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Riton

Riton is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mylo, Soulwax, AlunaGeorge, Nightcrawlers and James Righton. Those roots explain a lot about how Riton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jax Jones, Joel Corry, Oliver Heldens, Sigala and Nathan Dawe, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into DJ Mehdi, Dua Lipa and Jarvis Cocker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Riton, reaching back through Mylo and forward to DJ Mehdi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Henry Oliver Smithson, best known by his stage name Riton, is an English electronic music DJ and producer from Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
RitonMyloSoulwaxAlunaGeorgeNightcrawlersJames RightonEd Banger RecordsThe CureHeadmanDJ MehdiDua LipaJarvis CockerJax JonesJoel CorryOliver HeldensSigalaNathan DaweSonny FoderaDimitri Vegas & Like…Calvin Harris

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Riton connections

Riton grew out of Mylo, Soulwax, AlunaGeorge and Nightcrawlers, shares an orbit with Jax Jones, Joel Corry, Oliver Heldens and Sigala, went on to shape DJ Mehdi, Dua Lipa and Jarvis Cocker. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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