Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (born 14 May 1996), known professionally Martin Garrix (stylized as Mar+in Garri× ), is a Dutch DJ, record producer and musician. He is ranked number 1 on DJ Mag 's Top 100 DJs list for 2016. In 2016, he founded the label STMPD RCRDS months after leaving Spinnin' Records , before signing with Sony Music . In 2017, he was announced as a resident DJ at Hï Ibiza. Early life Garrix learned to play guitar at age 8. In 2004, he expressed interest in becoming a DJ after seeing Tiësto perform at the Olympic games in Athens . He took particular inspiration from the track " Traffic ", prompting him to download specialist software , FL Studio , and enabling him to start composing. In 2013, he graduated from the Herman Brood Academy, a production school in Utrecht . Garrix ghost writes tracks for other artists, and despite this, only one in fifty of his tracks have made it out to the public. In an interview when