
composer
record producer
Instruments Vocals, synthesizer, guitar, percussion, keyboard
Years active 1994present
Labels Rykodisc
Associated acts Cibo Matto
Smokey & Miho
Gorillaz
Butter 08
Website mihohatori.com

Miho Hatori (羽鳥 美保 Hatori Miho, born in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician. She is primarily known as the vocalist of the New York City group Cibo Matto.[1] She is also known for her work with virtual band Gorillaz, as she is the first person to provide the voice of animated member Noodle.

Biography

Hatori expressed an early interest in music while growing up in Japan. She worked in a record shop where she was exposed to many different styles of music, and sometimes performed as a club DJ. Miho moved to the United States, New York circa 1993 to study art. The first New York band she was in was a punk band called Leitoh Lychee for which she provided the vocals, and also played violin through a distortion effects pedal.

It was as a member of Leitoh Lychee where she first met her Cibo Matto co-founder Yuka Honda in 1994. Cibo Matto went on to release two albums, Viva! La Woman in 1996 and Stereo ★ Type A in 1999. She also contributed vocals to Cibo Matto band-mate Sean Lennon's solo album, Into the Sun in 1998. Cibo Matto broke up in 2001, but came back with a reunion tour in 2011.

While Cibo Matto was touring with Beck, Hatori and Beck guitarist Smokey Hormel discovered a shared love of bossa nova and samba, which eventually resulted in their Brazilian-styled musical project Smokey & Miho. Other artists she has worked with include Handsome Boy Modeling School on the album So... How's Your Girl?, DJ Towa Tei, Stephin Merritt's The 6ths, The Baldwin Brothers, Beastie Boys, Blackalicious, Peter Daily, Greg Kurstin (Action Figure Party), Forró in the Dark, John Zorn, and The Incredible Moses Leroy. Miho has also performed solo and on October 21, 2005 her first solo album, Ecdysis was released in Japan, later to the American and European market. The song, "Birthday Cake," from the first Cibo Matto album was used in the Xbox game, Jet Set Radio Future.

Solo discography

Albums

Singles

Interviews

Radio

Film works

References

  1. Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Cibo Matto". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 June 2010.


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