Sitting in a stylish café on the edge of Montreal's Jean talon
market, Riz Maslen - who records in solo and group settings as
Neotropic - talks with eagerness about her upcoming North
American tour in support of her new album, 'White Rabbits', on
Mush Records.  With its psychedelic folk rock center and
purposeful effects-laden layers of strings, guitars, drums and
piano, it seems to share few similarities with the electronic
music she built her name on. But the lessons she learned as part
of London's arty early - '90s post-rave experimental chill-out
scene remain.  Growing up in a 200-person town, she played in
bands before moving to London in the 1980s. There she developed
her fascination with technology under the tutelage of her
friends in psych-ambient electronic Future Sound of London. In
1995 she released her first EP on Ninja Tune subsidiary Ntone,
but when the label folded two years ago Maslen's contract went
down with it.  Although she questioned continuing her musical
career, her passion for creation