David Guetta

DJing professionally from the age of 18, and after spending years on the French club scene wowing crowds and winning fans, David Guetta formed Gum Productions in 2001 in partnership with DJ and producer Joachim Garraud. He subsequently released his first hit single “Just A Little More Love” which charted across Europe. The success of this single afforded Guetta the opportunity to release his debut album of the same name on the Virgin Records Label.

Two studio albums later, David Guetta began to find some success within the UK and across mainland Europe with the release of his album “Pop Life”. But it was his 2009 album “One Love” which bought him international success with singles “When Love Takes Over” and “Sexy Bitch” storming the charts worldwide.

The success of Guetta’s collaborations with Kelly Rowland and Akon on “One Love” paved the way for a mountain of collaborations for his fifth studio album “Nothing but the Beat” which features Nicki Minaj, Sia, Snoop Dogg and Taio Cruz, amongst others. The album hit the number one spot in the UK and reached number five in the US, with “Where Them Girls At” and “Titanium” performing well in the US and beyond.

David Guetta has toured all over the world – both on solo stints and alongside Rihanna in 2013. He has literally travelled over a million miles to bring his dance anthems to all four corners of the globe, and is known for releasing the party animal in his fans.

With two Grammys already under his belt and a strong legion of fans from across the globe, David Guetta’s fame and success will continue to balloon. It is without doubt a success produced of hard work, and is more than deserved.

Prior to being an EDM producer, Emery played guitar in a punk band in the mid-nineties. He is also trained in classical piano and has a degree in Politics – talk about multi-talented! He has a distinctive production style, described as a fusion of trance, house and progressive and is generally labelled as a trouse DJ.

In 2002, Emery’s debut vinyl release - a white label remix of “Nervous Breakdown” by The Shrinks - brought him is first taste of fame when it was aired on BBC Radio 1. However, it is his third release under the name GTR called “Mistral” that launched his career. The track was debuted live at the Nature One Festival in 2002, and received support from DJ pioneers Tiesto, Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten. EDM magazines Mixmag, Muzik and DJ magazines also gave it rave reviews. Emery appeared in DJ Magazine’s top 100 poll consecutively from 2006-2013, peaking at number seven in 2010.

Emery owns record label Garuda, through which he has released all of his records since 2009. It is named after a bird-like creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology, which Emery came across during his travels in Indonesia. Prior to this, Emery owned Five AM, through which his top hits “Mistral”, “This is That” and “More Than Anything” were released. Garuda has also released records by Tritonal and M.I.K.E.

Amongst all his activities as a producer, DJ and record label owner, Emery also finds time to produces a dance music podcast, “The Gareth Emery Podcast”. It is recognized as being one of the first dance music podcasts and has been nominated for “Best Podcast” at the Miami Winter Music Conference’s International Dance Music Awards three times.