Neotropic

The release of Whiter Rabbits will be released on the 26th February 2008 on Squids Eye Recordings/Council Folk Recordings it features mixes by Ceschi, Ollo, Healamonster and Tarsier and a whole host of other great artists!

Tracklisting:

Girls at the Seaside
New Cross
Inch Inch
Magpies
Odity Round-a-Heights
Feeling Remote
Small Moves
Joe Luke
If We Were Trees
New Cross Remix by Lady Husk
Inch Inch Remix by Healamonster and Tarsier
Magpies Remix by Ceschi
Odity Round-a-Heights remix by The Grim Life
Joe Luke remix by Hypnotica
Magpies remix by 10sui
If We Were Tress remix by George Demure
Joe Luke remix by Eightward
If We Were Trees Remix by Ollo

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Take a trip with Neotropic - like Alice in Wonderland, step through the door into a world unlike any other! Take a bite from the cake and shrink to the size of a mouse, have conversations with the white rabbit, but this rabbit isn't in too much of a hurry - kick back and relax, sip green tea with the mad hatter's daughter, and her friends at the seaside.

Take a train to new cross and inch closer to the magpies, who fly you to the odity round-a-heights, perhaps you're feeling a little remote, but not for long with small moves, you'll get to meet joe luke - and like alice he wishes we were trees. And so your journey must end and it's time to slip back into the real world one last glance as you bid farewell to the white rabbit. He says "fear not this isn't the end only the begining."

White Rabbits is released on Mush Recordings on the 17th August 2004.

Tracklisting:

girls at the seaside
new cross
inch inch
magpies
oddity round-a-heights
feeling remote
small moves
joe luke
if we were trees

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March 2008

Just a note to let you know that the shop is finally up and running! But there may well be some small glitches, so please be patient and if you encounter any problems please contact us.

September 2007

Summer is drawing to a close and I find myself a little sad but also happy to be looking forward to the darker nights where I can finally emerse myself into the writing once again! And at last the re release of Whiter Rabbits, featuring new artwork and a second Cd packed full of wonderful remixes by such folk as Ollo, Ceschi and George Demure to name but a few and I can't thank all the remixers enough for their wonderful mixes. Please check back to the site for the release date. I have also uploaded a couple of tracks from the new remix album just as a taster of what is to come. I would also like to thank Dan in New Zealand for helping me out with the site. Thanks Dan.

July 2007

I am sorry to all those who have tried to contact me, I have been back at school getting a degree!

I am on the look out for anyone wanting to build me a new website as I am in the process of writing a new album and need desperately to update this site.

If anyone is interested please drop me a line and any links with your work.

I am also about to re release White Rabbits with new artwork (Whiter Rabbits) including a second cd with remixes, this will be out by the end of the year on Squids Eye Records out of Ohio.

Am looking forward to getting back into the studio and writing new material.

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Wednesday, 30 April 2008

April is full of showers!

