Gareth Emery

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Gareth Emery
Background information
Birth name Gareth Thomas Rhys Emery
Also known as GTR, Rue De Gar, Runaway
Born 18 July 1980 (1980-07-18) (age 31)
United Kingdom
Genres Trance
Occupations Disc jockey
Record producer
Years active 2002–present
Labels Five AM (2003–2008)
Garuda (2009–present)
Website Official site

Gareth Emery (born 18 July 1980 in Southampton, England) is a trance-genre producer and DJ. In 2011 he was voted the #13 DJ in the world by DJ Mag Poll.[1]

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[edit] Background

Gareth Emery was born in Southampton, but he is now in Manchester, England. He is a producer and DJ of trance music.[2] He comes from a diverse musical background that includes classical piano training, jazz, and a little punk rock. Gareth has emerged in the last few years as one of the world's major trance DJs. Since entering the DJ Mag Top 100 poll at number #34 in 2006, he has climbed every year since being ranked #31 in the 2007 poll, #23 in the 2008 poll, and entering the top 10 in 2009 at #9.[3] He is widely tipped to become one of the next global stars of trance music, with both Paul van Dyk and Ferry Corsten naming him as a future star in their DJ Mag Top 100 interviews in 2006/2007. In 2010 Gareth was named as #7 DJ in the world by DJ Mag.[4]

[edit] Breakthrough years (2002 - 2003)

Emery first came to the attention of the electronic music community in early 2002, when his debut vinyl release (a white label remix of The Shrink's classic 'Nervous Breakdown') was broadcast live on BBC Radio 1 from the Mardi Gras festival on Judge Jules' show. After being championed by a host of DJs, including Eddie Halliwell, Pete Tong, Guy Ornadel, Scot Project and Dave Pearce, 'Nervous Breakdown' was picked up by Nutrition for an official release and later featured on a number of compilations including the Godskitchen Direct mix album.[5]

Following the hard tech-trance flavour of 'Nervous Breakdown', Gareth turned his attention back to his traditional style of trance with his next release, a double A-side comprising the tracks 'Psiclone' and 'Flood Control' on his own label Influential. The release picked up considerable support from all the major trance spinners, including Armin van Buuren [6] and Ferry Corsten.

However, the track that truly put Emery on the production map was GTR – 'Mistral', which was the fourth track he had produced. It was created entirely on a laptop computer over the course of a two week holiday in Provence. Nevertheless, the CDR that Gareth sent to Paul van Dyk caused a storm when van Dyk debuted it live on the radio during the Nature One Festival. 'Mistral' received huge support from some of the world's leading DJs, including Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, DJ EGG, Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten, and received highly positive reviews in Mixmag, Muzik, and DJ [7]

[edit] Progressing music career (2004 - 2006)

In this period, Emery continued to become established within dance music albeit not quite living up to the explosive success he had enjoyed in 2003 (largely due to GTR - Mistral). He did however spend a lot of time working at the now apparently defunct Five AM [8] label (which he co-owned), whilst establishing himself as a DJ, making regular appearances at British nightclubs such as Godskitchen, Slinky, The Gallery, Passion and the Tangled Trance Fest, establishing an international residency in Vancouver, and playing all over the world.

[edit] Global success (2006 - present day)

2006 probably represented the year when Emery first started to become a serious global contender, partly due to his radio show The Gareth Emery Podcast [9] which was launched in March '06 (see below) and became extremely successful, and also due to finding form in the studio again. Before 2006, it looked unlikely that Emery would be able to better the success of 'GTR - Mistral' (from 2003), but that year he managed it with two huge anthems: the first being his remix of Albert Vorne's 'Formentera What' [10] and the second 'Another You, Another Me',[11] written with fellow DJ Lange.

