Yuka Honda, also known as Eucademix, is a visionary producer, composer, performer, and visual artist celebrated for her innovative and genre-defying approach to music and multimedia. Through her enthralling compositions and self-crafted video art, Honda aspires to transport audiences and redefine the possibilities of sound and multimedia.

Her work is shaped by a bold and unique fusion of influences: the experimental energy of New York’s downtown jazz scene, the raw power of hip-hop and street music, the intricacies of classical music that her mother cherished, and the inspiration of nature—wild, beautiful, and at times mercilessly harsh. Honda’s artistry blends experimental textures with rhythm-driven grooves engaging both the intellect and the body, which establishes her as a singular creative force in contemporary music.

Born in Tokyo, Honda spent her formative years in Germany and Denmark and later lived in Aix-en-Provence and Paris. These cultural experiences inform her explorations of sound and form, culminating in a distinct and boundary-pushing body of work.

In 1994, Honda co-founded the groundbreaking band Cibo Matto with Miho Hatori. Their debut album, Viva! La Woman (1996), captivated audiences with its iconoclastic melding of influences and infectious grooves, spending six weeks at #1 on the CMJ charts. Their iconic music video for “Sugar Water,” directed by Michel Gondry, remains a visual and conceptual masterpiece.

Recently, Honda has continued to explore new creative directions with her two-part EP series Farm Psychedelia I and Farm Psychedelia II, released under her moniker Eucademix. In addition to her solo work, Honda collaborates in the duo CUP with her husband, guitarist Nels Cline, blending poetic lyrics with experimental soundscapes, as well as in the project Mycorrhiza with the multi-faceted phenom YoshimiO (of Boredoms and OOIOO), exploring vibrant, improvisational music that reflects their deep creative synergy.

Honda has also collaborated with an impressive roster of artists, producing albums for Sean Ono Lennon and Martha Wainwright, and has performed at tributes and events that showcase her range, such as creating an orchestral arrangement for the Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute at Roulette in New York City.

In 2019, Honda premiered her multimedia opera, No Revenge Necessary, at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY. This work explored the coexistence of humans and AI entities in a post-apocalyptic world, reflecting on themes of resilience, transformation, and the complexities of humanity.

Recently, Honda performed at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, further disseminating her aesthetic messages. Looking ahead, she is set to perform at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, composing music for Karon Davis’s Resurrection of Osiris, a centerpiece of the exhibition Black Artists for Ancient Egypt. She will also bring her Eucademix project to Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival.

Deeply connected to the rhythms of the natural world, Honda is also a board member of the Catskills Agrarian Alliance, a non-profit organization devoted to food sovereignty and regenerative agriculture. Her composition “Underground Transformers” honors radical farmers in upstate New York who innovate to address food insecurity, further bridging her artistic practice with her commitment to community and the environment.

Whether composing, performing, or creating visual art, Yuka Honda’s work stands at the intersection of intellect, innovation, and rhythm.