History Music / CiboMatto

The band is known for their many references to food. Their song "Birthday Cake" was featured in ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'', and they appeared in an episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

** Don't tell me "what the hell?" I'm a ghost/Don't throw the fucking oyster shell at me

* TheStoner: In Hotel Valentine, two characters:

** "Déjá Vu" features Yuka and Miho dancing in various outfits in a {{vaporwave}} style hotel room.

The band is known for their many references to food. Their song "Birthday Cake" was featured in VideoGame/JetSetRadio, and they appeared in an episode of Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer.

Cibo Matto was a TripHop band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Founded in 1994 by Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, Cibo Matto have released 3 albums: 1996's Viva! La Woman, 1999's Stereo ☆ Type A, and 2014's Hotel Valentine. They were on hiatus from 2002 to 2011, and formally broke up in 2017.

* AlbumTitleDrop: Twice on Stereo ☆ Type A:

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: the two chicks in "Know Your Chicken" are magenta and blue. Later, the two babies the couple has are also magenta and blue, though this may simply signify PinkGirlBlueBoy.

* ClusterFBomb: "MFN" from Hotel Valentine. Not only is the title an [[FunWithAcronyms initialism]] for 'mother fucking nature,' the bridge repeats:

* ConceptAlbum: Viva! La Woman's song all concern food. Hotel Valentine is also an example, but with a stronger narrative.

** They covered [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory "The Candy Man"]] on Viva! La Woman.

** Viva! La Woman was almost entirely made up of songs which referenced food, and most were named after food as well.
** Stereo ☆ Type A had less food-related songs, but still featured the songs "Sci-Fi Wasabi" and "Spoon".
** Hotel Valentine has a few passing food references in "Lobby" and "Housekeeping". "Emerald Tuesday" is about a cocktail served at Hotel Valentine, according to WordOfGod.

* HiddenTrack: "Jive" from Viva! La Woman. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It's 19 seconds of Miho Hatori slapping her thighs rhythmically.]]
* KitschyLocalCommercial: one scene in the video for "Know Your Chicken" is modeled after this. The ad is for a restaurant where customers can [[{{Squick}} slaughter their own chicken.]]

* LuckyCharmsTitle: Stereo ☆ Type A.
* NewSoundAlbum: Stereo ☆ Type A was more serious and complex than their first album.

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Possibly the two chicks in Know Your Chicken. The magenta one is female, but the blue chick's gender is unknown. Also implied with the two babies [[CallBack later in the song (one is magenta, the other is blue.)]]
* SingerNamedrop: Sci-Fi Wasabi namechecks both founding members and the band itself:

* YouAreNotAlone: "King Of Silence" and "Stone" both have overtones of this.

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** "Know Your Chicken" is set up like a cheesy 1999's SitCom, with a young couple arguing over dinner, but soon introduces a chick who grows up into a giant red hen who moves in with the couple, [[LesYay flirts with the woman]], [[LetsMeetTheMeat and is later cooked and eaten]]. In addition, one scene involves Yuka and Miho dancing in sparkly dresses in a KitschyLocalCommercial for a (fictional) restaurant where customers can apparently choose and slaughter their own chicken.

** Hotel Valentine has a few passing food references in "Lobby" and "Housekeeping".

* LethalChef: "Birthday Cake."

* YouAreNotAlone: "King Of Silence".

Cibo Matto is a TripHop band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Founded in 1994 by Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, Cibo Matto have released 3 albums: 1996's Viva! La Woman, 1999's Stereo ☆ Type A, and 2014's Hotel Valentine.

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* Miho Hatori, lead vocalist, acoustic guitarist, and percussionist. Member from 1994 until 2002, when the band went on hiatus, and since the band's reunion in 2011.
* Yuka Honda, backing vocalist, sampler, sequencer, keyboardist, pianist, organist, harpsichordist, and synthesizer player. Member from 1994 until 2002, when the band went on hiatus, and since the band's reunion in 2011.
* Yuko Araki, drummer. Member since the band's reunion in 2011.
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* ConceptAlbum: Hotel Valentine.

** GratuitousFrench: "Le Pain Perdu," a song from their first album, means French toast. Some parts of "Theme" are in French. Their cover of Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s Black Hole Sun is in French as well.

* TheStoner: In Hotel Valentine, the Tenth Floor Ghost Girl remarks that life as a ghost is more civilized, one of her reasons being that marijuana is no longer illegal.
** From "MFN": "Yo, I'm a ghost, I'm stuck in this place/Don't chase me, I blazed a joint while you were deep with sleep!"

** "Know Your Chicken" is set up like a cheesy 1999's SitCom, with a young couple arguing over dinner, but goes on to include a giant red chicken.
** "Sugar Water" is shot in split-screen. Until the middle of the video, the right side is played backwards. At the middle, this switches: the left side is in reverse, and the right side is not.

** "Déjá Vu" features Yuka and Miho in a {{vaporwave}} style hotel room.

* WordSaladLyrics: Many of their songs, especially "Know Your Chicken" and "Beef Jerky".

** "Déjá Vu" features Yuka and Miho in a Vaporwave style hotel room.

** "MFN" is impossible to explain, but the visual is an absolutely seizure inducing mix of [[Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu PONPONPON]] and WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz.
** "Déjá Vu" features Yuka and Miho in a VaporWave style hotel room.

** GratuitousFrench: "Le Pain Perdu," a song from their first album, means French toast. Some parts of "Theme" are in French. Their cover of Music/Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun is in French as well.

** GratuitousFrench: Some parts of "Theme" are in French. Their cover of Music/Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun is in French as well.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Both Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori are Japanese, so naturally, many of their songs include Japanese lyrics. "Theme" also has verses in French.

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The band is known for their many references to food. Their song "Birthday Cake" was featured in VideoGame/JetSetRadioFuture, and they appeared in an episode of Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer.

* EpicRocking: "Theme" is over ten minutes long!

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Both Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori are Japanese, so naturally, many of their songs include Japanese lyrics. "Theme" also has verses in French.

* Epic Rocking: "Theme" is over ten minutes long!

* [=Epic Rocking=]: "Theme" is over ten minutes long!
* [=Genre Roulette=]: Though Cibo Matto's music tends towards trip-hop, they often experiment with other genres.

* [=Gratuitous Foreign Language=]: Both Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori are Japanese, so naturally, many of their songs include Japanese lyrics. "Theme" also has verses in French.

* [=EpicRocking=]: "Theme" is over ten minutes long!
* [=GenreRoulette=]: Though Cibo Matto's music tends towards trip-hop, they often experiment with other genres.

* [=GratuitousForeignLanguage=]: Both Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori are Japanese, so naturally, many of their songs include Japanese lyrics. "Theme" also has verses in French.