La Prochaine Fois cover

La Prochaine Fois

Released

In 2001, “folktronica” was just starting to be a thing — and this album could be seen as fitting right in. But Riz Maslen was way ahead. In her work in the mid 90s, as Neotropic and Small Fish With Spine, and playing with the likes of 4hero and Future Sound of London, she had already honed a unique talent at blurring acoustic instruments and electronic sound for the trippy backroom and post-club environment. La Prochaine Fois is a consolidation of an already serious body of work — and still sounds out of this world years later. There’s ambient, there’s folk horror, there’s field recordings, there’s a proper songwriting sensibility, and always there’s that chillout room sense of total immersion. Maslen would go on to expand her body of work exponentially hereafter, but this remains a cornerstone of her oeuvre and an under-appreciated gem of deep listening that is ripe for rediscovery.

Joe Muggs

Suggestions
Deep Listening cover

Deep Listening

Panaiotis, Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster
Sandbox cover

Sandbox

Obay Alsharani
Sleep Better cover

Sleep Better

Tom Middleton
Devotional Songs cover

Devotional Songs

Ernesto Tomasini, Shackleton
Tyyni cover

Tyyni

Cucina Povera
Tiny Reminders cover

Tiny Reminders

Two Lone Swordsmen
Song for Alpha cover

Song for Alpha

Daniel Avery
Being cover

Being

Freinds, Lovers & Family
Secret Rhythms 5 cover

Secret Rhythms 5

Jaki Liebezeit, Burnt Friedman
Angel Tears in Sunlight cover

Angel Tears in Sunlight

Pauline Anna Strom