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Rabbit Skin & Glue/Skirting on Thin Ice  – Quetsi Tek Rabbit Skin & Glue was com
Rabbit Skin & Glue/Skirting on Thin Ice – Quetsi Tek Rabbit Skin & Glue was com
Erasure is Maslen & Mehras’ and Riz Maslens’ first collaborative work.The artist
Erasure is Maslen & Mehras’ and Riz Maslens’ first collaborative work.The artist

riz maslen

Audio Visual Artist

 

 

 

                           

 

Riz Maslen

riz.maslen@gmail.com

www.neotropic.net

www.youtube.com/user/rizmaslen

http://vimeo.com/user3013581

http://soundcloud.com/neotropic

 

Riz Maslen has been part of the electronic music scene since 1996, being one of the few female producers around to have gained much acclaim for her work. Riz started her career fronting many bands whilst growing up in the West Country moving to London during the heady days of the Rave Scene met and worked with ambient kings Future Sound of London, featuring on many of their albums, and singing on Top of the Pops with their hit “Papua New Guinea”.

She signed to Ninja Tune’s sister label Ntone in 1996, and released three critically acclaimed albums, culminating in a fourth released in 2004 on highly respected U.S. independent label Mush - “White Rabbits”.

During Riz’s career she has toured extensively in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia, where she has played solo shows, more recently with a full band.

The aim of her visual shows is to take the audience on more of a journey than most.  Not only does Riz write and perform the music, she also produces photographic slides and (Super 8) films as part of her live set-up to create a cinematic, multi-media experience.  Her work is often highly personal and about ‘journeys through life’ of her own.  The visuals and music synchronise to give us a soul-baring glimpse in her experiences, the end result being something, which the audience can hopefully relate to and be moved by.

In 2000 Riz set up her own independent label Council Folk Recordings with long time collaborator Paul Jason Fredericks and has released under the name Frederick and Nina, along with Dose One from Clouddead.

Riz has worked with many artists who have collaborated on many of her music projects including Nick McCabe (The Verve), Low, Kaffe Matthews (sound artist) and Brian Dougans (FSOL).

Riz at present is working on various projects in 2010/11, including visuals for Etchasketch live shows in collaboration with 10sui.
Neotropic also was a runner up in the Peoples Music Awards 2010 in the Off the Beaten Track category.

In the last few years her work has branched into more sound design and composition working both collaboratively with artists, and developing her own solo sound and visual installations. 2011 is already proving to be an exceptional year for her, having already been commissioned by Kew Gardens and selected for Bow Arts Open.

 

 

DISCOGRAPHY

2011 Neotropic- Equestrienne Remixes (Architects and Heroes)

2010 Neotropic – Equestrienne (CouncilFolk Recordings)

2008 Neotropic – Whiter Rabbits (CouncilFolk Recordings/Squids Eye)

2007 Neotropic Prestatyn Ep  (CouncilFolk Recordings/Net31)

2004 Neotropic “White Rabbits” (Mush Records)

2002 Neotropic “Sunflower Girl” (7” single) (Ntone)

2001 Neotropic “La Prochaine Fois” (Audio visual LP/CD with full-length film) (Ntone)

“Inspirational…. A gamut of emotional, feeling music within, detailing love, hate, anger, hope and despair.” (Mixmag)

1999 Neotropic “Ultra Freaky Orange” (Remix EP) (Ntone)

1998 Neotropic “Mr Brubaker’s Strawberry Alarm Clock” (LP) (Ntone)

1997 Small Fish With Spine “Ultimate Sushi” (LP) (Oxide)

1997 Small Fish With Spine “The Hilltop”  (EP) (R&S)

1996 Neotropic “15 Levels Of Magnification” (Remix EP) (Ntone)

1995 Neotropic “15 Levels Of Magnification” (LP) (Ntone)“A talent to watch” (The Wire)

1995 Neotropic “Neotropic” (EP) (Ntone)

 

 

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 shown at various film events around London.

 

Murder in Paradise- documentary for Channel 4 broadcast early 2002.

 

La Prochaine Fois- directed by Riz Maslen, shown at Leeds Film Festival 2000, Pompidou Centre, Paris 2000 and Sundance Film Festival 2002.

