Gareth Emery

Gareth Emery (born 18 July 1980) is an English Electronic dance music producer and DJ. Since 2009, he has been the highest-ranked British DJ in DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 poll, peaking at #7 in 2010. Background edit: Gareth Emery was born in Southampton, England although he also has Welsh heritage. He lived in Southampton until the age of 26 before relocating to Manchester, England where he has a studio and runs a night club and record label, both called Garuda. He has a degree in Politics from University of Warwick, supports Southampton Football Club, and is trained in classical piano. Prior to becoming involved in electronic music he played guitar in a punk band in the mid-nineties. Style edit: Emery has a distinctive production style that has been described as a fusion of trance, house and progressive, and is described by Emery himself as 'simple but effective'. Although usually categorised as a trance DJ, he has often dismissed this label simply stating that he plays good records regardless of genre. Breakthrough edit: Emery's debut vinyl release was a white label remix of The Shrink's classic "Nervous Breakdown" which was released in early 2002. In February 2002 Judge Jules broadcast the track live on BBC Radio 1 from the Mardi Gras festival, which brought Emery to the attention of the electronic music community. However, the track that launched his career is generally considered to be his third release: GTR - "Mistral". It was created entirely on a laptop computer over the course of a two week holiday in Provence.Paul van Dyk debuted the track live on the radio during the Nature One Festival in 2002 and it subsequently received support from some of the world's leading DJs, including Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten, and received highly positive reviews in Mixmag, Muzik, and DJ Magazine. Emery was ranked at #34 in DJ Mag's Top 100 poll in 2006, #31 in 2007, #23 in 2008, #9 in 2009 and #7 in 2010. in 2011, Emery dropped to #13. He is currently ranked at #14 Albums and Remixes edit: Emery has released four mix CDs during his career: The Five AM Sessions (2005), The Podcast Annual (2007), The Sound Of Garuda (2009) and The Sound Of Garuda: Chapter 2 (2011). His debut artist album Northern Lights was released in 2010, and achieved considerable success, climbing to no.1 in the US iTunes dance chart. The album also contained one of his most successful tracks "Sanctuary", which was voted the 2nd biggest track of 2010 by listeners of Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance radio show, and then became the most played record of 2011 on US Sirius XM Radio dance station BPM. In 2011, a remixed edition of the album was released entitled Northern Lights Re-Lit with remixes by acts including Hardwell, Arty, Giuseppe Ottaviani, John O'Callaghan, Lange and Ashley Wallbridge. Since 2002, he has produced, remixed, or collaborated on around 90 tracks, with notable remixes for Britney Spears, Armin van Buuren, and Above & Beyond. Labels edit: From 2003 to 2008, Gareth co-owned now defunct label Five AM under which some of his biggest hits from the time were released (Mistral / This Is That / More Than Anything). In late 2008 he announced he would no longer be involved at Five AM, instead starting a new label 100% owned by him called Garuda. The first Garuda release was his own record Exposure / Metropolis released in May 2009. Since then all Emery's records have been released through Garuda. It is named after the bird-like creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology, which Emery became aware of whilst touring Indonesia. The label has released records by artists including Ben Gold, Tritonal, M.I.K.E. and Blake Jarrell. The label also runs occasional club nights at Manchester superclub Sankeys, which was voted DJ Mag's no.1 club in the world in 2010. Guests have included Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Above & Beyond and Sander Van Doorn. Podcast & SiriusXM show edit: Since March 2006, Emery has produced the 'Gareth Emery Podcast'. Originally fortnightly but now weekly, the podcast is generally 60 minutes in length and features 15 or so tracks in a radio show style format, covering a wide range of dance music genres. It is considered one of the first dance music podcasts, and has been nominated for "Best Podcast" at the Miami Winter Music Conference's International Dance Music Awards three times. A feature called 'Podcast Player' involves DJs leaving an answerphone message and playing one of their favourite tracks of the time. In July 2012, Emery launched a syndicated radio show in North America called 'Gareth Emery Presents' on the SiriusXM channel Electric Area (Channel 52). The show broadcasts at 5pm ET Fridays with a repeat at 8pm ET Tuesdays. Selected Discography edit: Gareth Emery's production aliases include GTR, Cupa, Digital Blues and a house project under the meme Runaway. His production history includes collaborations with artists like Lange, Solid Globe, Jon O'Bir and CERN with releases on a multitude of labels including A State of Trance, Lost Language, Multiply Records, Bonzai Records, and his native Five AM label. 