Taken from the forthcoming EP Rabbit Skin & Glue (no release date yet)

Un Tilted

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.

I am not a musician but music plays a very important role in my creative life! I am an artist/designer and music is my companion and my muse in the long hours I spend working in my studio!
I am immensely impressed and grateful for all the talented and inspiring musicians whose work graces this Cloud, and I will always re-post sounds that I love (and will listen to again) - knowing that others will enjoy them! 

always trying to work it out

fan of:

Arvo Pärt, Low, Julia Holter, This is The Kit, Autechre, Jai Paul, Sampha, Jpegmafia, Burial, Neotropic, FlyLo, FSOL, Giorgio Li Calzi, Karen Vogt, Brooke Sharkey, Björk, Portishead, Aphex, Goldie, The Orb, Martin Galway, Boards of Canada, Simon Fisher-Turner, Chris Huelsbeck, King Tubby, Depeche Mode, Banco de Gaia, Public Enemy, MIA, Reptile, Deceptikon, x0m81e, Rob Hubbard, Plaid, Michael Nyman, MFDOOM, Sly Stone, Jean Michelle Jarre, LFO, Radiohead, Thundercat, Laurie Anderson, MBV,  Azrael, Isaac Hayes, Two Lone Swordsmen, Slowdive, Lush, Enya, Cocteau Twins, T-Power, Broadcast, Curtis Mayfield, Stockhausen, Satie, Schnittke, Ligeti, Messiaen etc..

Resounding through all the notes
In the earth's colorful dream
There sounds a faint long-drawn note
For the one who listens in secret.
  -- Friedrich Schlegel

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