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