Martin Garrix

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Martijn Garritsen (born 14 May 1996), commonly known by his stage name Martin Garrix (by his logo Mar+in Garri×), is a Dutch DJ, composer, musician and record producer. He is best known for the track "Animals", which was a top 10 hit in more than 10 countries; the song has peaked at number 1 in Belgium and the United Kingdom, and number 3 in Ireland. His single "Wizard", produced with Jay Hardway, was successful in numerous countries in 2014. Debuting at number 40 of DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs, he is currently ranked number 3, below Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Hardwell.

Martin Garrix learned to play guitar at age 8. In 2004, Martin Garrix expressed interest in becoming a DJ after seeing Tiësto perform at the Olympic games in Athens. Garritsen took particular inspiration from the track "Traffic", prompting him to download specialist software and enabling him to start composing. In 2013, Garritsen graduated from the Herman Brood Academy, a production school in Utrecht. Martin Garrix used multiple aliases, among them GRX. He ghost writes tracks for other artists, and despite this, only one in fifty of his tracks have made it out to the public.

2012: Early career

Garritsen had his beginnings with the songs "BFAM" (with Julian Jordan) and "Just Some Loops", a collaboration with TV Noise that appeared on the compilation album Loop Masters Essential, Volume 2. He signed to Spinnin' Records in 2012, releasing "Error 404" through the label.

2013–14: Breakthrough

In 2013, Garrix co-released "Torrent" with Sidney Samson on Tiësto's Musical Freedom label. Garrix gained fame through his own solo release "Animals" released on 16 June 2013 on Dutch record label Spinnin' Records, becoming a hit in a great number of charts in Europe, and became the youngest person to reach the No. 1 spot on Beatport. The track appears on Hardwell's album Hardwell presents 'Revealed Volume 4'. On 30 September 2013, Garrix released a remix of "Project T" by Sander Van Doorn and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike which quickly hit No. 1 on the Beatport charts. Garrix appeared on DJ Magazine's top 100 DJs list 2013 as a new entry at number 40. In 2014, Garrix appeared on DJ Magazine's top 100 DJs list at number 4. In November 2013, Garrix signed a deal with Scooter Braun's Scooter Braun Projects (later School Boy Records). In December 2013 he released "Wizard" with Jay Hardway, the song has peaked to number 6 in Belgium and number 17 in the Netherlands. Martin Garrix's collaboration with Firebeatz, "Helicopter", placed No. 1 on the Beatport Top 100 charts for 2 weeks. He performed at Ultra Music Festival 2014, where he debuted several new and unreleased tracks, including collaborations with Dillon Francis, Hardwell and Afrojack. In 2014 he released "Proxy", available as a free download on SoundCloud to his fans as a gift for a great 2013. In 2014, Garrix released a song with MOTi with the title "Virus (How About Now)" which was later in the year as well as his collaboration with Afrojack releasing "Turn Up the Speakers" which Afrojack and Garrix both Premiered at Ultra Music Festival.

2015: More melodic sound and split from Spinnin' Records

In 2015, Garrix experimented with progressive house and started producing progressive style apart from his signature big room sound. On February 6, 2015, Garrix released the track "Forbidden Voices" as a gift for 10 million likes on his Facebook page. In February 2015, Garrix released the single "Don't Look Down" featuring Usher. He also released two video versions for it on Vevo, "Towel Boy" and "Towel Girl." The track was written by Garrix, James 'JHart' Abrahart and busbee. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs. In an interview with DigitalSpy in early 2015, Garrix noted that Usher is a "humble" artist and a great collaborator to whom he can direct input. Garrix also worked with multi-Grammy winner Ed Sheeran on a track called "Rewind Repeat It," which he played at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2015. On 4 May 2015, Garrix released a track with Tiësto, called "The Only Way Is Up". On 22 May 2015, Avicii released a lyric video of the song "Waiting for Love" co-produced by Garrix. On July 6, 2015, Martijn released the Break Through The Silence EP with Matisse and Sadko. Later, On 31 October 2015 he gave away a single for free called "Poison".

On August 26, 2015, Garrix made an announcement on social media regarding rumors he had terminated his agreements with the company Spinnin' Records and MusicAllStars Management in which he confirmed he was no longer working with the two companies. The cause was cited due to a "...difference of opinion between us regarding the reasonableness of the agreements." over ownership rights of Garrix's music. The major debate revolves around ownership of Garrix's first major hit "Animals," which was released when he was only 17 and lacking experience in contract negotiation. The post reads "From the beginning of this year I tried to get back the ownership rights of my music from Spinnin' Records and to keep my confidence in MAS. I am extremely disappointed that the discussions have not led to a change in the agreements or return of the ownership rights, and that is why I nullified them."

