Martin Garrix at Midsummer White Festival 2013 Career 2012–2014: Spinnin' Records deal, "Animals", and Gold Skies In 2013, he graduated from the Herman Brood Academy, a production school in Utrecht.
He took particular inspiration from the track " Traffic", prompting him to download the specialist digital audio workstation FL Studio, enabling him to start producing. In 2004, he expressed interest in becoming a DJ after seeing Dutch DJ Tiësto perform at that year's Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Athens. He showed musical interest at an early age and learned to play the guitar at the age of 8. Garrix was born as Martijn Gerard Garritsen on in Amstelveen in the Netherlands, the son of Gerard and Karin Garritsen. 2.6 2019: Headlining festivals & song leaks.2.5 2018: Closing the Winter Olympics, further collaborations and Bylaw.