Carmen Rizzo | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Carmen Rizzo |
| Born | 8 April 1964 Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | Electronic world music (EWM) |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter, mixer & engineer, recording artist |
| Instrument(s) | Electronic instruments (keyboards, turntables, mixing, programming), drums |
| Website | carmenrizzo |
Carmen Rizzo (born April 8, 1964) is an American record producer, mixer, programmer, DJ, remixer and recording artist, based in Los Angeles. The two-time Grammy nominee[1] has worked with Seal, Coldplay, Paul Oakenfold, Alanis Morissette, Dido, Jem, Niyaz, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Khaled, Tiësto, BT, Esthero, A.R. Rahman and Pete Townshend.[2][3][4]
Spanning a record-making career of nearly two decades, Rizzo has worked with record producers Trevor Horn, David Foster, Marius De Vries and Rob Cavallo.[5][6] In addition to collaborating with Tuvan throat singers Huun Huur Tu, Rizzo also co-founded the world/electronic act Niyaz with Azam Ali and Loga Ramin Torkian (with three #1 iTunes albums),[5] and contributed original music to the David Lynch Foundation album alongside Moby and Peter Gabriel. Rizzo has released his own solo electronic albums: Lost Art of the Idle Moment[7] (2005), Ornament of an Imposter (2008), and Looking Through Leaves (2010), with invited musicians and vocalists as contributors and The Space Left Behind.[8] Rizzo's music also appears in numerous movies and TV shows including CSI Miami and True Blood.
Rizzo is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and served on the board of Governors & Trustees (Grammy) as well as on the Producer & Engineering Advisory Board. In these roles Rizzo was partly responsible for introducing the category of Best Electronic Album.[9][10] Rizzo participated in and hosted the HBO documentary The Song Story, which documents three unsigned music artists produced by him.[11][12]
As a composer, Rizzo is represented by the William Morris Agency. In addition to scoring films for director Michael Apted, he composed the score for the film Perfect Sisters with Oscar-nominated actress Abigail Breslin and Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, as well as the end title for the video game, Uncharted 2.[13] Rizzo is represented by Global Positioning Services in Santa Monica, California.[14]
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- ^ "Lend an ear to these tunes". USA Today. September 15, 2005. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ "LAPhil Show". Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "Interview: Carmen Rizzo-Synthesizing the World - O'Reilly Media". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "Best Electronic/Dance Album GRAMMY excites electro-pop composers and performers around the world!". Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ^ "GRAMMY SoundTable @ AES '08". Grammy.com. December 2, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Grammy SoundTable". Grammy.com. October 5, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Carmen Rizzo - WME | MVM". www.wme-mvm.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- ^ "GPS Management | Producer, Engineer, Mixer & Songwriter Management". Globalpositioningservices.net. Retrieved January 27, 2021.