Wolfgang Gartner

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Wolfgang Gartner
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Wolfgang Gartner in 2021
Background information
Birth nameJoseph Thomas Youngman
Also known as
  • Mario Fabriani
  • Joey Youngman
Born (1982-03-17) March 17, 1982 (age 42)
San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s) Record producer, DJ
Labels

Joseph Thomas Youngman (born March 17, 1982), better known by his stage name Wolfgang Gartner, is an American DJ and music producer. [1] Much of his music prior to 2010 was released through his own record label, Kindergarten, but he signed with Ultra Records in 2010 and Ministry of Sound in the UK in 2011. [2]

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Biography

Background

Youngman created the Wolfgang Gartner name in late 1999 after establishing a successful name as a deep house DJ. Not wanting to be criticized for such an abrupt departure in style, Youngman created the name anonymously. Gartner's identity was revealed officially in July 2008. Youngman took the name from the coach of the Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer team. [3] The current Wolfgang Gartner logo was created in 2010 by New York graffiti artist Eric Haze who created logos for the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and EPMD.

Gartner hosted the first episode of MTV's dance music show "Clubland" which aired on September 22, 2011. [4] A portion of the episode was filmed at his home in Los Angeles, California, where he gave a tour of his studio and introduced music videos. He also was the DJ for the 10th Video Game Awards, which aired on Spike TV on December 7, 2012.

Music

A total of eight of Gartner's songs have held the #1 position on the Beatport Top 10 Chart. [5] His single "Wolfgang's 5th Symphony" was the highest selling song on Beatport.com in 2009. Gartner received a Grammy nomination for his remix of Andy Caldwell's "Funk Nasty" in the Best Remixed Recording (Non Classical) Category in 2010.

On September 20, 2011, Gartner released his first full-length album Weekend in America. The album featured vocal cameos from Omarion, Jim Jones & Cam'ron, will.i.am and Eve. It peaked at #2 in iTunes' dance chart and #1 in Beatport's album chart. Gartner also collaborated with deadmau5 on "Animal Rights","Channel 42" and "Channel 43", with Skrillex on "The Devil's Den", and with Tiesto and Luciana on "We Own the Night".

Gartner's music has been featured in a number of video games, including the racing game Midnight Club: Los Angeles ("Squares" and "Montezuma"), snowboarding game Stoked ("Circles"), and as downloadable content for Activision's DJ Hero and Hi-Fi Rush ("Wolfgang's 5th Symphony"), Dirt Showdown ("Illmerica"), Forza Horizon ("Illmerica"), Forza Horizon 4 ("Ching Ching"), FIFA 20 (”Anaconda“) and in The Crew Motorfest ("Cosa Nostra"). His music has also been featured in the TV shows Teen Wolf ("Illmerica") and The Secret Circle ("Get Em"), Grey's Anatomy ("There and Back"), How I Met Your Mother ("Menage A Trois"), Arrow ("There and Back") and in the movie Limitless ("Hook Shot").

"Illmerica" was mashed up with "We Are Your Friends" (by Justice vs Simian) to form the track "Illmerica Are Your Friends" by Australian DJ Steve Camp; the song became popular after it was played as the opening track on episode 186 of Tiësto's radio show Club Life in 2010. [6] [7] [8]

Gartner was nominated for four International Dance Music Awards in January 2011, including Best Electro/Tech House Track, Best Progressive Track, Best Breakthrough DJ and Best Breakthrough Artist. [9] That same month, Gartner announced a new video for the single "Illmerica". "Forever", a collaboration with will.i.am, was released on April 12, 2011. The music video received regular rotation on MTV UK, MuchMusic (Canada), and AMtv in the USA. The single received limited radio airplay in America, while reaching A-List rotation on BBC Radio 1 in the UK.

His musical style ranges from electro house to progressive house and tech house, as categorized in online record stores such as Beatport.

Gartner finished in 8th place in the 2013 America's Best DJ competition—a vote and promotion to find out the country's most popular DJ conducted by DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ . [10]

DJ career

Gartner has performed at a number of music festivals including CounterPoint 2014, Camp Bisco 2011 and 2013, Neon Desert Music Festival 2013 World Electronic Music Festival 2012, Electric Forest 2012, Sasquatch! Music Festival 2012, Coachella 2010, 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival 2010, 2011, and 2013, Ultra Music Festival 2010 through 2013, Parklife (Australia) 2011, Creamfields (UK) 2011, Global Dance Festival 2012, Electric Zoo 2011, 2012 and tours extensively around the world. In 2010, Gartner debuted as a featured guest on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix series, hosted by DJ/producer Pete Tong. [11]

Discography

Studio albums

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References

  1. ↑ "Wolfgang Gartner Bio, Music, News & Shows". DJZ.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ Rimmington, Stephen. (May 27, 2011) Wolfgang Gartner signed to Ministry of Sound? (Update: Yes)| Nothin' Gonna Change Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Nothingonnachange.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.
  3. ↑ Holbrook, Natalie. (November 3, 2011) Constant Gartner | Vegas Seven. Weeklyseven.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-30. Archived January 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Bounce | Calvin Harris | Music Video". MTV. July 26, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ 1001Tracklists. "Tiësto & Denis A - Club Life 186 2010-10-22". 1001Tracklists. Retrieved August 29, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Justice Vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup) [DL IN DESCRIPTION] , retrieved August 29, 2022
  8. ↑ Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup), October 14, 2010, retrieved August 29, 2022
  9. ↑ "IDMA's – 2013 IDMA Nominees FOR 2012 – Winter Music Conference 2014 – WMC 2014". Wintermusicconference.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ "2013 Results – America's Best DJ". Djtimes.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  11. ↑ "2010-05-14 – Pete Tong, Boy 8 Bit, Wolfgang Gartner – Essential Selection − MixesDB". Mixesdb.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
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