He’s from Tokyo.. moved to the states after high school. A close friend to DJ Tonk. I recently came upon this album and now a fan of his work. But of course, I am more interested on the instrumentals on this album “Laughing.”
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Mia Doi Todd (born June 30 1975) is a musician from Los Angeles, California, United States.
Todd moved to New Haven, Connecticut in 1993 to attend Yale University, where she majored in East Asian Studies. Her first album, the ewe and the eye, was recorded at the Spaceshed, the recording studio/garage belonging to the LA band Further. It came out on their label, Xmas Records, in the spring of 1997, as she was graduating from college. She moved to New York City and started playing in clubs. Elliott Smith and the Palace Brothers were big influences of hers at the time. That fall, she recorded her second album, come out of your mine, which was released on The Communion Label in 1999.
She lived in Japan for most of 1998, studying Ankoku Butoh first with Kazuo and Yoshito Ohno and at Asbestos-kan, and then with Min Tanaka at Body Weather Farm. She speaks rudimentary Japanese. Returning home to Los Angeles, she recorded most of her next album, zeroone, on a Power Mac G4 and started City Zen Records to release it in 2001.
Her first three albums were solo acoustic recordings. After these, she started to play with a band. They had been called Los Cincos and were renamed Syncopation. They never recorded much together, though. She signed a contract with Sony/Columbia Records, and recorded The Golden State, culling songs from her previous albums. Mitchell Froom and Yves Beauvais helped her produce it. She recorded at the Sunset Sound Factory, and the album came out in the fall of 2002 and was generally well received by critics. For a year, she toured the US and Europe, on her own and then with Alaska! and Lou Barlow’s Folk Implosion. Sony chose at this time not to renew her contract.
Her fifth album, Manzanita, released in 2005, is also the Spanish name of a round-leaved bush with smooth, red bark and tiny, bell-shaped blossoms, that grows throughout California and the Pacific Coast. She recorded up in Lake Hollywood with Rob Campanella. Many of the songs are still just voice and guitar or piano. Brent Rademaker played bass as well as some guitar and piano. On drums and percussion were Hunter Crowley, Ric Menck, and Nelson Bragg. Members of Dead Meadow and Beachwood Sparks made cameo appearances, and the entire band Future Pigeon backed her on the song “Casa Nova”. Rob engineered all the while, and played electric guitar, piano, dulcimer and mandolin. Briefly joined LA freak-folk collective Winter Flowers to build her artistic credibility and boost her career after several years of waning success.
An album of remixes, La Ninja: Amor and other dreams of Manzanita, appeared in April 2006. The disc also had three new tracks, including a cover of the Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood.”
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Artist:Mia Doi Todd
Album:La Ninja (Amor And Other Dreams Of Manzanita)
Label:Plug Research
Release:2005
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***La Ninja (Amor And Other Dreams Of Manzanita REMIX’s) will be available for promotional download April 6, 2009 for 24hrs ONLY!!…EXCLUSIVE***
Tracklist
1. What If We Do (DJ Nobody Remix)
2. Amor (Aventure Time Remix)
3. Norweigan Wood
4. My Room Is White (Dungen Remix)
5. Muscle, Bone & Blood (Ammon Contac Remix)
6. Deep At Sea (Dntel Remix)
7. The Last Night Of Winter (Campane Remix)
8. My Room Is White (Reminder Remix)
9. Kokoro
10. Muscle, Bone & Blood (Chessie remix)
11. Shikibu
12. My Room Is White (Flying Lotus Remix)
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*Remixes from Nobody, Adventure Time, Dungen, Ammon Contact, Chessie and more!* Since Miss Doi Todd’s last album ‘Manzanita’ (which forms the basis for the remixed tracks here) once again placed its emphasis on her distinct, husky vocal, the carefully assembled set of remixers here had much more to work with than is usual for this sort of thing. First up is Mush / Rough Trade operator Nobody, who recently popped up on Earsugar’s lovely Jukebox series, with a dense and eclectic, throwback psyche-pop gem. Before too long we are transported magically into the world of Swedish psychesters Dungen, who have the strongest track on this album with a gloomy yet strangely hopeful mix of styles. Plug Research’s resident superstars DNTEL also make an appearance, an electrode number that demands to be played loud, while Ninjatune’s young hopeful Ammoncontact turns in a lazy slow jam, made specially for dem ladies. On top of the remixed material Miss Doi Todd contributes three exclusive tracks, one of which is a cover of Beatles classic ‘Norwegian Wood’ – complete with the obligatory 60s lounge charm that works a treat. Great stuff.
