GTA (DJ duo)
| GTA | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | JWLS, Van Toth |
| Origin | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Keyboard, guitar, synthesizer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros., Spinnin' Deep, Musical Freedom, Fly Eye, MixMash, Fool's Gold, SIZE, Mad Decent, OWSLA |
| Associated acts | Diplo |
| Website | wearegta.com/ |
| Members | Matthew Van Toth Julio Mejia |
GTA (acronym of "Good Times Ahead") are an electronic music duo from Miami consisting of house, electro house, trap music and hip hop producers Julio Mejia (born December 8, 1990) and Matt Toth (born August 22, 1990). After releasing music with the support of Laidback Luke in 2011, the duo caught the attention of Diplo, who featured them on his 2012 "Express Yourself" which was written by their cousin Joel santillan.GTA has released music on labels such as Warner Bros., A-Trak's Fool's Gold, Laidback Luke's MixMash, Steve Angello's SIZE, Diplo's Mad Decent and more. They've toured the globe with Rihanna on her 2013 Diamonds World Tour, with Calvin Harris & Tiësto on their Greater Than World Tour, and have headlined their own Death To Genres Tour and Goons Take America Tours.
Beyond their partnership as GTA, Julio and Matt have each produced music individually. Under solo aliases known as JWLS and Van Toth, respectively, both have released original productions and remixes. Julio's individual work as JWLS, includes remixes for A-Trak, Danny Brown and others. Matt's solo work as Van Toth includes remixes for Gina Turner.
Julio Mejia and Matt Toth were born and raised in the Miami area of South Florida. They met through social networking in 2010, when a mutual friend introduced them on Facebook. Together the duo began their careers DJing local bars, college parties and hookah lounges in South Florida. They began producing electronic music from a converted dorm room on the Kendall campus of Miami Dade College. Deciding on their stage name, Julio and Matt considered Grand Theft Audio and decided on its abbreviation, GTA.
The duo later gave new meaning to the acronym, defining GTA as Good Times Ahead.
Between late 2011 and early 2012, GTA released numerous remixes and productions on Laidback Luke's MixMash Records. They were featured on Diplo's "Express Yourself" EP and released their own debut EP, People Boots, on Chris Lake's Rising Music. In 2013, GTA provided remixes for deadmau5, Kaskade and others, while featuring collaborations such as "Boy Oh Boy" with Diplo and "Hit It" with Henrix and Digital Lab.
GTA has played major music festivals such as Lollapalooza,Ultra Music Festival,Coachella,Made In America,Electric Daisy Carnival, and Tomorrowland. In 2013, the duo toured with Rihanna as an opening act of her Diamonds World Tour, which became the sixth highest grossing worldwide tour of 2013 with a gross of $141.9 million from the shows played from January 1 to December 31, 2013.
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