hatori expressed an early interest in music while growing up in japan. she worked at a used record shop flash disc ranch in shimokitazawa, tokyo where she was exposed to many different styles of music, and sometimes performed as a club dj. her earliest history in a music project dates to 1991 when she joined the hip hop group kimidori, although she eventually left the group in 1992. miho then moved to the united states, new york circa 1993 to study art. the first new york band she was in was a punk band called leitoh lychee for which she provided the vocals, and also played violin through a distortion effects pedal.