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Mia Doi Todd debuted with the solo acoustic albums
The Ewe And The Eye (Xmas, 1997), that included the original version of
Autumn,
and
Come Out Of Your Mine (Communion, 1999)
two collections that mimicked the style of the lo-fi singer-songwriters of the time,
although the latter already contained The River & the Ocean that hinted
at her philosophical concerns and progressive dynamics.
Independence Day and Hijikata first appeared on the latter
album.
Relocating to her native Los Angeles, she crafted another mostly acoustic album,
Zeroone (City Zen, 2001), a much more ambitious work that included
lengthy and cryptic meditations such as Digital and Can I,
besides the shorter but no less intense
Merry Me, Like a Knife, and Poppy Fields,
that evoked both
Nico,
Joni Mitchell,
Jane Siberry and
Shannon Wright.
She re-recorded some of her old songs for her brief fling with stardom,
the hyper-arranged The Golden State (Sony, 2002).
Manzanita (Plug Research, 2005) returned her to a more congenial
spartan setting (The Last Night of Winter, Muscle Bone and Blood),
despite a few attempts at sounding fashionable.
Todd embraced electronics and jazz for Gea (City Zen, 2008), highlighted
by the eleven-minute suite River of Life/The Yes Song.
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