 

Vigilarie- directed by Riz Maslen and Kaffe Matthews, a film about surveillance shown as part of the Future Sonic Festival in Manchester 2001.

 

Seafood - written and directed by Robin Baker for Film Council Digital Shorts.  Released 2004 for distribution at International Film Festivals.

 

Small Moves- a collection of short films written and directed by Oliver Marlowe,

Released on DVD November 2004

 

Lap – Written and directed by Meloni Poole (Tartan Films), 2005.

 

Lift – Written and directed by Riz Maslen & Michael Wallace (2007)

 

Urban Canyons 2007– Ident for ICONS series

 

Urban Canyons 2010– Ident for ICON Series London

 

Urbanation 2011

 

Crime after Crime - 2011(selected for Sundance) CRIME AFTER CRIME is the exclusive documentary film on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.

 

 

SOUND & VISUALS INSTALLATIONS

Quetsi Tek Film Installation  - BAT Pack ll

30 June - Sunday 10 July 2011

Mile End Art Pavilion

BAT Pack II is an exhibition of art works, performances and interventions in and around Mile End Art Pavilion. The ‘Pack’ consists of over 60 artists working with diverse subjects and media. 

 

Departure Lounge Installation - Connection Point

The show curated by Edward Lucie Smith and Max Presneill ( Torrance Art Museum, LA) 

Friday 24 June to Sunday 17 July 2011

SE1 Project Space

 

Walk On The Wild Side

Collaborative video/sound work with duo Maslen & Mehra exhibited at the CONTACT International Festival Toronto 2011

 

Kew Gardens Summer Festival Sound Commission

May – September 2011

The Alpine Path – Sound Piece in the Davies Alpine House

If You Go Down to the Woods Today – Sound Piece for The Redwood Grove

 

Body House Version 1  

Spill Festival 24th April 2011

(Performance sound piece with Shabnam Shabazi)

The provocation for Body House is the erosion of cultural & material bonds. In the 21st century, the idea of ‘home’ as a fixed physical and geographical location seems redundant. 

Shabnam Shabazi’s signature theme is ‘home’, as a sense of place, identity and the spaces in and around the body. Her practice is archival, and her process can be likened to an archaeologist excavating the past as an attempt at unveiling a kind of futurity based on walking and journeys.

 

Rabbit Skin & Glue – Sound Piece

Step Sequence Get Carter – 05 – 31 March 2011

As part of the Get Carter Anniversary celebrations Pixel Palace invited artists to submit an audio piece that are inspired by the film.

 

Rabbit Skin & Glue – Video and sound piece - Lightworks Grimsby - 2011

Lightworks is a one-night festival of film, sound and new media that takes place in Grimsby Minster every year. It includes stills, video, sound and video Haiku.

 

Wet Sounds Tour 2011

Wet Sounds installs at swimming pools at 7 UK cities. An open to the public event featuring live music by Joel Cahen and including the deep listening gallery featuring new work by selected artists under the theme ReVerse, these are: Daniel Blinkhorn (Au),  Jessica Rowland (UK), Julius Holtz (D), Liam Quinn (UK), Philip Mantione (USA), Riz Maslen (UK)

Erasure

Erasure is Maslen & Mehras’ and Riz Maslens’ first collaborative work. The artists combine imagery and sound to create an experimental screen based work, which questions the aggressive transformation of areas of East London due to the upcoming Olympics.

ERASURE has been screened at the following exhibitions and festivals

Olympic Visions- Nunnery Gallery London 19th June 2009

VIDEOHOLICA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL 2009, VARN 2nd EDITION - August 4-13, 2009

 

Tilt Exhibition 2009– Untilted – 2009

 

London Jazz Festival  - Untilted – 2009

 

 

 

 

REMIX WORK

Revere (2011)

The Gluts (2011)

Global Warning Project curated and set up by Jimmy Cauty (2009)

Bonfire Madigan (2009)

Hipnotica (2009)

Papercutz (2008)

Mantronik –Low - DJ Food - Skinny Puppy - Frank Chickens - Fujiya & Miyagi - Sky Cries Mary – Ekko - Mitch Gerber –Ulver –Thread - Alias and Tarsier

 

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