2002 edit: GTR - Mistral Five AM, GTR - Flood Control Influential, GTR - Psiclone Influential, GTR vs The Shrink - Nervous Breakdown (Trance mix) Nutrition, GTR vs The Shrink - Nervous Breakdown (Bootleg mix) Nutrition, 2003 edit: CERN - The Message (additional production) Five AM / ASOT, Cupa - Blaze Five AM, Cupa - Foundation Five AM, Nova - All This Love (GTR mix) Multiply, CERN - Baileys (GTR dub) Five AM, Quadraphonic - I Can Feel Your Love (Gareth Emery's GTR mix) Lost Language, 2004 edit: Wirefly - The Verdict (Gareth Emery & Mark Dedross mix) Motion, Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir - Escapade Five AM, GTR - Reason To Believe (Original Mix) Five AM, GTR - Reason To Believe (Gareth Emery Remix) Five AM, Echano - Nothing To Live For (Gareth Emery Remix) Motion, Will Holland - Magicka (Gareth Emery Remix) Forty Five, Digital Delinquents - Forever (Gareth Emery Vocal / Dub mixes) Equilibrium, 2005 edit: Zodiak - Provincial Disco (Gareth Emery Remix) MICREC, DJ Sammy - L'bby Haba (Gareth Emery Remix) Super M, Gareth Emery - Between Dreams Five AM, Gareth Emery - Backlash Five AM, Gareth Emery - Tribalism Five AM, Gareth Emery - History Of A Day Five AM, Lange vs Gareth Emery - This Is New York Lange Recordings, Lange vs Gareth Emery - X Equals 69 Lange Recordings, Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir - Bouncebackability Five AM, Emery & Kirsch - Lose Yourself Enhanced, Cupa - Mass Panic (Gareth Emery Remix) Five AM, Cupa - Mass Panic (Concept mix) Five AM, Digital Blues - Digital Blues Lange Recordings, Digital Blues - Definition Lange Recordings, Nu-NRG - Dreamland (Gareth Emery vs. Brisky Remix) Monster, 2006 edit: DT8 Project - Tomorrow Never Comes (Gareth Emery Remix) Mondo, Lange vs Gareth Emery - Another You, Another Me Vandit, Lange vs Gareth Emery - Back On Track (Gareth Emery Back On Breaks remix) Lange, Mike Foyle - Shipwrecked (Gareth Emery remix) Armind, Vinny Troia feat. Jaidene Veda - Flow (Gareth Emery Remix / Dub mix) Curvve, Gareth Emery & Nicholas Bennison - Interlok Five AM, Gareth Emery & Nicholas Bennison - Interlok (Gaz's Dubbed Out mix) Five AM, Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir - No Way Back Five AM, Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir - Integrate Five AM, Lange vs Gareth Emery - On Track Lange, Lange vs Gareth Emery - Three Lange, George Acosta feat. Truth - Mellodrama (Gareth Emery Remix) Five AM, 2007 edit: Gareth Emery - More Than Anything Five AM, Albert Vorne - Formentera What? (Gareth Emery Remix) Club Elite, Gareth Emery pres. Runway - Outrageous Baroque, Gareth Emery And Rue De Gar - Soul Symbol Curvve Recordings, 2008 edit: DJ Orkidea - Metaverse (Gareth Emery Remix)AVA Recordings, Myon And Shane 54 feat. Carrie Skipper - Vampire (Gareth Emery's Garuda Remix)Armind, Gareth Emery - This Is That Five AM Records, Martin Roth - Off the World (Gareth Emery Remix)Vandit, Darude Ft Blake Lewis - I Ran (So Far Away) (Gareth Emery Remix)HMC/DRD Music Finland, Andrew Bennett Vs Tatana Feat. Tiff Lacey - Closer (Than A Heartbeat) (Gareth Emery Remix) S2 Records, Bartlett Bros feat. Marcia Juell - Let it Flow (Gareth Emery Remix)Lunatique, Stowers & Young - The Second Coming (Gareth Emery Remix) Insight Recordings, Menno De Jong feat. Re:Locate - Solid State (Gareth Emery Remix) Intuition Recordings, 2009 edit: Gareth Emery - Exposure/Metropolis Garuda, Bobina - Time & Tide (Gareth Emery Remix) World Club Music, Above & Beyond pres. Oceanlab - Lonely Girl (Gareth Emery Remix) Anjunabeats, Ronski Speed feat. Ana - The Deep Divine (Gareth Emery Remix)euphonic, M.I.K.E. - Sunrise At Palamos 2009 (Gareth Emery Remix) Garuda, Fabio XB & Micky VI - Make This Your Day (Gareth Emery Remix) S107 Recordings, Fabio XB & Andrea Mazza - Light To Lies (Gareth Emery Remix) S107 Recordings, Gaia - Tuvan (Gareth Emery Remix) Armind, Gareth Emery With Emma Hewitt - I Will Be the Same Garuda, Terry Ferminal & Jonas Stenberg - A Thousand Miles, Memories (Gareth Emery Edit) High Contrast Recordings, Gareth Emery - The Sound Of Garuda Garuda, Rosie and The Goldbug - Heartbreak (Gareth Emery Remix), Delerium Vs Gareth Emery - In This Silence (Black Army Mashup), 2010 edit: Gareth Emery Feat Lucy Saunders - Sanctuary Garuda, Gareth Emery - Northern Lights (Studio Album) Garuda, Gareth Emery - Citadel Garuda, Above & Beyond & Gareth Emery pres. OceanLab - On a Good Day (Metropolis) Anjunabeats, Nadia Ali - Rapture (Gareth Emery Remix), 2011 edit: Gareth Emery - Northern Lights Re-Lit (Studio Album) Garuda, John O'Callaghan - Save This Moment (Gareth Emery Remix) Captivating Sounds - Armada, Britney Spears - I Wanna Go (Gareth Emery Remix), Gareth Emery & Ben Gold - Flash, Super8 & Tab - Perfect Day feat. Alyna (Gareth Emery Remix) Anjunabeats, Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge - Mansion, Gareth Emery feat. Mark Frisch - Into The Light, Gareth Emery - Tokyo, 2012 edit: Gareth Emery feat. Christina Novelli - Concrete Angel Garuda, Labrinth - Last Time (Gareth Emery Remix), Gareth Emery - The Saga Garuda, Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge - D.U.I. Garuda, 2013 edit: Gareth Emery - Meet Her In Miami Garuda, Gareth Emery - Layers Garuda, Gareth Emery ft. Roxanne Emery - (TBA), Gareth Emery ft. Krewella - (TBA), Gareth Emery - 2013 Album (TBA)

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