Riz Maslen is an English
electronic musician. During the mid-1990s, she worked with
4hero
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and
Future Sound of London. 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
Oxygen Music Works
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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 (''
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'' 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, Low, Frank Chickens, Sky Crys Mary,
DJ Food, Ekko, Mich Gerber,
Skinny Puppy
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,
Ulver
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, Thread,
Fujiya & Miyagi 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.netLa Prochaine Fois at SquidattackNeotropic Myspace profileRiz Maslen's YouTube channel*
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English electronic musicians
Living people
English women in electronic music
English record producers
British women record producers
Year of birth missing (living people)