Riz Maslen is an English

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

ian. During the mid-1990s, she worked with

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and

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. After playing keyboards for the Beloved, she took out a loan, built a home studio and created her first albums there. In 1995, she signed as Neotropic under the label Ntone and soon after as Small Fish with Spine to

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in New York. She continues to be a prominent figure in experimental electronic music.

Discography

Neotropic

* ''Tumble Weed'' EP - N-Tone - 1995 * ''15 Levels of Magnification'' LP - N-Tone - 1995 * ''Laundrophonic'' EP - N-Tone - 1996 * ''15 Levels of Magnification Remixes'' EP - N-Tone - 1997 * ''Ultra Freaky Orange'' EP - N-Tone - 1998 * '' Mr Brubaker's Strawberry Alarm Clock'' LP - N-Tone - 1998 (''

Fact Magazine ''Fact'' is a music publication that launched in the UK in 2003. It covers UK, US, and international music and youth culture topics, with particular focus on electronic, pop, rap, and experimental artists. Having started as a bi-monthly pri ...

'' ranked the album at 31 on its list of "The 50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time" in 2015) * ''La Prochaine Fois'' LP - N-Tone - 2001 * "Sunflower Girl" 7" - N-Tone - 2002 * ''White Rabbits'' LP - Mush - 2004 * ''Prestatyn'' EP - Council Folk Recordings - 2006 * ''Whiter Rabbits'' 2 x LP - Squids Eye Records - 2008 * ''Equestrienne'' LP - Council Folk Recordings - 2009

Small Fish with Spine

* ''Stickleback'' EP - Oxide - 1996 * ''The Hilltop EP'' - Apollo - 1996 * ''Fugu'' EP - Oxide - 1996 * ''I Hate Your Remixes'' EP - Oxide - 1996 * ''Fugu Remixed'' EP - Oxide - 1996 * ''Ultimate Sushi'' LP - Oxide - 1999

Remix work

Tracks by

Mantronik Kurtis el Khaleel (born Graham Curtis el Khaleel, September 4, 1965), known by the stage name Kurtis Mantronik, is a Jamaican-born hip hop and electronic musician, DJ, remixer, and producer. He was the leader, DJ, and keyboardist of the influent ...

, Low, Frank Chickens, Sky Crys Mary,

DJ Food DJ Food is an electronic music project currently headed by Kevin Foakes (also known as Strictly Kev). It was conceived in 1990 by Jonathan More and Matt Black of Coldcut and the Ninja Tune record label. It has since included various lineups ...

, Ekko, Mich Gerber,

Skinny Puppy Skinny Puppy was a Canadian electro-industrial band formed in Vancouver in 1982. The group was among the founders of the industrial rock and electro-industrial genres. Initially envisioned as an experimental side-project by cEvin Key (Kevin Crom ...

Ulver Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian Experimental electronic music, experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album ''Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler, Bergtatt'', ...

, Thread,

Fujiya & Miyagi Fujiya & Miyagi is a British group formed in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 2000. The current line-up consists of David Best (vocals and guitar), Stephen Lewis (synths and vocals), Ed Chivers (drums), Ben Adamo, and Ben Farestuedt (bass and ...

and :papercutz.

Filmography

*''Dish'' - written and directed by Meloni Poole, Film Four and Film Council. Shown at London Film Festival 2001 and competition at International Film Festivals. *''Remote Control'' - Kohoutek documentary at various film events around London. *''Murder in Paradise'' - documentary for Channel 4 broadcast early 2002. *''La Prochaine Fois'' - directed Riz Maslen, shown at Leeds film festival 2000, Pompidou Centre in Paris 2000 and Sundance Film Festival 2002. *''Vigilarie'' - Riz Maslen and Kaffe Matthews. A film about surveillance as part of the Future Sonic Festival in Manchester 2001, FutureSonic Tour 2004 Bristol / Birmingham / Liverpool.

Videogame work

Maslen also provided vocals to the '' Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' soundtrack.

References

External links

www.neotropic.net

La Prochaine Fois at Squidattack

Neotropic Myspace profile

Riz Maslen's YouTube channel
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maslen, Riz English electronic musicians Living people English women in electronic music English record producers British women record producers Year of birth missing (living people)