Album
Hotel Valentine
2014 · Electronic, Pop
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Hotel Valentine is an Electronic album by Cibo Matto, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
About
<i>Hotel Valentine</i> is Cibo Matto's first release in 15 years. Yuka Honda (keyboards, samples) and Miho Hatori (vocals) have been busy with solo albums, production work, and separate collaborations in the meantime, and this reunion combines their collective experience into something familiar and nostalgic but not completely retro. While the playful genre-blurring that was the band's signature in the '90s is still present, there's also noticeable development in their songwriting. Based on a concept that revolves around a ghost living in a haunted hotel, <i>Hotel Valentine</i>'s murky storyline is a good creative vehicle for this eccentric duo. Alternating between sweet vocals and her whimsical semi-rap delivery, Hatori tells the tale of a female ghost who eats, swims, smokes, and interacts with guests. The story isn't linear or easy to follow, but it does provide moments of humor, metaphor, and mystery. The overall mood is equally mercurial. Rippling dance grooves give way to abstract atmospheric tracks that swirl trip hop, electro-pop, and jazz and rock samples to create woozy environments with unpredictable tempo shifts.
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Tracklist
- 1Check In3:14
- 2Déjà Vu4:19
- 310th Floor Ghost Girl3:33
- 4Emerald Tuesday3:20
- 5MFN3:29
- 6Hotel Valentine3:42
- 7Empty Pool4:12
- 8Lobby3:59
- 9Housekeeping4:02
- 10Check Out3:18
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Trip-Hop
- layered
- witty
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Album came with a hand-written Valentine's Day card from Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda if pre-ordered before the end of 2013.
Issued in a gatefold digisleeve, no track durations on release.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Cibo MattoPROGRAMMED BY , DRUM MACHINE , SYNTH , KEYBOARDS, ELECTRONICS , SOUNDS
- Miho Hatori
- Yuka Honda
- Aaron JohnsonTROMBONE
- Doug WieselmanSAXOPHONE
- Glenn KotcheDRUMS
- Jared SamuelBASS BASS , KEYBOARDS, VOCALS BASS , VOCALS
- Mauro RefoscoPERCUSSION
- Michael LeonhartTRUMPET
- Nels ClineBASS GUITAR GUITAR, BASS
- Reggie WattsGUEST , VOCALS VOCALS
- Yuko ArakiDRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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