Neotropic Riz Maslen St Leonard's on Sea I breathed a sigh of relief/That shook the mountain down” Riz Maslen has had an extraordinary career so far – playing live at Coachella and the Montreaux Jazz Festival, composing for Kew Gardens and the English National Opera, and releasing work on a who’s who of independent labels including R&S/Apollo, Oxygen Music Works and Ninja Tune. First marked out as a trip hop artist by critics, Riz Maslen had actually arrived in London from the West Country where she had been playing in several indie bands. The story of her involvement with Future Sound of London and The Beloved at the inception of acid house is well-documented, as is her loan-funded move into production and subsequent releases on R&S, Oxygen Music Works and Ninja Tune. But scratch beyond those beginnings and an extraordinary trajectory emerges – of an artist building an aesthetic that breathes both electronically and organically, in which can be heard jazz, folk, psychedelia and post-rock, alongside those electronics, samples and field recordings which characterise her early output. Beyond the musical, those early incorporations of field recordings and found sounds have developed into audio artworks including installations for Kew Gardens and The Southbank Centre. And beyond the aural, her work has frequently included or required visual elements, both still and moving – in fact, La Prochaine Fois (2001) was both an audio CD and a film directed by Maslen that screened at Sundance. Now homed in St Leonards On Sea, she has completed her sixth Neotropic studio album, formed improvisation super group Non Blank with Oliver Cherer, Jack Hayter and Darren Morris, and collaborated with Zeroh for several festivals. Often intensely personal, her focus on honesty in performance makes her a compelling live act. Neotropic’s tracks The Man Of Many Contradictions by Neotropic published on 2015-06-29T13:48:28Z The Gardener In The City Short Version by Neotropic published on 2014-03-22T14:09:48Z The Gardener In The City by Neotropic published on 2014-03-22T12:51:58Z Blue You ( Magnetic Fields Remix) 2014 by Neotropic published on 2014-03-07T11:52:10Z The Lip of Chaos by Neotropic published on 2012-07-28T13:47:16Z HOME-YAGE MIX by Neotropic published on 2011-12-22T18:51:44Z Riverman featuring Paul Jason Fredericks by Neotropic published on 2011-02-26T16:23:24Z I Wonder Why by Neotropic published on 2011-02-26T16:14:26Z I'm Starting to Slip by Neotropic published on 2011-02-26T16:11:02Z For Yourself by Neotropic published on 2011-02-26T16:08:31Z
