Martijn Garritsen, commonly known by his stage name Martin Garrix, is a Dutch DJ/producer
signed to Spinnin' Records.
He is best known for the track "Animals", which was a Top 10 hit in more than 10 countries;
the song has also peaked at number 1 in Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
His single "Wizard", produced with Jay Hardway, was also successful in numerous countries
in 2014.
Music career Garrix's passion for music started at the
age of 4 through learning to play guitar.
By the age of 8 he had expressed interest in becoming a DJ after seeing DJ Tiesto playing
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.
Garritsen currently attends the Herman Brood Academy, a production school in Utrecht.
2012: Early career Garritsen had his beginnings with the song
"BFAM", a co-release with Julian Jordan.
In 2012, he won the SLAM!
FM DJ Talent of the Year Award.
Also in 2012, his remix of "Your Body" was released on Christina Aguilera's deluxe version
of her album Lotus.
The song is written by Max Martin, Shellback and Savan Kotecha.
His track "Just Some Loops", a collaboration with TV Noise appeared on the compilation
album Loop Masters Essential, Volume 2.
2013–present: breakthrough and "Animals" In 2013, he co-released "Torrent" with Sidney
Samson on Tiësto's Musical Freedom label.
Garrix gained considerable fame through his own solo release "Animals" released on June
16, 2013 on Dutch record label Spinnin Records, becoming a hit in a great number of charts
in Europe, and quickly became the youngest person ever to reach the #1 spot on Beatport.
The track also appears on Hardwell's album Hardwell presents 'Revealed Volume 4'.
On September 30, 2013, Garrix released a remix of "Project T" by Sander Van Doorn, Dimitri
Vegas and Like Mike which quickly hit #1 on the Beatport charts.
Garrix appeared on DJ mag's top 100 DJs list 2013 as a new entry at number 40.
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 #1 on the Beatport Top
100 charts for 2 weeks.
He later 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 also released Proxy, available as a free download on Soundcloud to his fans
as a gift for a great last year.
Discography Extended plays
Singles Singles
2012 "Keygen" [Spinnin' Records]
"Registration Code" [Spinnin' Records] "BFAM" [Spinnin' Records]
2013 "Animals" [Spinnin' Records]
"Torrent" [Musical Freedom Records] "Gamer" [DOORN Records]
"Wizard" [Spinnin' Records] 2014
"Helicopter" [Spinnin' Records] "Proxy" [Spinnin' Records] [Free Download]
"Tremor" [Spinnin' Records] "Gold Skies" [Spinnin' Records]
"Backlash" [Spinnin' Records] Remixes
2012 Christina Aguilera - "Your Body" [Sony/RCA]
Roy Gates - "Midnight Sun 2.0" 2013
Daddy's Groove - "Stellar" [Spinnin' Records] Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Vs. Sander Van Doorn
- "Project T" [Spinnin' Records] Martin Garrix - "Animals" [Spinnin' Records]
2014 Bassjackers - "Crackin" [Spinnin' Records]
DubVision - Backlash [Spinnin' Records] References
External links Official website