Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd (born June 30, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter. 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." Early life. Mia Doi Todd was born June 30, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Her father is sculptor Michael Todd and her mother is retired judge Kathryn Doi Todd. Career. Todd started City Zen Records and released "Zeroone", the follow-up album to "Come Out of Your Mine", on the label in 2001. 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. She released the fifth album, "Manzanita", on Plug Research in 2005. Her debut album, "The Ewe and the Eye", originally released in 1997, was reissued later that year. Her 2006 compilation album, "La Ninja: Amor and Other Dreams of Manzanita", included remixes from Dntel and Flying Lotus. It was followed by her studio album, "Gea", in 2008. In 2009, she released her first instrumental album, "Morning Music", in collaboration with  Andres Renteria. She returned with the solo album, "Cosmic Ocean Ship", in 2011. In 2014, she released "Floresta" on City Zen Records. "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. 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. She is married to Jesse Peterson and has a daughter.