{{Short description|American musician and audio engineer}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Colin C. | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Colin Cameron Allrich | years_active = 1998-present | birth_place = Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S. | genre = Breakbeat, Electronic Rock, Industrial, Progressive House, Techno, Soundtrack | label = Lost Language<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Deeptone#t=Credits_Remix&q=&p=1 |title=Discogs Artist Credits |publisher=discogs.com |date= |access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref><br />Renaissance Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Hern%C3%A1n-Catt%C3%A1neo-Sequential/release/697953 |title=Discogs Compilation Credits |publisher=discogs.com |date= 8 May 2006|access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref><br />Thrive Records<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Hern%C3%A1n-Catt%C3%A1neo-Sequential/release/1905323 |title=Discogs Compilation Credits |publisher=discogs.com |date= |access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref><br />Polytechnic Recordings<br />Confusion Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/503251-Confusion-Inc|website=Discogs |title=Confusion Inc. Discography }}</ref><br />Metropolis Records<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metropolis-records.com/search/?s=slighter | title=Search – Metropolis Records }}</ref><br />System Recordings<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/our-own-end-mw0002500640/releases|website=AllMusic |title=Slighter - Our Own End Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic }}</ref> | website = [http://www.thecellstudio.com thecellstudio.com] }}
'''Colin C.''' (born '''Colin Cameron Allrich''' in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American musician, remixer, audio engineer, and sound designer who began his career as a self-taught<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |date=2015-05-14 |title=The Colin C Interview |url=http://www.clubplanet.com/Articles/1618/The-Colin-C-Interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514195310/http://www.clubplanet.com/Articles/1618/The-Colin-C-Interview |archive-date=2015-05-14 |access-date=2022-10-30 }}</ref> musician and producer with the first wave internet musicians associated with MP3.com's launch in the late 90s<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-12-08 |title=MP3.com - Sardonik |url=http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/11/beat_stasis.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001208223100/http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/11/beat_stasis.html |archive-date=2000-12-08 |access-date=2022-10-30 }}</ref> while living on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In these early years he was known for exploring PC computer based sequencing with Jeskola Buzz<ref name="auto3"/> and working in various early EDM genres. Colin found music inspiring from an early age<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web |title=Slighter |url=https://www.qromag.com/slighter/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=QRO Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and as a teenager discovered electronic music via U.S. based Wax Trax! Imports such as Underworld and Autechre<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |last=Hide |date=2022-01-14 |title=Interview: Colin C of Slighter |url=https://soundsandshadows.com/2022/01/14/interview-colin-c-of-slighter/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Sounds and Shadows |language=en-US}}</ref> that would fuel his desire to produce and DJ.
Colin spent the early 2000s living in Los Angeles, California<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clubplanet Nightlife Community |url=https://bbs.clubplanet.com/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Clubplanet Nightlife Community |language=en-US}}</ref> working a day job with Apple computer as a Logic Pro certified trainer and DJing around LA and Hollywood nightly, opening for DJs such as Paul Oakenfold.<ref name="auto3"/> With connections in the Progressive House and Progressive Breaks community,<ref name="auto3"/> he began to release club music with labels such as Lost Language, Cyber Recordings, Thrive/Renaissance and Global Underground.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |title=Colin C. |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/370491-Colin-C |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Discogs |language=en}}</ref>
Having stated he doesn't see himself stuck in a particular genre, Colin's work evolved in 2010 when a Post-Punk Rock song written as his self-described Deadwave<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web |last=Shaurette |first=Dan |date=2011-07-18 |title=Monster Mash with HORRORFALL |url=https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/monster-mash-with-horrorfall/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=HorrorAddicts.net |language=en}}</ref> HORRORFALL project was selected by Gary Calamar to be included in the HBO series True Blood<ref name="auto7"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Colin Cameron Allrich |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4584471/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=IMDb}}</ref> after being pitched by his bandmate through mutual connections.<ref name="auto6"/> From here Colin's Slighter project wrote “No Control” for FOX's “Bones” for character Sweets’ gun range montage<ref name="auto5">{{Citation |title=Slighter - No Control EP |date=28 June 2014 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6974644-Slighter-No-Control-EP |language=en |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web |title=Music from Bones S7E03 |url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/bones/season-7/9824 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Tunefind}}</ref> and in 2011 with providing “Hells Gates” to a street fight scene in Lionsgate Films “Blood Out” starring Luke Goss.<ref>{{Citation |title=Blood Out (Video 2011) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477675/soundtrack/ |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref> Colin spent most of the 2010s syncing music to various television shows<ref name="auto"/> as well as The People's Choice broadcast.<ref>{{Citation |title=Colin Cameron Allrich: Showreel - TV & Film Placements |url=https://vimeo.com/19014240 |language=en |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref>
Believing that he is best suited in the studio than performing live,<ref name="auto7"/> Colin's production work led him into sound design with collaboration with Loopmasters to create Logic Pro packs for users to tighten up their mix engineering skills.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mix Essentials for Logic X Bundle |url=https://www.loopmasters.com/genres/95-EDM/products/6634-Mix-Essentials-for-Logic-X-Bundle |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.loopmasters.com}}</ref> Colin has also created sample packs for Splice, CAPSUN ProAudio, Soundtrack Loops and others,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colin C. Biography {{!}} thecellstudio.com |url=https://www.thecellstudio.com/about |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.thecellstudio.com}}</ref> as well as mixing and mastering for various clients out of his The Cell Studio.
