{"product_id":"morning-music","title":"Morning Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNOW SHIPPING\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eMia Doi Todd \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis known for her quiet, haunting songs, usually conveyed through her evocative and instantly recognizable voice. With a deep body of work spanning twelve albums, and as a formidable collaborator on records by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaraaji, Tunde Adebimpe \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(TV on the Radio), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScientist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and more recently with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndré 3000 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarlos Niño \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon New Blue Sun, Mia is an essential element in the richly woven musical tapestry of her native Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMorning Music is an instrumental, ambient experience unlike anything else in her catalog. Mia recorded and mixed the tracks at her own Château des Chats Studio in Frogtown, Los Angeles, playing harmonium, piano, tin whistle, tamboura, acoustic guitar, and drums. On the tracks “Samai’i” and “Emotion,” she is joined by multi-instrumentalist Andres Renteria on cajon, piano, wooden stool, and udu. Birds and traffic, heard softly in the distance, feel like a natural and comforting part of the proceedings. The small dramas of the piano and tin whistle resolve themselves peacefully, like thoughts arising and falling in meditation. However one chooses to listen, Morning Music is a lovely and aptly named collection of music to encourage even the weariest minds and bodies to quietly awaken. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally released as a CD in 2009 and now available for the first time on vinyl. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“HEARTFULLY SOFT AND ECSTATIC MUSIC COLLABORATION....... \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI enjoy being carried along as these two musicians’ sound passenger.....\u003cbr\u003ethe journey unfolds vibrantly through ecstatic improvisation and inventions” \u003cstrong\u003e—Laraaji\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMorning Music is a unique album that is contemplative, scenic, meditative, and just ever so ex- perimental. It is also reflective, and ultimately hopeful, like a lot of poetry, though this set (perfect for a Vinyl pressing) is in tone, rhythm and pulse, not words . . . — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarlos Niño\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/miadoitodd.bandcamp.com\/album\/morning-music\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/miadoitodd.bandcamp.com\/album\/morning-music\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Zen Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":48045039452441,"sku":"","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4669\/2121\/files\/a2933495927_10.jpg?v=1709055903","url":"https:\/\/virtualdirect.store\/products\/morning-music","provider":"Virtual Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}