“Welcome to Riot City” begins with a trip into the city with the title track. The highway blurs and robotic voices read out the horrifying stats of the city – stats that are in-line with modern day atrocities. ‘Breaking In’ explores corporate espionage, detailing a break-in at a secure facility with an ambiguous ending. ‘ComaDose’ injects the newly introduced and widely popular synthetic drug to the listener. As it crawls into the user’s body, they are introduced to Nirvana. Only the potential to die is high; higher than any street dealer or corp is willing to admit. ‘Firefight On Warrett Street’ follows a news reporter’s coverage on a vicious gang war. As the bullets fly, the reporter remains calm and docile, reflecting the everyday violence within Riot City. Finally, we end with ‘High Tech, High Life’.  A glimpse into the ego of the point-one percent; of how they control the city without fear of repercussion. Like a child overviewing a field of ants, they find Riot City as their playground.

“Welcome to Riot City” features a who’s who of talent. Voiceover work by dark electropop producer and all-around multi-media phenomenon Bara Hari (Sam Franco) appears on ‘High Tech, High Life’, while guest voice actor and friend L Bacerra plays Chad Bailey on ‘Firefight on Warrett Street’. Mirroring the album are an additional five remixes coming from synthpop robot-girl Eva X, electro-industrial and cyberpunk juggernaut HOSTILE ARCHITECT, glitchy and breaky artist royb0t, fellow electro-industrial and dystopian veteran Planetdamage, and underground synthwave producer Kizunaut. 

Atmospheric, intense, moody and cinematic are just some of the ways people have described the sound of Slighter. Over the past 10 years Colin C. has been fine tuning the future of cutting-edge electronic music from his unique vantage point as Slighter. With collaborations across various Metropolis Records releases, Cleopatra Records compilations, coupled with his own album and single releases through his 'Confusion Inc.' branding, Colin has provided fuel for the counter culture without being pinned down to genres.

Slighter has trickled into the mainstream over the years, with songs and remixes featured on television shows with CBS 'Elementary', FOX 'Lethal Weapon' & 'Bones', Showtime 'House Of Lies', NBC/Universal 'Defiance' & 'Covert Affairs' plus more. Never the less he continues to be an independent force working his way across the music world. Where the line between contemporary and experimental gets crossed, you’ll find Slighter continuing to innovate.