Pom Pom: The Essential Cibo Matto

by Cibo Matto

Overview

Though Cibo Matto disbanded in 2001, their music still feels ahead of its time. Perhaps that's why it took a while for a best-of collection of the band's music to arrive -- Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda's musical influence is still felt more actively than many other artists from the mid- to late '90s. Hatori and Honda's omnivorous musical tastes (which spanned hip-hop, punk, dub, jazz, bossa nova, and pop), their perspective as transplanted Japanese women living in New York, and their fluency in pairing these wildly divergent influences with universal themes like food and love made Cibo Matto a band with a truly global aesthetic. Pom Pom: The Essential Cibo Matto does right by the duo's music, presenting the highlights from their albums Viva! La Woman and Stereo Type A and the Super Relax EP, as well as two previously unreleased tracks and a pair of rarities. Granted, Cibo Matto's body of work is svelte enough that most of it fits easily onto this collection, but it's still a joy to hear Viva! La Woman's vibrant "Know Your Chicken" and "Birthday Cake" mix with more subtly eclectic Stereo Type A tracks like "Spoon" and "Sci-Fi Wasabi." Not only is this collection a solid introduction to the duo's music for those who have only heard how cool and influential Cibo Matto were, but those who have loved the group since Viva! La Woman will appreciate the tributes written by Michel Gondry and Yoko Ono and will need the collection's hard to find tracks. "King of Silence" gets the remix treatment from a very young Dan the Automator (who worked with Hatori in the first incarnation of Gorillaz a few years later), while "Swords and a Paintbrush" goes in an atypically dark, but fascinating, direction. Die-hard fans might insist that the essential Cibo Matto is the band's entire discography, but Pom Pom does a skillful job of distilling their eclectic sound down to its tastiest moments. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	09/30/2022
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8719262024298
Rank:	25177

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cibo Matto   Primary Artist
Bernie Worrell   Organ
Billy Martin   Percussion
Curtis Fowlkes   Trombone
Smokey Hormel   Guitar (Acoustic)
John Medeski   Clavinet
Dougie Bowne   Drums,Percussion
Vinia Mojica   Vocals (Background)
Jay Rodriguez   Saxophone
Sebastian Steinberg   Bass
Josh Roseman   Trombone
Miho Hatori   Shaker,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Yuka Honda   Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Vocoder,Sampling,Harpsichord,Synthesizer
Marc Anthony Thompson   Vocals
Marc Ribot   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Dave Douglas   Trumpet
Russell Simins   Guitar,Vocals
Sean Lennon   Bass,Drums,Pedals,Vocals,Vocoder,Percussion,Synthesizer,Bass (Electric),Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Timo Ellis   Bass,Drums,Vocals,Cymbals,8-String Bass,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Yumiko Ohno   Moog Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Duma Love   Vocals,Beat Box,Percussion,Turntables

Technical Credits

Bill Inglot   Remastering
Kudsi Erguner   Composer
Cibo Matto   Composer
Cory Frye   Project Assistant
Miho Hatori   Composer,Liner Notes,Group Member,Illustrations,Compilation Producer
Yoko Ono   Liner Notes
Yuka Honda   Composer,Sequencers,Liner Notes,Group Member,Compilation Producer
Charles Norbeck   Discographical Information
Ennio Morricone   Composer
David Newgarde   Compilation Producer
Sean Lennon   Composer
Timo Ellis   Composer
Amanda Smith   Art Supervisor
Michel Gondry   Liner Notes
Toni Isabella   Project Assistant
Dennis Kleiman   Photography
Matt Abels   Project Assistant
Michael Lavine   Photography
Daniel Hersch   Remastering
Masaki Koike   Project Assistant
Lisa Liese   Product Manager
David Ponak   Project Assistant
Alessandra Quaranta   Photo Research