Neotropic: 15 Levels Of Magnification remixes

1997, NTone / Ninja Tune (NTONE21), CDS/12" [vinyl] A1. 15 Levels Of Magnification (Arcon 2 remix) A2. 15 Levels Of Dante's Inferno (Neotropik remix) B1. 15 Levels Of Your Stealth (The Phat Girls remix) B2. 15 Levels Of The Empire State (Small Fish With Spine remix) [CDS] 01. 15 Levels Of Magnification (Arcon 2 remix) 02. 15 Levels Of Dante's Inferno (Neotropik remix) 03. 15 Levels Of Your Stealth (The Phat Girls remix) 04. 15 Levels Of The Empire State (Small Fish With Spine remix) 05. Laundrophonic pt. 4 06. The Older You Get The Smaller You Become 07. Creepy Big Face 08. 15 Levels of Magnification (original) A1 remixed by Arcon 2 (Leon Mar). A2, B1, B2 remixed by Riz Maslen.

review of the vinyl edition by Corbin for XLR8R: "This, my fellow music devotees, is a piece of work. In keeping with last issue's dark motif this is one sinister sounding piece of vinyl. Side A delivers two moody, atmospheric tracks, reminding one of the factory music in the old Warner Brother's cartoons. But don't be fooled! With its bouncy beats and haunting horn riffs it's still dancefloor material, just not as uplifting as, say, anything Up With People have put out. Side B reworks the title track into a D&B excursion, albeit an intense one at that. This one is definitely NOT for the weak hearted."

Small Fish With Spine: The Hilltop EP

1997, Apollo / R&S (APOLLO027), 12" A1. The Hilltop A2. Frostbyte B1. SQ 4 B2. Smart Fish (very smart) review by CB from MUZIK February 1997: "Neotropic's Riz Maslen returns to her original project name for a new R&S outing. That she's previously worked with Future Sound of London is clear immediately. These four tracks take your staple sounds of trip hop, jungle and ambient, and bugger them to dark buggery, making for very perverse if strangely funky futurescapes. Like Future Sound, they are adventurers in abstraction and prick the fingers of all those who follow formulas."

Sky Cries Mary: Moonbathing On Sleeping Leaves
1997, Warner Brothers, 12"/promo CD 04. Moonbathing (glouchester place remix) 05. Moonbathing (shoreditch remix) 04, 05 remixed by Neotropic

Small Fish With Spine: Ultimate Sushi
1997, Oxide Rec. / OMW (OXIDECD1), CD 01. [untitled track] 02. Fung Koo 03. Opium Den 04. Four Play 05. Concubine 06. High Fibre 07. In Your Own Bubble 'Opium Den' is based on 'From Where He Stands' by Paul Jason Fredericks.

Planet Dog - Feed Your Head 04
199x, Liquid (LIQ026CDL), CD 05. Small Fish With Spine: Dumb In Space

Kurtis Mantronik: Bass Machine Re-Tuned EP
1997, Oxygene Music Works (OMWPS6), 12" B2. Bass Machine Re-Tuned (Phat Girl's tuning) B2 remixed by The Phat Girlz aka. Riz Maslen.

Low: owL remix Low
1998, Vernon Yard (VYD027), CD 02. Anon (spore remix) 05. Anon (pollen remix) 06. Do You Know How To Waltz (vert remix) 02, 05, 06 remixed by Neotropic.

Skinny Puppy: ReMix Dys Temper
1998, ?, CD 05. Love In Vein (go girl trio mix) 05. remixd by Neotropic.

Neotropic: Ultra Freaky Orange
1999, NTone / Ninja Tune (NTONE29), CDS/12" 01. Ultra Freaky Orange (album version) 02. Ultra Freaky Orange (Deep Fried Clams mix: Attack Of The Ninja Fish) 03. Vacetious Blooms premix (Spinforms 'massage') 04. Ultra Freaky Orange (Red Math's dark extraction) 05. Ultra Freaky Orange (Starbean mix) 06. Ultra Freaky Alarm Clock (Bin Dogs remix)

Original versions of 'Ultra Freaky Orange' and 'Vacetious Blooms' taken from 'Mr. Brubaker's Strawberry Alarm Clock'. Spinforms 'Massage' is not actually a remix, but an independant track based on the same sample.

Neotropic: Mr. Brubaker's Strawberry Alarm Clock

1998, NTone / Ninja Tune (NTONE30/NTONECD30), CD/LP 01. Mr Brubakers Strawberry Alarm Clock 02. Ultra Freaky Orange 03. Under Violent Objects 04. Insane Moon 05. What Will I Do 06. Vacetious Blooms 07. Beached 08. Untitled 09. Apple Sauce 10. Saucer Song 11. Gutted (feat. Nina Barry) 12. You're Grinding Me Down 13. Sideshow Man 14. Vent 15. Cremation Written by Riz Maslen, except 04, 11 by Riz Maslen and Paul Jason Fredericks.

review by George Zahora, Splendid Zine: "As the panthoen of electronica consists almost entirely of male artists, Riz Maslen (aka Neotropic, more or less) sticks out simply by being female. It's important to stress, therefore, that Neotropic's music sticks out on its own. It's an intricate blend of environmental audio and danceable rhythms that's never quite drum and bass, never quite trip hop, never quite the bog-standard version of any sound you've heard before. [...]" (full review)

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Frank Chickens: We Are Ninja remixes
2000, Ninja Tune (ZEN1289), 12" A1. We Are Ninja (chicken feed mix) B3. We Are Ninja (Neotropic mix no.2) A1, B3 remixed by Neotropic.

Ekko: Ekkocentric - the ecco remixes
2000, Interchill (ICHILL09), 2xCD/LP [CD2] 01. Funky Samosa (Neotropic remix)

Neotropic: La Prochaine Fois
2001, NTone / Ninja Tune (NTONECD44/NTONE44), 2xCD/LP [CD1: audio cd] 01. Sunflower Girl 02. Cornershop Candy (feat. Jarboe) 03. Train To Katoomba 04. Still 05. Slink 06. The Man Who Catches Clouds 07. Closer To The Sun 08. In Reverse Order 09. Je Suis 10. Rote 11. Micro-Cosmic 12. Money For Old Rope 13. Memories (feat. Shorti) [CD2: cd rom] 01. La Prochaine Fois 'An Ambient Road Movie' (video)

'In Reverse Order' written by Riz Maslen and Paul Jason Fredericks. 'Micro-Cosmic' is a re-work of Low's 'Do You Know How To Waltz'. review by Shan Frowler, Pop Matters: "Riz Maslen is somewhat of an enigma in electronic music. For starters, she's not that electronic. In the past she's leaned toward creating her version of music on machines that make sound digitally as opposed to the traditional, natural wind and vibration methods. But even when she's twiddling with modern machines, there's an organic warmth (though not always an emotional warmth) to the sounds being created. [...]" (full review)

Neotropic: Sunflower Girl
2001, NTone / Ninja Tune (NTONE45), 7" A1. Sunflower Girl B1. Running (Claire's hat is blue) A1 taken from the album 'La Prochaine Fois'.

Bip-Hop Generation vol.3
2001?, Bip-Hop (BLEEP05), CD 01. Neotropic: My Head May Be Small, But My Heart Is Bigger Than Yours 02. Neotropic: High Fibre

Ulver: 1993-2003 - 1st Decade In The Machines
2003, Jester Records (TRICK025), CD 08. He Said - She Said (Neotropic remix)

Fujiya & Miyagi: Remixes
2003, Massive Advance (MADV006), CD 09. Shake / Diagrams (Neotropic remix)

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