Victor Rice (born April 17, 1967) is an American bassist, composer and producer from Long Island, NY. Rice moved to New York City in 1985 to attend Manhattan School of Music, where he received his BM (bachelor of music) in orchestral performance in 1989 and MM (master of music) in orchestral performance in 1991, under Homer Mensch and Linda McKnight, respectively. Rice started his career producing records for the record label Moon Ska Records the following year. In 1996, he moved to Stubborn Records and began engineering his own productions. He moved to São Paulo, Brazil in 2002 and built his own studio, Studio Copan where he is the sole engineer. Rice has won two Latin Grammys , one in 2015 for his work as mix engineer on Tulipa Ruiz, âDancêâ and one in 2016 for his work as mix engineer on Elza Soares, âA Mulher do Fim do Mundo.â He has released 4 solo albums of instrumental, retro-reggae and dub music as well as one album under the pseudonym Strikkly Vikkly. He continues to perform with a live band The Victor Rice Septet and also as a solo artist under the Strikkly Vikkly pseudonym, using an analog mixing desk and tape machine.
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