{"id":8657,"date":"2015-08-18T17:55:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsrumybg.myraidbox.de\/en\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2022-06-27T17:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:47:54","slug":"multiply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibiza-style.com\/en\/multiply\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiply \u2013 The young Dutch superstars taking over the world touch down at Ushuaia for the biggest party of the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world of dance music can be such an intriguing place. A few years ago two Dutch teenagers were happy with their lives combining their studies with making music in their bedrooms. Martijn lived in Amstelveen and was following a dream after watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony and witnessing a certain Tiesto playing music to millions. He fancied that life. Down in Rotterdam, Oliver\u2019s life had changed forever after his annual school disco where what sounds like the coolest school ever, put on a party for their pupils that featured non other than Hardwell. He too was hooked immediately.<\/p>\n

Zip forward to July 2015 where I\u2019m now on stage at Ushuaia with the same two guys who haven\u2019t done too badly for themselves since those experiences. Numerous No. 1 hits, millions of fans following them on social media, headlining every major festival on the planet, studio collaborations with the world\u2019s biggest music artists, name your price sponsorship deals\u2026and all this with a combined age of just 39.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is so unreal\u201d laughs Martin Garrix as we wander outside the venue and check out the huge queue already snaking it\u2019s way down the Bossa strip for the opening party of his new night Multiply. \u201cThe first time I came here I sneaked in through a back door to watch Swedish House Mafia play and was thrown out by security because I was so young. Now look at me, I have my own party here, it\u2019s crazy. I can\u2019t stop pinching myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s even more crazy is that only thirty minutes earlier he was jogging down the steps of a private jet that had just flown in from America and his residency in Las Vegas. Tomorrow it\u2019s his mother\u2019s birthday and he is flying to Malta for two days to celebrate, I ask him what his parents think of their 19 year old son traversing the world in such extravagant manner? \u201cSometimes I do wake up from a show really tired and ask my team if it would be possible to fly in a private plane to the next gig knowing full well it will only be a few minutes before I get a call from my parents shouting down the phone, \u2018what the fuck are you doing son? Get your lazy arse out of bed and down to the airport like any normal person!\u2019 They really keep my feet on the ground that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oliver Helden too has a lot to thank his family for, more specifically his father who sounds like the coolest dude on the planet.\u00a0\u201cMy father opened my ears to music in so many ways when I was growing up\u201d he admits. \u201cI\u2019d be in my room doing my homework and I\u2019d get a shout up the stairs, \u2018Oliver come and check this record out quickly\u2019. He\u2019d then play me some obscure drum & bass, techno, funk or jazz track that I\u2019d never heard of before looking at me for my approval, his taste in music is amazing.\u201d Does he like your music I ask this young Dutch superstar, currently riding high with his \u2018Shades of Grey\u2019 track? \u201cMy father loves my music. I just told you, he has great taste!\u201d<\/p>\n

Fridays at Multiply look like a real house party this summer with Martin carefully choosing a group of his DJ friends to come and join himself and Oliver at a night where there are no rules. \u201cMy idea for Multiply is the same way that I look at my DJ sets. When I play I know what my first tune is going to be and what will probably by the last, but in between? I have no idea. I just enjoy rocking up and seeing where it goes.\u201d That\u2019s surely what being a DJ is all about I suggest, there are too many artists out there who are playing the same records in the same order every set? \u201cExactly Dan. What I love to do is surprising people, taking a chance, bring out a record I haven\u2019t played in a while and make sure the crowd has seen a real performance.\u00a0Every week at Multiply I have told my guests, if you wanna come and jump on the decks and play some back to back, go for it let\u2019s have some fun and let\u2019s be honest, there is nowhere in the world better to have fun than Ibiza.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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