How a Car Accident Gave Tomu DJ Motivation to Become a Solo Artist

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Hosted by Emily Fox

Tomu DJ is an electronic artist from the Bay Area. She’s out with a new album called I Want To Be.

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Tomu DJ is an electronic artist from the Bay Area. She’s out with a new album called I Want To Be. Tomu DJ speaks with Emily Fox about her new album, her experience in the music industry as a trans woman and how a near death car accident impacted her sense of rhythm and inspired her to become a solo artist.“I had this renewed or newfound motivation to explore myself and kind of my own mental landscape and the things that I've experienced through music,” she says.

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