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As he no doubt works to regain his crown in 2020, we can't wait to hear what the young star has up his sleeve.ĭo you submit your DJ setlists to the relevant royalties collecting society? He may have been tipped to the summit this year, but really Martin Garrix’s career has only just begun. And I have been working on a very special project that will be revealed soon!" I also made a lot of new music with some incredible artists such as Fall Out Boy, Macklemore, Bonn and Dean Lewis. "I got to play at the most amazing festivals and venues again! We have been making big steps with STMPD RCRDS with a lot of music, new artist signings and stages all around the world. "As always, my touring schedule was super-busy," Garrix tells DJ Mag. Moving lighting effects on the ceiling will make the whole space come alive and feel like a tri-dimensional experience, all soundtracked by a two-and-a-half-hour set from the man himself that promises to find him playing tunes that span his entire career. It promises a vast stage that will take up one-half of the space, as well as some of the most technologically advanced production in the world right now. As we write this, he is preparing to unveil his spectacular new show ANIMA Presents the Void at Amsterdam RAI for the annual ADE. Known for his electric mix of prog and big room, Dutch house and future bass sounds, Garrix is not afraid of a pop vocal and lush hook, as evidenced by his new tunes this year.


On that trip, he also took time out to visit the SOS Children's Village - funded by the charity he’s involved with - and played a one-hour set to an excited crowd of one hundred children and young people. Since that big single came out, the baby-faced assassin has performed at the Ultra Music Festival Australia, headlined Tomorrowland Winter and Ultra Music Festival in Miami, as well as Ultra South Africa. It has now been streamed more than nine million times on YouTube alone and features some of the guitar playing he has been honing since his teenage years. He's still had an amazing year that started off with his ‘No Sleep’ single in cahoots with Bonn back in February. After first appearing at No.4 back in 2014 (propelled initially by the worldwide success of his breakthrough hit ‘Animals’), he retained the title in 20, but after that incredible run, he has finally been knocked off his perch. Martin Garrix made a swift and sensational rise to the No.1 spot of our Top 100 DJs poll back in 2016 when he was just 20 years old.
