Carmen Rizzo
Two Time Grammy nominated Record Producer, Artist, Electronic Musician & Technologist
Two-time Grammy Nominee, best known for his Electronic / World Music production has also Two-time GRAMMY Nominee, Producer, Engineer & Artist from Los Angeles now based in Prague, Czech Republic has a very electric list of credits ranging from Seal, Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Robbie Robertson, Paul Oakenfold, Dido, AR Rahman, Pete Townshend, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dhani Harrison, Anoushka Shankar, Huun Huur Tu to Niyaz. Carmen has also worked with other producers Trevor Horn, David Foster, Don Was, Richard Perry & Rob Cavallo. As a composer, he has scored films for Oscar-nominated director Michael Apted & and Stanley Brooks & wrote the end title for the Sony Playstation video game Uncharted 2. As a Grammy voting member, he has served as a Governor & Trustee & also co-wrote the category’s Best Electronic Album & Technical Grammys for Apple & Roger Linn (The inventor of the Drum Machine). Carmen has also lectured all over the world including his own TED X talk in the US, & also runs his own music label Electrofone Music. Carmen as well served as the head of Artist Relations in North America for the music tech Native Instruments for 7 years.
Latest News
Studio Miraval with Andrew Scheps & Damien Quintard talking music & tech for Avid Pro Tools. Watch the video here.
Huun-Huur-Tu / Carmen Rizzo / Dhani Harrison ‘Dreamers in the Field’. Out April 19 on Dark Horse/ BMG Records. Listen here.
I recently did a Music Production masterclass while I was in Guatemala City mixing.
I just got back from Sofia Bulgaria where I was recording my new project Bulgaria Nuevo with Ivan Shopov. It is a Bulgarian female choir featuring the best singers New Bulgarian Voices with conductor Georgi Petkov. Stay tuned for more details.
-I was fortunate to be back at the famous Studio Miraval in the South of France with my dear friend Andrew Scheps talking music & tech for Avid Pro Tools. You can see the video here.
-Huun Huur Tu, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison new album “Dreamers Of The Field” coming April 19th 2024 on Dark Horse Records / BMG
-Didon remix album is now out with some fantastic remixes & re-imagined mixes. We debuted as the #1 most added to radio on the World Music charts. We ended up at #7 of the 2023 top World music records. Listen here
-Currently producing Slovakian artist Zea.
-I have a new downtempo 35-minute mixtape called “Music for Quiet Spaces”
-My Libella project with Joel Shearer mixtape is now out. “The Apostle Of Beauty”
-Didon- My new project with Tunisian artist Meriem Ben Amore is a North African Arabic Electronic project. You can listen here. We were #1 on the radio World Music charts for 11 weeks straight.
-15 year anniversary of my single” Ecouter” featuring Jem & Morgan Page remix. You can listen here.
-KCRW-Didon Top Tune of the Day. You can download here.
-Karavan Sari album “The Moon’s Within Reach” I produced & mixed now out.
-Produced recorded & mixed the new album for Melissa Lingo “Feeding Birds In Winter”
-Meriem Ben Amor -Remixed EP out 4/23/21
-Lili Haydn-Remixed “Is this life, is this love?”
-Pure Mix guest. I will be interviewed by my long-time friend Andrew Scheps on 4/19/21. You can stream it here.
-My remix is now from Bulgarian artist Trigaida “Sluntseto Trepti”.
-Forthcoming Stellamara album additional production & mix coming soon.
“One of Andrew Scheps first mentors and one of his favorite people,Carmen Rizzo is an absolute genius at combining genres. Producer, artist, everything!”
Carmen Rizzo on Song Check:
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My featured interview on The Sync Report is available on all Podcast. You can hear it here.
KCRW Top tune of the. You can download here.
Current Releases
Here is a list some recent releases of mine.
Didon -”Tunisian Tale Remixed”
Didon Remixed & Re-Imagined by some amazing remixers
Carmen Rizzo-”Ecouter” featuring Jem-Morgan Page remix
I originally released this 15 years ago. This beauty featuring Jem and remixed by Morgan Page is now out and re-mastered.
Didon- ديدون “Tunisian Tale”
My new project w/ Meriem Ben Amor from Tunisia an Arabic North African electro collective.Our first week at radio we were the #1 most added on the World music charts & #2 on the Electronic charts.
Carmen Rizzo-”Too Rude”
The re-release of my single "Too Rude" w/ Esthero remixed & remastered featuring a remix by the great Telefon Tel Aviv Charlie Cooper.
