Gareth Emery
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Gareth Emery (Born: 1980 in Southampton, England) is a successful trance music producer and DJ.
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[edit] Background
Born and based in Southampton, England, Gareth Emery is a producer and DJ of trance music who comes from a diverse musical background that has included classical piano training, jazz, and even a little punk rock. Emery has emerged in the last few years as one of the world's major trance DJs, his talent finally being recognised when he was ranked #34 in the 2006 DJ Mag Poll and now #31 in the 2007 poll.
[edit] Early success
Emery first came to the attention of the electronic music community early in 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 immediately picked up by Nutrition for an official release and later featured on a number of compilations including the Godskitchen Direct mix album.
Following the hard tech-trance flavour of 'Nervous Breakdown', Gareth turned his attention back to his traditional home of trance with his next release, a double a-side comprised of 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 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, produced entirely on a laptop computer over the course of a two week holiday in Provence. Nevertheless, the sole CDR that Gareth sent to Paul van Dyk caused a storm when van Dyk debuted it live on radio from the Nature One Festival. 'Mistral' received huge support from the some of the world's leading DJ's, including Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten, and highly positive reviews in Mixmag, Muzik, and DJ.
Emery has made regular appearances at British nightclubs such as Godskitchen, Slinky, The Gallery and Passion, has established an international residency in Vancouver, and now frequently plays all over the globe. The remainder of his time is divided between producing dance tracks under his various guises and running Five AM records, one of the UK's leading trance record labels.
[edit] Gareth Emery In The Republic Of Moldova
On the 27th of August 2007, Gareth Emery held an open air concert for the trance listeners and music lovers of Moldova. He played a 2 hour set alongside DJ NMKY (NuclearMonKeY), DJ Solid, DJ Kram, DJ Sander and was organised by The Avalanche.md crew.
[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, a style he pioneered on his early hit 'Bouncebackability,' which he co-produced with John O'Bir.
[edit] Podcast
Gareth Emery produces the 'Gareth Emery Podcast', a fortnightly 45-minute mix featuring ten cutting edge dance music tracks. Ranging from electro to progressive, trance to techno. 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" at this years Miami Winter Music Conference 2007.
The Podcast Annual 2007 will be the first album to come from Gareth's podcast experience. Two CD's showcasing a retrospective best of 2007. The album will be released on 6th November 2007.
[edit] Selected discography
Gareth Emery's production aliases include GTR, Cupa, Digital Blues and a new house project under Runway.
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.
2008:
- Gareth Emery - This Is That [Five AM Records]
2007:
- Gareth Emery - More Than Anything [5AM Mix] (Five AM)
- Albert Vorne - Formentera What? (Gareth Emery remix) [Club Elite]
- Gareth Emery pres. Runway - Outrageous [Baroque]
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) [Curvve]
- Vinny Troia feat. Jaidene Veda - Flow (Gareth Emery dub) [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]
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]
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) [Equilibrium]
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]
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]