It’s with immense pleasure that we present on Record Kicks the full-length album by TRIO VALORE, the new deep funk & mod jazz super group formed by:
STEVE WHITE – Joined The Style Council at the age of 17, and is considered by many to be the UK`s finest drummer of his generation, playing on 15 albums with the legendary Paul Weller. As a solo artist Steve has released 4 albums. As a sideman, he’s been one of the founders of the Acid Jazz movement with Galliano and he played with The Young Disciples, JTQ and Working Week, through to New Orleans legend Dr John and the late great Ian Dury. Recognised as the youngest musician to perform at Live Aid in Wembley in 1985, Steve has performed at Live 8 aswell.
DAMON MINCHELLA – Formed Brit Pop heroes Ocean Colour Scene, going on to sell over 3million albums before leaving in 2004, has also been the first call bassist for Paul Weller for over 12 years. He has performed a with a whole host of other artists, including The Who, Dr John, Jimmy Page, Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse and Carleen Anderson.
SEAMUS BEAGHEN –Seamus has played with a staggering list of artists including Iggy Pop, Morrissey, Supergrass, Babyshambles, Paul Weller, David Gray, Death In Vegas, Alabama 3, Madness, The Grid, Desmond Dekker, Barry Adamson and the legendary Tom Jones.
Together as TRIO VALORE they have a clear and precise message and it`s all about the groove. On their debut album expect 12 hot cuts full of floorshaking Hammond grooves, heavy deep funk & super dancefloor mod jazz. With hip covers of Amy Winehouse’s Rehab, Jimmy Hendrix Fire and Stone’s Paint it black alongside original compositions. On the album happeared also as special guests Benjamin Herman (New Cool Collective), Louk Boudesteijn & Jan Van Duikeren (Paul Weller).
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Blank Blue is a Los Angeles based band that features DJ Nobody (Elvin Estela) and Niki Randa sounding like Os Mutantes with an 808 kick sample. Their first released track is on the brand-new “From L.A. With Love” compilation and their very first show was at Low End Theory on 6/14/2007.
Prior to Blank Blue Deejay/producer DJ Nobody released two full length albums (Soul Mates and Pacific Drift) on San Francisco born Los Angeles based independent label Ubiquity Records. Currently the duo is working on their first full length “DJ Nobody Presents Blank Blue: Western Water Music Vol. 2″ which is scheduled to come out on Ubiquity Records in the summer of 2008.
Nikki Randa and DJ Nobody met while working together in Long Beach at Fingerprints Records.
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Artist:Blank Blue
Album:Western Water Music, Vol.2 2LP
Label:Ubiquity Records
Release:2008 BUY IT!
Review
Turntablelab
The psyche-beats boy wonder Nobody returns with yet another fold to his ever-evolving tote bag. Blank Blue is the debut album for his collaboration with vocalist Niki Randa. In a nutshell, they sound like a fuzzy downtempo version of the Cocteau Twins (minus the ridiculous vocal range of Elizabeth Fraser). Definite HGSOB chill out listening. Checkout “Eyes Closed(1), All The Shallow Deep(2), Faces(3), The Spectral Company(4), In The Swim(5),” and “Sea Roars Lead(6).” 12 tracks on double vinyl.