In the passing years, Emery has showed little sign of slowing, with numerous big tracks and remixes like 'More Than Anything', 'This Is That', his 2009 hits 'Exposure',[12] Metropolis,[13] and his 2010 Global [14](Which is also the theme for 2010 Global Gathering[15]). He is now well established as a globally successful DJ and producer, now under his new record label Garuda. Starting in 2009, Garuda has also hosted a series of club nights at Manchester superclub Sankeys.[16]

[edit] Style

Emery has a distinctive and unique production style that can perhaps best be described as a fusion of trance and progressive, with psy, tribal and techno flavours. His productions have been described as intelligent, driving, melodic and progressive. His dub mixes are often done in his signature "stuttering vocal" style, which he pioneered on his early hit 'Bouncebackability' (co-produced with Jon O'Bir).[17] He is well known for playing a diverse showcase of music both in his DJ sets and his podcast, and has often dismissed his categorization as a 'trance' DJ simply stating that he plays good records regardless of genre.

[edit] Labels

From 2003 to 2008, Gareth was associated with the (now apparently defunct) Five AM label under which some of his biggest hits were released (Mistral / This Is That / More Than Anything), and where he was also involved as an A&R and co-owner. However 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 which was a very successful record, topping trance download charts on sites like Beatport and Audiojelly for over a month.

[edit] Garuda

Garuda (garuda.nu) is Gareth's current label and has been the home for all of his music since its inception in 2009. It is named after the bird-like creature from Hindu / Buddhist mythology, which Gareth became aware of whilst touring Indonesia. Unlike his previous label Five AM, the label is also involved as a club night running events at Manchester superclub Sankeys, usually featuring extended (3 hour) sets from Gareth and a guest. Guests so far have been Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Above & Beyond and Sander Van Doorn.

[edit] Podcast

Gareth Emery produces the 'Gareth Emery Podcast'. It's an 60-120min podcast featuring ten or more tracks. The podcast is available through iTunes or for direct download from the Official Podcast Website, which includes information on the podcast and a full tracklist archive. The podcast was nominated for "best podcast" for three years running at the Miami Winter Music Conference and is generally considered to be one of the most popular dance music podcasts on the internet (helped in part from being one of the first dance music podcasts).

The Podcast Annual 2007 was the first album to come from Gareth's podcast experience. Two CDs showcase a selection of the best tracks of 2007.

[edit] Selected discography

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, Bonzai, and his native Five AM label.

In May 2005, Gareth released his debut mix CD, "Five AM Sessions: Volume One", featuring a diverse blend of electronica that ranges from deep & dark tech-trance, to funky tripped out electronica, and his own signature style of pure driving trance.

In September 2010 Gareth released his first artist album "Northern Lights". Reviews have generally been positive, with Maxumi Magazine saying "Slick production and excellent use of vocals firmly cements Emery’s reputation as the up and coming Trance producer of the decade."[18]

[edit] 2002

  • 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]

[edit] 2003

  • 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]

[edit] 2004

  • 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]

[edit] 2005

  • 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]

[edit] 2006

  • 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]

[edit] 2007

  • 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]

[edit] 2008

  • 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]

[edit] 2009

  • 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)

[edit] 2010

[edit] 2011

[edit] 2012

  • Gareth Emery feat. Christina Novelli - Concrete Angel

[edit] References

  1. ^ "DJ Mag top DJ poll 2011". DJ Mag. http://www.djmag.com/top100. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Biography of Gareth Emery". residentadvisor.net. http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/garethemery/biography. Retrieved 5 January 2011. 
  3. ^ http://www.djmag.com/top100
  4. ^ "Top 100 DJs / 7. Gareth Emery". djmag.com. http://www.djmag.com/top100/detail/2591. Retrieved 5 January 2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00007LZ2Y
  6. ^ http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=59645
  7. ^ http://www.garethemery.com/module_med_press_content2002.html
  8. ^ http://www.discogs.com/label/Five+AM
  9. ^ http://www.garethemerypodcast.com/
  10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPSuCRcwCgo
  11. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZByZadY-o
  12. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVmmuzZu384
  13. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBgUKMzyKbw
  14. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hERatYsuJZc
  15. ^ http://www.globalgathering.com/
  16. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzrMD6gAKFs
  17. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQzvexx85EM
  18. ^ http://www.maxumi.co.uk/2010/08/27/gareth-emery-northern-lights-album-review/

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