Gareth Emery

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Gareth Emery is a name ubiquitous with the cool side of modern trance. Still only 24, his work over the last two years as a record producer, international DJ, and label A&R has made him many people's no.1 tip to become the scene's next trance superstar.

Background and history.

Coming from a diverse musical background which encompassed classical piano training and jazz along the way, Gareth gave up playing lead guitar in a punk-rock band to start producing dance music seriously in 2001, and immediately attracted attention with his first release. The track, entitled "Nervous Breakdown 2002," was a white label bootleg of The Shrink's infamous classic which found its way onto BBC Radio 1 after being supported by a host of DJs including Eddie Halliwell, Guy Ornadel and Dave Pearce. It was immediately picked up by Nutrition for an official release and later featured on a number of compilations including the Godskitchen Direct mix album.

Early productions.

The release that truly put Gareth on the productions map was GTR - "Mistral", a track never destined to become an anthem and 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 such a storm when van Dyk debuted it live on radio from the Nature One Festival, that Five AM Records wasted no time in signing it, helping it to become a truly global trance anthem. Unequivocally supported by DJs including Tiesto, Ferry Corsten and Armin, it not only had immediate appeal but went on to achieve the status of a modern trance classic and can still be heard in clubs to this day. It also featured on a large number of compilations and was hand-picked by Tiesto to end CD1 of his critically acclaimed "Nyana" album.

Present day.

In the two years since then, Gareth has maintained a steady flow of releases as GTR, Gareth Emery and Cupa as well as undertaking remix work for major labels like Multiply, Bonzai, and Lost Language. He has also collaborated with artists including Solid Globe, Harry Diamond, Jon O'Bir, and CERN, co-writing their late-2003 anthem "The Message." His music has found favour with just about every a-list trance DJ in the world, and has featured on compilations from Godskitchen, Slinky, Purple Eye (Ferry Corsten's Washington World Tour), Telstar (Euphoria), Warner, Sony, Moonshine and more.

Five AM Records.

In early 2004, along with Alexis Hooper and Simon Brisk, Gareth became part of a new management collective that bought out and took over Five AM, giving him a leading role at the label that gave him his break two years previously. Under their direction, the imprint was relaunched in June with the release of Gareth's new GTR track "Reason To Believe" and since then has fortified its reputation as one of the best credible trance labels in the world. Now with nearly 30 releases (previous artists include Binary Finary, Sunscreem and Plastic Boy) Five AM continues to go from strength to strength. As well as continuing to release consistently successful club tracks, it has also run a number of sell-out Five AM Global Tour nights across the world featuring sets from artists on the label, with Gareth as tour resident. More international and domestic parties, an mp3 download store, and the label's first mix CD are in the pipeline for early 2005.

DJ Profile.

Since singing to DJ Connections in early 2003, Gareth has become a regular guest at top UK clubs like Godskitchen, Slinky, The Gallery, Passion, Tangled, Peach and more. In addition to this success in the UK, he has also gained popularity across the globe with a hectic international diary including dates in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland and more.

Demand for his DJ sets continues to grow, due not to artificial hype or press, but a genuine reputation for rocking clubs with his unique sound which stays true to the genre by relying on underexposed gems and exclusive personal edits rather than current big tunes. A truly flexible DJ, he is one of a rare breed able to read the crowd in an instant and deliver the goods at any time of night. His varied and unpredictable sets can range from moody progressive beats to pounding tech-trance, which is why The Gallery are just as happy for him to play after Judge Jules as Godskitchen are for him to warm up for Paul van Dyk.

If you haven't already, make seeing a Gareth Emery set a must for 2005. We guarantee you'll be glad you did - see you on the dancefloor.

Productions, remixes, collaborations, and compilations.


2005:

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 mixl) [Five AM]
GTR - Reason To Believe (Gareth Emery remix / Original) [Five AM]
Echano - Nothing To Live For (Gareth Emery remix) [Motion]
Will Holland - Magicka (Gareth Emery remix) [Fourty 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]

Compilation appearances.

Note - this isn't an exhaustive list of compilations - if you know of any compilation not listed here, please inform us.

GTR - Flood Control
Slinky TransAtlantik [Ahead]

GTR vs The Shrink - Nervous Breakdown (GTR Trance mix)
Godskitchen Direct [Godskitchen]
Capital mixed by Misja Helsloot [Combined Forces]

GTR - Mistral
Tiesto - Nyana [Black Hole Recordings]
Ferry Corsten - Washington World Tour [Tsunami]
Total Trance Mix mixed by Gareth Emery [Moonshine USA]
Technics DJ Set Volume 8 mixed by DJ Shog & Talla 2XLC
[Warner Germany]
Graham Gold: GG02 [TrustTheDJ]
Unknown title [Phonokol Israel]
Hi-Bias: A Trip In Trance mixed by Hiver & Hammer [Hi-Bias Canada]
Versuz 2 mixed by DJ Dave Lambert (Minimalistix) [Mostiko Belgium]
The Art of Trance mixed by Jumping Jack [Enigma Australia]
Traffic mixed by DJ Noise meets Pure [ZAP Switzerland]

Nova - All This Love (GTR mix)
Limited Edition Euphoria mixed by Matt Darey & Adam White [Telstar]

Quadraphonic - I Can Feel Your Love (Gareth Emery dub)
Exhibition mixed by Ben Lost and Solar Stone, vinyl edition
[Lost Language]

GTR - Reason To Believe (Gareth Emery remix)
Illusion At The Beach 2004 mixed by DJ Regi and DJ Christopher [AGM]

Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir - Escapade
A Trip in Trance 3 mixed by Lange [Hi-Bias]
World In Motion volume 1 mixed by Greenhead and Timeok [Offshore]
Tranzexperience 2004 mixed by Misja Helsloot on [Subtraxx]
Best of Platipus:Euro [Platipus]

Wirefly - The Verdict (Gareth Emery & Mark Dedross mix)
Technoclub Next mixed by Talla 2XLC [Universal Germany]

Gareth's current setup

Studio gear.
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ with 1GB of RAM
2 x Neovo F-15 TFT flatscreen
M Audio Delta 1010
Steinberg Midex3
Access Virus C
Studio Electronics SE-1 (on loan!)
Yamaha DJX (midi input keyboard)
Lexicon MPX500
Lexicon Reflex
Samson C-Control
Mackie HR624 active monitors
Beyerdynamic DT250 headphones
Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro headphones
Cubase SX 2.0
Various VST soft-synths and effects (too many to list)

DJ gear.
2 x Technics SL1210 mkII
Pioneer CDJ-1000 mkII
Pioneer CDJ-100s
Allen & Heath Xone 62 mixer
Pioneer HDJ1000 headphones (x2)
UDG Softbag
Amazing tunes (too many to list)

Source: www.garethemery.com