SOUNDWAVE : 120 : RIZ MASLEN

Today’s guest deejay is Riz Maslen.

Alisú included Riz Maslen in her mix for Soundwave last fall, which led to me spending hours re-visiting the music Riz recorded as Neotropic, as well as her work with 4hero and The Future Sound of London. I invited Riz to share a mix with us, and it’s something else.

Riz Maslen. Photo by Rebecca Brooker Photography.

Riz mix begins with a piece by Freddie Philips, a British composer known for his work on television music, particularly the theme for Camberwick Green. It’s what I imagine a mix from Wes Anderson might sound like, and I would have been completely satisfied if Riz stayed within that genre. But Riz pivots to Egyptian jazz-inspired psychedelic rock, shifts to trip-hop, and never looks back. And yet, Riz’s mix never feels incongruous. Each track seamlessly blends into the next.

You’re in for quite the journey.

Each mix shared on Soundwave is special. When I say that, I’m not equivocating; they are unique. But some resonate with me more than others, and Riz’s mix is one of those mixes. As the pandemic continues to disrupt our lives, I’ve found Riz’s mix to sometimes act as a balm and other times a needed distraction.

I envy you. I wish I could hear Riz’s mix again for the first time.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Robocat.

See you then.

Freddie Philips “Opening Music from Camberwick Green”

Peter Schickele “The Space Fleet”

John Berberiam and The Missile Eastern Ensemble “The Oud and the Fuzz”

Digital Bled “Jo”

Daniele Principato Arne Hiorth “Cuckoo Clock”

Mike Lazarev “Where You Are”

Alieno de Bootes “Sending the Clouds”

Pole “Weit”

Anne Garner & Mike Lazarev “Dust Devil (Mike Lazarev Pent Up Rework)”

D Rothon & O Cherer “Silver Haze Dusk”

Mark Beazley “Four Thirty Six”

Alfred Deller & Elizabeth Harwood & Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten “A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Act 2 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 2: ‘On The Ground, Sleep Sound’”

Ryuichi Sakamoto “Dolphins”

Ekki Hugsa “Amsterdam”

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