Вот! Cibo Matto was a New York City-based band formed by Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda in the 1990s. 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 was thought to mean "food crazy", but actually 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 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's Russell Simmons and others, on a side project called Butter 08. Viva! was released in 1996.
They later added band members Sean Lennon on guitar, and Timo Ellis on drums to record the second full-length album, Stereotype A. While Viva! had strong hip-hop and trip-hop elements, Stereotype leaned more more towards their rock, pop and latin side. Released in 1999, would be their last studio album. 
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 the Gorillaz for their self-titled first album and eventually releasing her own solo album.