Colin releases music under his own publishing and label, Confusion Inc., after having self-described “bad luck” with working with labels.<ref name="auto1"/> Calling his projects ‘music for consumption’ from his various projects on Bandcamp<ref>{{Cite web |title=Confusion Inc. |url=https://confusioninc.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Confusion Inc. |language=en}}</ref> Colin explore styles adjacent to Industrial with high-profile remixes for Metropolis Records artists Front Line Assembly, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult side project Trash Deity, and Ivardensphere as well as others like Battle Tapes, Angelspit, Rabbit Junk, and Go Fight along with his remixes for UK labels Lost Language (Space Manoeuvers' "Stage One") and Adjust Recordings (Dan Welton's "Lisopain"). His remix of "Lisopain" was well received by DJ Hernán Cattáneo who included it in his "Sequential" mixed compilation for Renaissance Records which was distributed stateside by Thrive Records and worldwide with BMG Records.
He is the adopted son of American screenwriter and painter, Steve Allrich.
==Projects== * Slighter * HORRORFALL- A musical collective with rotating members,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/monster-mash-with-horrorfall/ |title=Horrorfall interview|website=Horroraddicts.wordpress.com |date= 18 July 2011|access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref> first single "Necroplasm Fix" debuted on ''True Blood'', season 3. * Heatsync * The Pushers * Deeptone Source:<ref name="auto2"/>
==Selected discography== * Slighter - Turmoil [CBS "Elementary"]<ref>{{Citation |title="Elementary" Red Light, Green Light (TV Episode 2019) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8880002/soundtrack/ |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref> * Slighter - Deadly [FOX "Lethal Weapon" and SYFY "Defiance"]<ref>{{Citation |title="Lethal Weapon" Ties That Bind (TV Episode 2016) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6059770/soundtrack/ |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title="Defiance" Painted from Memory (TV Episode 2014) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3574704/soundtrack/ |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref> * Slighter - Hells Gates [Lionsgate Films "Blood Out" and Showtime "House Of Lies"]<ref>{{Citation |title="House of Lies" Sincerity Is an Easy Disguise in This Business (TV Episode 2013) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2608068/soundtrack/ |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref> * Slighter - No Control (Single) - written for FOX's "Bones"<ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto4"/> * HORRORFALL - Necroplasm Fix [HBO "True Blood" Soundtrack]<ref name="auto8">{{Cite web |title=Music by Horrorfall |url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/horrorfall |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Tunefind}}</ref> * HORRORFALL - All Away [USA Network "Covert Affairs" Soundtrack]<ref name="auto8"/> * Hernán Cattáneo - Renaissance: Sequential : Dan Welton - Lisopain (The Pushers Sublingual Dub) * John Graham (as 'Space Manoeures') - ''Factoid'' : Stage One (Deeptone Remix)
== Notable remixes == * "Next War", "Leveled" - Front Line Assembly * "Hard Times", "New Son Army" - Hate Dept. * "Shadow Horizon" - Rabbit Junk * "Don't Know Zero" - Angelspit * "Ragemaker" - Ivardensphere * "No Cable" - Landscape Body Machine
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Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Record producers from Massachusetts Category:American remixers Category:American dance musicians Category:Chiptune and tracker musicians