Sam Gellaitry | |
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 Gellaitry at the Panoramas festival in Paris 2016. | |
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| Born | 6 January 1997 Stirling, Scotland |
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| Labels | Parlophone |
Sam Gellaitry (born 6 January 1997) is a Scottish record producer, DJ, and songwriter. In 2021, he signed to Parlophone. [1]
Gellaitry was born in Stirling in 1997. [2] He comes from a family of musicians, with his mother previously playing in a band [3] and his father owning a business that makes bagpipes. [4] [5] He was first exposed to electronic music through his brother, who listened to happy hardcore music. [6] He left school at 16 and taught himself to produce, starting an entry level college course in sound production. [7] [8]
Gellaitry first became known as a producer on the platform SoundCloud, [4] [9] before earning a record deal with XL Recordings at the age of 18. [10] [7] He later signed with Parlophone. [11] He released a single in 2014 entitled "Powder". [12]
In 2015, Gellaitry released the EP Short Stories, released on Soulection Records. [13] He released three volumes of the Escapism series of EPs: Escapism was released in 2015, [14] Escapism II was released in 2016 [15] and Escapism III was released in 2017. [16]
In 2017, he performed at Coachella, closing at the Gobi tent. [17] In 2018, Gellaitry's song "Long Distance" was featured in a Super Bowl ad for Diet Coke. [18]
In 2019, he released his first album, Viewfinder Vol. I: Phosphene. [19]
In 2021, he released the EP IV, featuring four tracks, [20] including "Duo", [21] which was accompanied by a music video. [22] [23] This was the first project of Gellaitry's that prominently featured his vocals, as his previous works were primarily instrumental or sample based. [1]
In 2022, he released the mixtape album VF Vol. II, a followup to Viewfinder Vol. I, featuring a collaboration with PinkPantheress on "Picture in My Mind" [24] [25] and the single "Serotonin". [26] PinkPantheress described Gellaitry as "a genius level producer". [27] Also in 2022, EDM.com named Gellaitry as one of the 10 best music producers of the year. [28] This Song Is Sick ranked him as number two on their list of "Top 10 Artists to Watch in 2023". [29]
In 2023, producer Kaytranada remixed Gellaitry's single "Assumptions". [30] Gellaitry described Kaytranada as "a true innovator and inspiration to my music". [31]
Gellaitry has also produced for other artists such as Don Toliver and Masego. [10]
In early September 2025, Gellaitry announced his debut studio album, Anywhere Here Is Perfect, set for release on 7 November. [32]
Gellaitry has described Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Daft Punk, Röyksopp and Toro y Moi as being some of his musical influences. [17]
Gellaitry has synaesthesia, [2] and has discussed in interviews how he sees key signatures in different colours and how this influences his music. [10] [33] He lives in Stirling, where he grew up. [17] [6]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| "Thinking" | 2018 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Duo" | 2021 | — | — | IV | |
| "Gullible" | — | — | VF Vol. II | ||
| "New Wave" | 2022 | — | — | ||
| "Angel" | — | — | |||
| "Picture in My Mind" (with PinkPantheress) | 14 | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Serotonin" | — | — | VF Vol. II | ||
| "Intertwine" | — | — | |||
| "Name to a Face" | — | — | |||
| "Assumptions" | — | 5 | IV | ||
| "Darling Drive" (with Mette) | 2024 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Maybe It's U" | — | — | |||
| "More!" | — | — | |||
| "Introspective" | — | — | |||
| "Home" | — | — | |||
| "Start Up a Rumour" | 2025 | — | — | Anywhere Here Is Perfect | |
| "Curious" (featuring Toro y Moi) | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory. | |||||
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