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It feels like this month has been a complete washout! In my reference to the weather, I guess it is inevitable during the month of April to get exactly that April showers...And as I look out of my window at work, and see yet another downpour and wish of being in warmer climes and listen to the Blade Runner Soundtrack forgetting how wonderful this album is, I like that, when you re discover those little gems. Well i am back from a wee short break from the blogging, just been working like a dog on so many things, and I start a new job in the next few weeks as a music coordinator for a youth arts project based in South East London, in fact its in a place called Downham which has a history of racial tension and was once a strong hold for the BNP! So I feel already this new job is going to be throwing up a lot of new challenges for me, thankfully it is only part time and I can at last give some proper time to the new album which I know every time I write this blog that I am saying I am almost done, almost done, then like I always do I get distracted and have to work on something more pressing, or a job that will pay me a little money to pay the bills and the rent. Such is the life of a musician, but nope I am not complaining as I feel at times this is what keeps me firmly grounded and keeps me in touch with reality.
I am still working with the young people on the Ain't No Black in the Union Jack project, we had a big disappointment the other week though, one of the laptops at the studio got stolen, with everything on, all the hard work from all the music groups just gone!! what urks me the most, is the studio is in a building that has CCTV and its like Fort Knox getting in, you need a pass key and then keys to enter the studios!! What hurts me the most is that someone must of known what the place was and just saw it as an opportune moment without realising that this is project for young people to help them realize their dreams and their passion for music. After the initial shock and sadness, I did manage to find some of their tracks on another computer and we can at least salvage some of the material, and all the groups took the news so well and all had something positive to take from it, saying that they felt they could deliver their vocal tracks much better the second time around...
So all in all it is going to work out in the end.
Life still has its up and downs for me, and like anything everyday has it's challenges, and at times it feels like I am banging my head against a brick wall!
I feel at times that I am having to deal with other peoples problems trying to help them through their little blips, and often forget mine, I honestly don't mind being there for certain friends and family as I know they have been there for me in the past. I think I am partial to forgetting that maybe I too need a shoulder to cry on every now and then.
I do have a bit of a gripe though a really good friend of mine who shall remain nameless has been writing a blog for a long while now, and its one of those blogs that just happens to rant about her life, brilliant and witty, and I have often wondered that she would make a superb TV writer, some folk may find her writing offensive, but are we now in a world, I feel at times that has gone PC mad, don't get me wrong I want this world to be a better place and to have us all living in harmony, end the war in Iraq, stop racial hatred all the things most people would not tolerate, but what I find incredible is that have we now lost the power of freedom of speech and are we going to be policed for merely expressing an opinion? There are certain words that we can no longer use for fear of upsetting folk, even though it may be used in a context that ultimately is not offensive. So my question is to all you out there, is do you think that the word PC is now over used and are we now having to dumb down everything we say? Some food for thought perhaps.......

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Riz Maslen has been part of the electronic scene since 1996 and is one of the few female producers around to have gained much acclaim for her work. Riz started her career fronting many indie bands whilst growing up in the West Country. She moved to London during the acid house / rave scene, eventually meeting and working with ambient kings The Future Sound of London. She featured on many of their albums and sang on Top of the Pops with their top 10 hit 'Papua New Guinea'.

She signed to Ninja Tunes' sister label Ntone in 1996 and released 3 critically acclaimed albums. '15 levels of Magnification', 'Mr Brubakers Strawberry Alarm Clock' and 'La Prochaine Fois'.

During her career she has toured to the USA, Australia and Europe. In the UK she has DJ'ed and played solo, more recently seen with a full band - each of her shows have their own slant to say. Not only does Riz write, play and DJ, she also produces photographic slides and film as part of her live set-up, creating a cinematic experience.

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- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: Tumble Weed EP
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 13
- Year: 1995
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: 15 Levels Of Magnification LP
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 17
- Year: 1995
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: Laundrophonic EP
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 18
- Year: 1996
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: 15 Levels Of Magnification Remixes EP
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 21
- Year: 1997
- Artist: Small fish with spine
- Title: Stickleback EP
- Label: Oxide - OMWE-006-1
- Year: 1996
- Artist: Small fish with spine
- Title: The Hilltop EP
- Label: Apollo - APOLLO 27
- Year: 1996
- Artist: Small fish with spine
- Title: Fugu EP
- Label: Oxide - OMWE-014-1
- Year: 1996
- Artist: Small fish with spine
- Title: I hate your remixes EP
- Label: Oxide - OMWPS01
- Year: 1996
- Artist: Small fish with spine
- Title: Fugu Remixed EP
- Label: Oxide - OMWPS04
- Year: 1996
- Artist: Small fish with spine
- Title: Ultimate Sushi LP
- Label: Oxide - OXIDE LP1 / OMW CD5
- Year: 1999
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: Ultra Freaky Orange EP
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 29
- Year: 1998
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: Mr Brubaker's Strawberry Alarm Clock LP
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 30
- Year: 1998
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: La Prochaine Fois LP
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 44
- Year: 2001
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: Sunflower Girl 7″
- Label: N-Tone - NTONE 45
- Year: 2002
- Artist: Neotropic
- Title: White Rabbits LP
- Label: Mush - MH227
- Year: 2004

Remix Work

Mantronik, Low, Frank Chickens, Sky Crys Mary, DJ Food, Ekko, Mich Gerber, Skinny Puppy, Ulver, Thread, Fujiya & Miyagi

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. Available soon on DVD.

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