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"Animals" also appeared on the album "Hardwell presents 'Revealed Volume 4'" by Dutch producer Hardwell.
Billboard. “People like Flume, they inspire me, they have such a unique sound, and that’s what I’m trying to do, I want people to be able to say ‘This is Martin Garrix’ when one of my tracks plays,” Garrix said in a 2017 interview with The Independent. Radio and Music. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
He founded the label Stmpd Rcrds in 2016, months after leaving Spinnin' Records and before signing with Sony Music. "Martin Garrix Announces New Ibiza Residency". Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. In 2014, Garrix collaborated with Dutch duo Firebeatz on "Helicopter" which reached number one on the Beatport Top 100 charts for two weeks.
He signed with Spinnin' Records in 2012, releasing "Error 404", a collaboration with Dutch DJ Jay Hardway.[16] In 2013, Garrix co-released "Torrent" with Dutch DJ Sidney Samson on Tiësto's Musical Freedom label.[17]
Garrix gained fame through his solo release, "Animals",[18] which was released on 16 June 2013.
On 30 September, Garrix released a remix of "Project T" by Sander Van Doorn and Belgian-Greek DJ duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike which quickly hit number one on the Beatport charts.[21] He appeared on DJ Magazine's top 100 DJs list in 2013 as a new entry at number 40. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
His setlist is as follows: "Forever", "Together", "Animals", "Like I Do", and "Pizza".[94]
On 20 April 2018, Garrix released his collaboration with Loopers titled "Game Over".[95] On 15 June, he released the single "Ocean", a collaboration with American R&B singer Khalid.[96] On 29 July, he headlined the Tomorrowland Belgium 2018 music festival and released the single "High on Life", a collaboration with singer Bonn, immediately after his closing set ended.[97] On 30 July, the music video for "High on Life" was released which contained footage from his Tomorrowland set.
Instead, he loves to be a computer “nerd” about music and enjoys windsurfing.
He said in a 2015 interview: “One thing most people don’t know about me is that I actually don’t like gaming, I don’t like watching TV, and I’m a super big computer nerd, but only when it comes to music, not gaming or anything like that. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018.
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Philanthropy
In May 2016, Garrix headlined an event in Los Angeles[138] with all proceeds going to the non-profit organisation Fuck Cancer, dedicated to early detection, prevention and providing support to those affected by cancer.[139][140]
In November 2016, Garrix started his India tour with a special charity show in Mumbai with over 62,000 in attendance.[141] Hosted at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse, the charity event's purpose was to educate Indian children, with the proceeds from the show being donated to Magic Bus, who will be supporting the education of 10,000 children across the country.[141]
On 24 February 2017, Garrix was announced as an "international friend" for SOS Children's Village in South Africa, a non-profit organisation that "builds families for orphaned, abandoned, and other vulnerable children around the world".[142] Speaking to Billboard, he said "it is awful that so many children around the world don't have the support of a caring family".
He created the label to be a platform for artists of various genres. We Rave You.