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Yuka C. Honda

Yuka C Honda is a musician, producer, composer, and performer. Born in Tokyo, Honda spent part her childhood in Dusseldorf, Germany, and in a small village in Denmark. She feels that having lived in different countries and learned different languages before her foundation was formed had a major influence on her music, in which her major interest is in the integration of elements which may initially seem foreign. As such, her work naturally defies the concepts of genres and borders.

Currently residing in New York City, Honda is best known for the band Cibo Matto, which she co-founded with Miho Hatori in 1994 and in which she created a unique one-man-band sound by triggering samples live. Honda has released three solo albums (on the Tzadik label) and has produced recordings by Sean Lennon, Martha Wainwright, YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND, and Cibo Matto.

She has recorded and performed with a wide range of musicians such as Yoko Ono, Esperanza Spalding, Bernie Worrell, Marc Ribot, Laurie Anderson, Sean Lennon, YoshimiO (of The Boredoms), Kimbra, Thomas Bartlett, Trixie Whitley, and Nels Cline, among others.

Honda’s current projects include: Cup with Nels Cline (guitar); Revert to Sea with Nels Cline (guitar), Alex Cline (drums, percussion, voice), Zeena Parkins (harp), and Devin Hoff (acoustic bass); and Limbs with Susie Ibarra (percussion), Kazu Kumagai (tap dancer), and Andrew Nemr (tap dancer). She also performs as a solo electronics artist which she named EUCADEMIX.

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