1. Gareth Emery was born in Southampton, England, United Kingdom His sister is the singer-songwriter Roxanne Emery.
15 Facts About Gareth Emery
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Gareth Emery lived in Southampton until the age of 26 before relocating to Manchester where he had a studio and ran a night club and record label, both called Garuda.
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Gareth Emery has a degree in Politics from University of Warwick and is trained in classical piano.
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Gareth Emery's debut vinyl release was a white label remix of The Shrink's "Nervous Breakdown" which was released in early 2002.
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Gareth Emery released "Concrete Angel" with Christina Novelli in 2012, and was voted as "Tune of the Year" by listeners of Armin van Buuren's Radioshow A State of Trance.
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On 1 April 2014, Gareth Emery released his second studio album Drive, which was followed by Drive Refueled remix album a year later.
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On 30 January 2017, Gareth Emery released a single titled "Saving Light" with artists Standerwick and Haliene on the Canadian label Monstercat.
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In 2019, following their various collaborations over the years, Gareth Emery released an album alongside Ashley Wallbridge called Kingdom United.
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On 9 July 2020, Gareth Emery released the album, The Lasers, while the first single of the album "You'll Be OK" achieved 2nd place on A State of Trance .
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Between 2006 and 2013 Gareth Emery ranked in DJ Mag's Top 50 DJs in the world, peaking at No 7 in 2010.
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From 2003 to 2008, Gareth Emery co-owned now defunct label Five AM under which some of his biggest hits from the time were released.
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From 2014 to 2019, Garuda was part of Armin van Buuren's record label Armada Music as Gareth Emery being an Armada artist.
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On 11 March 2016, Gareth Emery released single "CVNT5" together with Ashley Wallbridge.
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Gareth Emery revealed through Facebook that the project encountered many issues during its production, including "tears", "screaming", and lawsuits, but managed to complete it in time.
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Gareth Emery then followed up with an announcement of a new podcast from his new SiriusXM show called "ELECTRIC FOR LIFE".