In November 2015, after being split from Spinnin' Records, Garrix announced that he is creating his own record label.

On December 31, 2015, Martin released his final track of the year which he had co-produced with Justin Mylo and Mesto "Bouncybob" for free.

On February 3, 2016, Martin completed his sixteenth single "Now That I've Found You" (originally dubbed "Don't Crack Under Pressure") with singer John Martin which was first performed at Sziget Festival back in August 2015. It's unknown when the track will be released.

 

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New Info Update on Mar+in GarriX

2016: STMPD RCRDS and debut studio album

On February 3, 2016, Martin completed his sixteenth single "Now That I've Found You" (originally dubbed "Don't Crack Under Pressure") with singers John Martin and Michel Zitron which was first performed at Sziget Festival back in August 2015. The track will be released on March 11, 2016, through his new label named STMPD RCRDS.

On February 20, 2016, Martin announced that his debut album will be arriving this year via Twitter after the social media platform asked some of its most notable content curators to use its new video platform to announce their big plans for 2016.

 

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New Update (14/5/2016)

On 18 March 2016, Martin debuted a great part of his 2016 debut album at Ultra Music Festival, and chose to use his one-hour set to premiere ten new unreleased tracks, including collaborations with Avicii, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, Ed Sheeran, Bebe Rexha and Third Party along with AREA21, a music duo believed to be Martin Garrix himself, Maejor and now hinting Julian Jordan.

 

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New Update (17/6/2016)

On 27 May 2016, Martin released his second single "Lions in the Wild" with British DJ duo Third Party since founding STMPD RCRDS. On 13 June 2016, Martin released a third single "Oops" as a free download. It became the E3 2016 anthem.

Also Mar+in Garri× himself has posted/dropped hints on FB and Twitter with a cryptic image message (Shown Below) stating on when his debut album might be released,

which coincides with the dates for this year’s annual Amsterdam Dance Event.

I'll keep this dedicated fans thread of his updated when new info comes along.

 

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New Update (27/8/2016)

On 26 July 2016, it was announced that Garritsen signed a 'worldwide' contract with Sony Music International. He said in the release, "Their forward thinking approach to streaming and incredible roster of talented artists combined with their passion and understanding for my vision of the future of my music made this a no brainer." On 29 July 2016, he released the track "In the Name of Love" with Bebe Rexha.

On 22 August 2016, Garritsen made his first ever live performance of his own music, with Rexha on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, accompanied by The Tonight Show’s house band, The Roots.

 

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New Update (24/10/2016)

On 14 October 2016, Garritsen announced on social media that he was releasing seven songs for seven days. Several of the released songs have been premiered during his performance at Ultra Music Festival 2016. The songs were uploaded onto his YouTube channel as music videos with seven visual artists who live-painted their interpretations of each song.

On 19 October 2016, Garritsen has been named the world's top DJ. In DJ Mag's annual Top 100 DJs poll and, at the age of 20, he became the youngest ever recipient of the award. Speaking to the press, he said "It feels unreal to have won. I 100 percent did not expect it at all. I’ve had an amazing year, with awesome shows and amazing fans -- I’m so thankful for their support. I didn’t even do a campaign, and it just shows how dope the fanbase is. He was presented with his No.1 trophy by his mentor and four-times winner of the award, Tiësto at the Top 100 DJs Poll Awards Party in Amsterdam's famous Heineken Music Hall, the opening party in this year's Amsterdam Music Festival, the largest festival of the Amsterdam Dance Event.

Note: Don't know when his debut album will be released, it was suppose to be 21st October 2016 which was Friday (Last week) but nothing happened, maybe at the end of the year or early next year in 2017 it will be released, who knows but i will keep everyone who is interested informed when i hear some more news about it. :big hug:

 

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New Updates (11/2/2017)

Doentary:

It was announced that Garrix will co-star, alongside Carl Cox in an upcoming EDM-themed doentary titled "What We Started" which shows thirty years of EDM history by focusing mainly on the diverging careers of Cox, one of the scene’s founders who just announced his retirement from iconic Ibiza venue, Space, and Martin Garrix, currently ranked the number one DJ in the world.
The doentary is co-written, produced and directed by Bert Marcus alongside executive producer and music supervisor Pete Tong.

Awards won at European Music Awards:

On 6 November 2016, Garrix won "Best Electronic Act" and "Best World Stage Performance" awards at the MTV European Music Awards 2016.
He was presented his award by American rapper G-Eazy. During the awards ceremony, Garrix performed "In the Name of Love" on stage with Bebe Rexha.

New Single Release:

On 27 January 2017, Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and fast-rising British pop star Dua Lipa collaborate together and release a new track called "Scared to Be Lonely" where Garrix premiered the song at the AVA Festival 2017 in Myanmar in January for New Year.