Riton (born September 1978) is an English electronica DJ and musician.
After finishing university, Smithson started the Switch Recordings label, upon which he released his first two 12 singles. He began DJing at Newcastle's Shindig nightclub. There, he was discovered by Mark Rae and signed to Grand Central Records independent record label. Like Rae, he then worked in Manchester's Fat City Records label/distribution/retail outlet.
His first release on Grand Central, the song Communicated, featured on the compilation album Central Heating 2 (2000) and was followed by his mostly instrumental debut album, Beats du Jour (2001).
Riton's second album, Homies And Homos (2004) was a much more vocal affair, and featured amongst others, Lee Jones of Howdi and Luca Santucci. It includes a cover version of The Cure's song Killing an Arab.