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What's the difference between recording music in the studio and playing it live? According to Cibo Matto lead singer Miho Hatori, it's like "mama and dad." The funk-inducing, sweet-sounding Japanese American band from New York City is coming to Boston next Thursday, Nov. 18, opening for Live. Recently we talked to Hatori about the band, their ongoing tour and why she calls Cibo Matto the United Colors of Benetton band...
...Hatori: It's great. This time we are opening up for Live, so it is quite different our usual shows. We're playing bigger venues and playing for people who have no idea about Cibo Matto. Actually it is pretty interesting, the audience, they're like "What is this band...
...amazing, they picked us to tour with them, a miracle, I think. I think Yuka [Honda, keyboards, vocals and other original band member] met the vocalist somewhere, and he's a very nice guy, so I guess it started from there. So many bands want to open up for Live because they're a big band. It's just amazing that Cibo Matto, a "weird band," gets to do this, it's pretty fantastic. The audience might not have any idea about us, but I think that's good, people need time to figure out whether they like...
...This is a high profile tour for Cibo Matto, and for a "weird band" in general. How popular to you see Cibo Matto eventually becoming...
...from us. Also, Yuka and I don't have big boobs, so that's makes it difficult. And we are Japanese. We are trying, through, through touring, to get people to know about our music. We want people to come to check us out, to see there is a band like this that exists. The important thing is that we have to keep going to spread our music around...