Carmen Rizzo-”Music for quite spaces” Mixtape
Mixtape of original downtempo music 35 minutes
Melissa Lingo-” Feeding Birds In Winter”
The singer-songwriter folk artist album I produced, recorded, and mixed.
Video
My latest single “Promised For Saturday” teaser video. Now out on all digital outlets.
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Selected Discography
-Seal “Seal 2” -Engineered, Co- Wrote, programmed
-Coldplay X&Y -“Engineered
-Coldplay “Speed Of Sound” -Remix
-Ryuichi Sakamoto-”Beauty”-Engineer & Mixer
-Paul Oakenfold-”Bunkka”-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed, Co- Wrote & Muscian
-Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo-”Eternal”, Koshkyn”-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed & Muscian
-Alanis Morissette-”Under the Rug Swept”, “Uninvited” (City of Angels soundtrack) “Still” (Dogma soundtrack)-Engineered, programmed
-A.R Rahman & Dido“If I Rise” from 127 hours Soundtrack -Remix
-Niyaz -”Niyaz”, “Nine Heavens”, “Samud” Co-Producer, Co-founding and member of the band
-BT-”The Great Escape” Remix ”These Hopeful Machines” Remix
-Cheb Khaled-”Khaled” (Didi) -Engineered, Mixed
-Libella-”The Apostle Of Beauty” Co- Producer, Co-founding and member of the band
-The Silver Lake Chorus-Remix album “From the snow tipped hills”
-Camembert Electrique- -In Abyssum-”Together we stare into silence” Producer/ Remixer
-Grant Lee Phillips-”Mobilize” Producer, Engineered, Mixed
-Lal Meri-”Lal Meri” Producer, Co-founding and member of the band
-Meriem Ben Amor-”Once Upon A Time”-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed & Muscian
-Karavan Sarai-”Torn In Love”, “Painted Sands”, “Woven Landscape” -Producer ,Engineered, Mixed, Co- Wrote & Muscian
-Robbie Robertson-“Contact From The Underworld of Redboy” -Engineered, Mixed
- Stefano Meneghetti -“L’espace Indicible-Remix
-Carmen Rizzo ”The Lost Art of the Idle Moment”, “Ornament of An Imposter”,“The Space Left Behind”,“Looking Through Leaves”,“Illumanado”,“Romancia”-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed & Muscian
-Ray Charles- “My World”-Engineered, Mixed
-Michael Jackson -”Bad”-Drum programmer on “The Way You Make Me Feel”
-Ekova- “Space Lullabies And Other Fantasmagore” Producer, Engineered, mixed
-Kate Havnevik “Melankton “-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed & Muscian
-Buddha Bar- “Buddha Bar Vol. 9”, “Huvafen Fushi Maldives, Vol. 2”, “Siddharta, Spirit of Buddha Bar – Praha”, “A Night at Buddha-Bar Hotel “.- Featured Artist
-Rachel FullerCigarettes & Housework (Universal) – produced with Pete Townshend
-Delirium-”Chimera”-Co-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed
-Conjure One-”Sleep” -Co-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed
-Perry Farrell-”Song Yet To Be Sung”-Engineered, Mixed
-West Indian Girl -“To Die In L.A.” Remix
-Valravn“Farin Uttan At Verda Vekk” -Remix
-Chandrika Tandon“Malkoshm” – Single
-Cirque du Soleil-”Solarium/Delirium” -Remix
-Mel C-”Northern Star”-Engineered, Mixed
-Doyle Bramhall-”Doyle Bramhall II”- Engineered, Mixed
-Freakpower- (Norman Cook) “More of Everything for Everybody”-Engineered, Mixed
-Michael Nyman-”Sangam “- Co- Produced, Engineered & Mixed
-Povi- “Life in Volcanoes” - Producer, Co-founding and member of the band
-Carla Werner“Wanderlust” from Departure - Producer, Engineered, Mixed
-Supreme Beings of Leisure-”Supreme Beings of Leisure”-Producer, Engineered, Mixed
-Les Rita Mitsouko-”Systeme D” -Engineered, Mixed
-Kristen Vigard -”Kristen Vigard” Producer, Engineered, Mixed
-Terence Trent D’arby-”The Solar Return Of Terence Trent Darby”-Producer, Engineered, Mixed
-Planet of the Apes -Film Theme Remixed with Paul Oakenfield
-Beth Nielsen Chapman“Message In A Bottle” from Message In A Bottle (Music From the Motion Picture) Co- Produced with David Foster Engineered, Mixed
-Greenpeace“Go Green” ft. Dave Steward, Sarah McLachlanAnnie Lenox, Natalie Imbruglia -Remix
-Jes “Disconnect”-Producer ,Engineered, Mixed