CARMEN RIZZO- 2008 Bio

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Carmen Rizzo- a two-time Grammy nominee & underground darling has had a very eclectic career. He is frequent fixture in album credits as a producer, mixer, remixer, programmer, and co-writer on a wide range of influential artists including Seal, Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Paul Oakenfold, BT, Tiesto,Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cirque du Soleil, KD Lang and Pete Townshend of The Who, to mention only a few. He has also made records with a slew of notable producers, including Trevor Horn, Marius de Vries David Foster, Rob Cavallo and Don Was. Carmen recently composed his first film. "The power of the game" from acclaimed British director Michael Apted. Carmen’s also has a extremely credible career as a recording artist under his own name.His first album “The Lost Art of the Idle Moment” (The Lab/Universal) is a lush, cinematic, beat-driven disc that features collaborations with a wide range of guest vocalists including Esthero, Jem, Kate Havnevik, Ladybug Mecca (The Digable Planets), & Grant Lee Phillips. USA Today featured the album, with a picture on the cover of The Life section, as their #1 pick for their fall music guide. Taste-makers Jason Bentley, Nic Harcourt & Ann Litt from L.A. radio station KCRW championed the disc well before its release. The album debuted at #2 on KCRW’s album chart and received heavy airplay on Sirius & XM Satellite radio peaking #2 on the XM’s Cafe chart. His forthcoming sophomore album “Ornament of an Impostor” is slated for an early 2008 release on his own label Electrofone Music and features collaborations from Jem, Kate Havenvik, The Deer Tracks and Blue Neck.

Carmen also co-founded the highly influential, Niyaz (Six Degrees) with Azam Ali & Loga Ramin Torkian, a world beat/electronic fusion; “Blending Indian & Persian exoticism and beats that are state of the art” writes Billboard Magazine. The album released in 2005, debuted at #1 on the iTunes world music chart and has also been featured on NPR’s Day to Day”, PRI & Voice of America. The band has toured the entire world headlining in 10 countries including, India, Japan, Turkey, Canada, Mexico and throughout Europe. Keep an eye out for the new Niyaz “Nine Heavens” in mid 2008.