Background
Martin Garrix was born as Martijn Garritsen in Amstelveen, Netherlands to Dutch parents. He was also raised in Amstelveen. His nationality is Dutch. The actual information about his parents is unknown
Martin Garrix was born as Martijn Garritsen in Amstelveen, Netherlands to Dutch parents. He was also raised in Amstelveen. His nationality is Dutch. The actual information about his parents is unknown
He received his formal education from Herman Brood Academy. He was one of the brilliant students of his class. When he was there, he was also active in composing songs. He finally graduated from there in 2013.
2012: Early career
Garritsen had his beginnings with the songs "BFAM" (with Julian Jordan) and "Just Some Loops", a collaboration with TV Noise that appeared on the compilation album Loop Masters Essential, Volume 2. He signed to Spinnin' Records in 2012, releasing "Error 404" through the label.
2013–14: Breakthrough
In 2013, Garrix co-released "Torrent" with Sidney Samson on Tiësto's Musical Freedom label. Garrix gained fame through his own solo release "Animals" released on 16 June 2013 on Dutch record label Spinnin' Records, becoming a hit in a great number of charts in Europe, and became the youngest person to reach the No. 1 spot on Beatport.The track appears on Hardwell's album Hardwell presents 'Revealed Volume 4'. On 30 September 2013, Garrix released a remix of "Project T" by Sander Van Doorn and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike which quickly hit No. 1 on the Beatport charts. Garrix appeared on DJ Magazine's top 100 DJs list 2013 as a new entry at number 40. In 2014, Garrix appeared on DJ Magazine's top 100 DJs list at number 4. In November 2013, Garrix signed a deal with Scooter Braun's Scooter Braun Projects (later School Boy Records). 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 No. 1 on the Beatport Top 100 charts for 2 weeks. He 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 released "Proxy", available as a free download on SoundCloud to his fans as a gift for a great 2013. In 2014, Garrix released a song with MOTi with the title "Virus (How About Now)" which was later in the year as well as his collaboration with Afrojack releasing "Turn Up the Speakers" which Afrojack and Garrix both Premiered at Ultra Music Festival.
2015: More melodic sound and split from Spinnin' Records
In 2015, Garrix experimented with progressive house and started producing progressive style apart from his signature big room sound. On February 6, 2015, Garrix released the track "Forbidden Voices" as a gift for 10 million likes on his Facebook page.In February 2015, Garrix released the single "Don't Look Down" featuring Usher. He also released two video versions for it on Vevo, "Towel Boy" and "Towel Girl." The track was written by Garrix, James 'JHart' Abrahart and busbee. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs. In an interview with DigitalSpy in early 2015, Garrix noted that Usher is a "humble" artist and a great collaborator to whom he can direct input. Garrix also worked with multi-Grammy winner Ed Sheeran on a track called "Rewind Repeat It," which he played at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2015. On 4 May 2015, Garrix released a track with Tiësto, called "The Only Way Is Up". On 22 May 2015, Avicii released a lyric video of the song "Waiting for Love" co-produced by Garrix. On July 6, 2015, Martijn released the Break Through The Silence EP with Matisse and Sadko. Later, On 31 October 2015 he gave away a single for free called "Poison".
On August 26, 2015, Garrix made an announcement on social media regarding rumors he had terminated his agreements with the company Spinnin' Records and MusicAllStars Management in which he confirmed he was no longer working with the two companies.The cause was cited due to a "...difference of opinion between us regarding the reasonableness of the agreements." over ownership rights of Garrix's music. The major debate revolves around ownership of Garrix's first major hit "Animals," which was released when he was only 17 and lacking experience in contract negotiation. The post reads "From the beginning of this year I tried to get back the ownership rights of my music from Spinnin' Records and to keep my confidence in MAS. I am extremely disappointed that the discussions have not led to a change in the agreements or return of the ownership rights, and that is why I nullified them."
In November 2015, after being split from Spinnin' Records, Garrix announced that he is creating his own record label.
On December 31, 2015, Martin released his final track of the year which he had co-produced with Justin Mylo and Mesto "Bouncybob" for free.
On February 3, 2016, Martin completed his sixteenth single "Now That I've Found You" (originally dubbed "Don't Crack Under Pressure") with singer John Martin which was first performed at Sziget Festival back in August 2015. It's unknown when the track will be released.
Physical Characteristics: 1.76 m tall