Riton
Riton (born September 13, 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne , real name: Henry Oliver Smithson ) is a British DJ and music producer. It is also known as Eine Kleine Nacht Musik and part of the duo Carte Blanche with DJ Mehdi .
Life
Henry Smithson grew up in Manchester and studied at Newcastle University . After graduating, he founded his own label, Switch Recordings, and began DJing at Shindig nightclub , where he was finally discovered by Mark Rae and signed by his independent label Grand Central Records . He also worked at Fat City Records in Manchester. His stage name is based on the French diminutive of his first name "Henri".
He made his debut on Grand Central's sampler Central Heating 2 and released his debut album Beats du Jour in 2001 , which was primarily instrumental. In 2004 his second album Homies and Homos was released . The album included a cover version of The Cure classic Killing an Arab . In 2008 he began to musically integrate Krautrock into his work under the name Eine Kleine Nacht Musik .
In the following years he mainly appeared as a remixer and made various versions for Scissor Sisters , Human League , Soulwax and especially MIA and Chromeo, among others . In 2010 he founded the short-lived project Carte Blanche with DJ Mehdi, which released two EPs on Ed Banger , which were among the best-selling records there. However, his partner died in 2011 under tragic circumstances in Paris. Shocked by Mak Rae's death, his musical career paused until 2013. That year he returned with the four-track EP Lost My Mind . Bad Guy Riri followed in 2014 . In the same year he toured with Mark Ronson .
In 2015, the 2007 album of the project Die Verboten followed together with David and Stephen Dewele and Fergus “Fergadelic” Purcell . The album, as the title suggests, was recorded back in 2007 and was heavily influenced by Kraftwerk .
In 2016 his track Rinse & Repeat was released in collaboration with singer Kath-Lo . The title was at the Grammy Awards 2017 as Best Dance Recording nominated. It reached number 13 on the British music charts . With Kah-Lo he released the two collab albums Fake ID (2017) and Foreign Ororo (2018).
In 2019 the single Turn Me On was released together with Oliver Heldens and Vula, which reached number 12 and also entered the charts in Germany.
Discography
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Albums
- 2001: Beats du Jour (Grand Central Records)
- 2004: Homies and Homos (Grand Central Records)
Collab albums
- 2017: Fake ID (with Kah-Lo, Riton Time)
- 2018: Foreign Ororo (with Kah-Lo, Riton Time)
EPs
- 2001: Habib EP (Grand Central Records)
- 2011: Ritontime (Dim Mak Records)
- 2014: Bad Guy Riri (EP, Ed Banger Records)
- 2014: Inside My Head (feat.Meleka, RitonTime)
- 2015: Need Your Love ( feat.Jagga ; Owsla, Love & Other)
Singles
- 1999: One to Ten (Switch Recordings)
- 2001: Take Control (Grand Central Records)
- 2001: Hungry Ghost (Grand Central Records)
- 2002: Let Me Be Mine (Grand Central Records)
- 2003: Cast of Thousands (Grand Central Records)
- 2004: By My Side (Extended Mix) feat. Watine (Parisonic Records)
- 2004: Killing an Arab (Grand Central Records)
- 2004: Square Eyes (Grand Central Records)
- 2005: Candy (Grand Central Records)
- 2006: Squauqe Eyes / Angerman (Linxfarren)
- 2007: Hammer of Thor (souvenir)
- 2007: Dexy Brokeback (in-house production)
- 2013: Lost My Mind ( Ed Banger Records )
- 2014: I Am the Whisper (Nest)
- 2015: Rinse & Repeat (feat.Kah-Lo, RitonTime)
- 2016: Betta Riddim (feat.Kah-Lo, RitonTime)
- 2017: Money (feat.Kah-Lo, Mr Eazi & Davido, Ministry of Sound)
- 2018: Ginger (feat.Kah-Lo, Universal Music )
Collaboration singles
- 2005: Monsteer / Young Girl (together with Lindstrom, Battle)
- 2005: Closer / Walk on Water (together with Howdi, Get Physical Music)
- 2006: Vejer EP (together with Heidi, Get Physical Music)
- 2006: Part 2 (Remix) (together with Lindstrom, Battle)
- 2007: We Love… Ibiza EP (together with Serge Santiágo, We Love Music)
- 2009: Radiates (together with Primary 1, Atlantic)
- 2009: Who's There? (together with Primary 1, Phantasy Sound)
- 2017: Deeper (together with MNEK & House Gospel Choir , Ministry of Sound)
- 2019: Turn Me On (together with Oliver Helden feat. Vula , Ministry of Sound)
- 2020: Don't Talk to Me (NFI feat.Riton, Subside Records)
As a little night of music
- 2008: A Little Night of Music (Album, Modular Recordings)
- 2008: La Serenissima / Phantasie (Single, Modular Recordings)
- 2008: Trial by Fire (Single, Modular Recordings)
With carte blanche
- 2010: House Party Mix (Mixtape, Ed Banger Records)
- 2010: Black Billionaires EP (Ed Banger Records)
- 2010: Black Billionaires - The Remixes (Ed Banger Records)
- 2011: White Man on the Moon (EP, Ed Banger Records)
- 2011: With You (single, Ed Banger Records)
- 2011: House Party 2: The Pajama Jam (Ed Banger Records)
With The Forbidden
- 2009: Live in Eivissa (LP, The Vinyl Factory)
- 2015: 2007 (album, Deewee)
more publishments
- 2009: Computer Juice (12``, with Paul Dolby as Computer Juice)
- 2012: One Night Stand (single, with Cédric Steffens as Symphony Hall, Marble)
- 2019: Mr. Todd Terry (single, together with Ben Rymer as Gucci Soundsystem, Ministry of Sound)
Web links
- Riton on Warner Music
- Riton at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Riton. In: The Vogue. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e Riton at Allmusic (English). Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ↑ RITON & OLIVER HELDENS FT VULA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: DE UK
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| SURNAME | Riton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smithson, Henry Oliver (real name); Music, A Little Night (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British DJ and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle upon Tyne , England |