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Miho Hatori

Role in the Gorillaz Project
Miho Hatori went to Jamaica with Damon Albarn, his engineers, and Dan The Automator in late spring 2000 at the tail-end of the sessions for the Gorillaz album. At Gee Jam Studios the group completed the final mixes of the tracks, Damon laying down his vocals (which up to this point had been unfinalised and often gibberish, not even words) and Miho Hatori providing backing vocals. She appears on Re-Hash, Faust, Left Hand Suzuki Method and 19/2000 prominently, though she is on other tracks, such as 5/4 and Latin Simone. Contrary to what many fans believe, Miho did not tour with the Gorillaz, and neither does she voice Noodle in interviews of the Gorilla Bites (the latter roles being filled by Haruka Kuroda).



Biography
Miho Hatori is a Japanese artist who after working as a club DJ and member of the Tokyo rap group Kimidori relocated to New York in 1994. There she met Yuka Honda, another Japanese expatriate. They first teamed in the Boredoms-inspired noise outfit Leitoh Lychee; after that band's breakup, the duo formed Cibo Matto, Italian for "food madness". Their main themes were heady brew of funk samples, hip-hop rhythms, tape loops, pop melodies and surreal narratives sung in French and broken English. After two independent singles, "Birthday Cake" and "Know Your Chicken," Cibo Matto signed to Warner, releasing Viva! La Woman in 1996. EP Super Relax followed in 1997. Sean Lennon, percussionist Duma Love, and drummer Timo Ellis were installed as full-time members for the follow-up Stereo Type A in 1999. A few years later, the group disbanded, with Hatori collaborating with Smokey Hormel and the Gorillaz, and more recently doing some solo shows herself.



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