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Carmen Rizzo

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Location: Hollywood

Website: http://www.carmenrizzo.com/

Bio: Carmen is a frequent fixture in album credits as a producer, mixer, remixer, musician, and co-writer for a wide range of influential artists including Seal, ... (more) 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 the score of his first film, "The Power of the Game", from acclaimed British director Michael Apted.

Carmen also co-founded the highly influential group 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 No. 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 June 2008.
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