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]
Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd performing live at the Echoplex on August 22, 2008
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 IIInternment 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]
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 appearancesedit
"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)