Mia Doi Todd

American singer-songwriter
Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd performing live at the Echoplex on August 22, 2008
Background information
Born (1975-06-30) June 30, 1975 (age 48)
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
GenresIndie folk[1]
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active1997–present
LabelsXmas Records, Communion, Columbia/SME Records, Plug Research, City Zen Records
Websitemiadoitodd.com
Musical artist

Mia Doi Todd (born June 30, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter.[2] She was described by Dusted Magazine as "one of those artists that seem to function not just as creators in their own right, but as connecting links between other musicians."[3]

Early life

Mia Doi Todd was born June 30, 1975, in Los Angeles, California.[2] Her father is sculptor Michael Todd and her mother is retired judge Kathryn Doi Todd.[4][5]

Career

Todd started City Zen Records and released Zeroone, the follow-up album to Come Out of Your Mine, on the label in 2001.[6]

She signed a contract with Columbia/SME Records and recorded The Golden State, culling songs from her previous albums. Mitchell Froom helped her produce it, and the album came out in 2002.[7]

She released the fifth album, Manzanita, on Plug Research in 2005.[8][9] Her debut album, The Ewe and the Eye, originally released in 1997, was reissued later that year.[10]

Her 2006 compilation album, La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita, included remixes from Dntel and Flying Lotus.[11] It was followed by her studio album, Gea, in 2008.[12]

In 2009, she released her first instrumental album, Morning Music, in collaboration with Andres Renteria.[13]

She returned with the solo album, Cosmic Ocean Ship, in 2011.[14] In 2014, she released Floresta on City Zen Records.[15]

Take What You Can Carry (Scientist Dub One) is a song about the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans camp experience which affected her mother and grandmother.[16][17] It was released on February 20, 2020, when California lawmakers passed a resolution to formally apologize to Japanese-Americans for the Legislature's role in their incarceration.[18][19]

She is married to Jesse Peterson and has a daughter.[20][21]

Discography

Studio albums

  • The Ewe and the Eye (1997)
  • Come Out of Your Mine (1999)
  • Zeroone (2001)
  • The Golden State (2002)
  • Manzanita (2005)
  • Gea (2008)
  • Morning Music (2009) (with Andres Renteria)
  • Cosmic Ocean Ship (2011)
  • Floresta (2014)
  • Songbook (2016)
  • Music Life (2021)

Soundtracks

  • Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018)[22]

Remix albums

  • La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita (2006)
  • Ten Views of Music Life (2021)

EPs

  • Pink Sun EP (2006)

Singles

  • "Dublab Remixes" (2003)
  • "Sleepless Nights" (2008)
  • "Take What You Can Carry (Scientist Dub One)" (2020)

Guest appearances

  • The Folk Implosion - "Chained to the Moon" from One Part Lullaby (1999)
  • Mission - "Home" (2001)
  • Dntel - "Anywhere Anyone" from Life Is Full of Possibilities (2001)
  • Beachwood Sparks - "Ponce de Leon Blues" from Make the Cowboy Robots Cry (2002)
  • David J - "Good to Be Loved" from Mess Up (2002)
  • Adventure Time - "Sent from Sandy Shores" from Dreams of Water Themes (2003)
  • Saul Williams - "Seaweed" from Saul Williams (2004)
  • Nobody - "You Can Know Her" from And Everything Else... (2005)
  • Thavius Beck - "Down" from Thru (2006)
  • Ammoncontact - "Earth's Children" from With Voices (2006)
  • Savath & Savalas - "Intro" from Golden Pollen (2007)
  • Life on Earth - Look!! There Is Life on Earth! (2007)
  • Dntel - "Rock My Boat" from Dumb Luck (2007)
  • Kraig Grady - Beyond the Windows Perhaps Among the Podcorn (2007)
  • Build an Ark - Love, Pt. 1 (2009)
  • Build an Ark - "Say Yes!" from Love, Pt. 2 (2010)
  • Build an Ark - "The Yes Song" from The Stars Are Singing Too (2011)
  • Turn on the Sunlight - New Day (2013)[23]
  • André 3000 - "Ghandi, Dalai Lama, Your Lord & Savior J.C. / Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy" and "Ants to You, Gods to Who?" from New Blue Sun (2023)

Compilation appearances

  • "La Vie en Rose" from The Unaccompanied Voice: An A Capella Compilation (2000)
  • "Digital, Version 2.1" from Dublab Presents: Freeways (2001)
  • "Ready or Not" from Loving Takes This Course: A Tribute to the Songs of Kath Bloom (2009)
  • "Night of a Thousand Kisses" from Transmissions from Sinai (2009)
  • "Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo" and "Canto de Iemanjá" from Red Hot + Rio 2 (2011)
  • "Jardim do Amor" from Red Hot + Bach (2014)[24]
  • "Spring" from Mood Indigo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2014)

References

  1. ^ Zeiss, John (March 4, 2008). "Mia Doi Todd - GEA". Prefix.
  2. ^ a b Zeiss, John (February 26, 2008). "Mia Doi Todd: Interview". Prefix.
  3. ^ Kelly, Jennifer (April 30, 2006). "Mia Doi Todd - La Ninja". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ Steve Hochman (September 1, 2002). "In a Foreign Land". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ "Division Two: Justice Kathryn Doi Todd". Judicial Council of California. 23 September 2023.
  6. ^ Nickey, Jason (November 11, 2001). "Mia Doi Todd: Zeroone". Pitchfork Media.
  7. ^ Nickey, Jason (September 24, 2002). "Mia Doi Todd: The Golden State". Pitchfork Media.
  8. ^ Raposa, David (March 8, 2005). "Mia Doi Todd: Manzanita". Pitchfork Media.
  9. ^ Whibbs, Chris (March 2005). "Mia Doi Todd - Manzanita". Exclaim!.
  10. ^ Nishimoto, Dan (February 24, 2006). "Mia Doi Todd - The Ewe and the Eye". Prefix.
  11. ^ Whibbs, Chris (May 2006). "Mia Doi Todd - La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita". Exclaim!.
  12. ^ Whibbs, Chris (April 2008). "Mia Doi Todd - Gea". Exclaim!.
  13. ^ Ranta, Alan (May 26, 2009). "Mia Doi Todd - Morning Music (with Andres Renteria)". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  14. ^ Murray, Noel (May 17, 2011). "Mia Doi Todd: Cosmic Ocean Ship". The A.V. Club.
  15. ^ Sylvester, Daniel (September 17, 2014). "Mia Doi Todd: Floresta". Exclaim!.
  16. ^ Take What You Can Carry (Scientist Dub One) Mia Doi Todd's Bandcamp page
  17. ^ Play It Forward: The Multiplicity Of Mia Doi Todd November 12, 2020 NPR.
  18. ^ California Lawmakers Apologize For U.S. Internment Of Japanese Americans. February 20, 2020 NPR
  19. ^ HR-77 Relative to World War II Japanese American concentration camps. Revised February 20, 2020. California Legislative Information.
  20. ^ "Music & art space headed to Elysian Valley | The Eastsider LA". www.theeastsiderla.com. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  21. ^ Shimoda, Yuri (September 10, 2014). "Mia Doi Todd". jigsawmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  22. ^ "'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Soundtrack Announced". filmmusicreporter.com.
  23. ^ "Turn on the Sunlight featuring Mia Doi Todd". dublab.
  24. ^ "Red Hot + Bach Releases June 17th". Red Hot. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.

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