Wolfgang Gartner is a Grammy-nominated American electro house producer and DJ. Much of his music prior to 2010 was released through his own record label – Kindergarten, but in 2010 he signed with Ultra Records

Ultra Records

Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner...

 and in 2011 signed to Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

 in the UK.

In his short time producing music, a total of eight of Gartner's songs have held the #1 position on the Beatport

Beatport

Beatport is an online music store specializing in electronic dance music and culture. Beatport is a privately held company owned and operated by Beatport LLC and based in Denver, Colorado.-History:...

 Top 10 Chart. Gartner has performed at world-renowned dance music festivals such as Coachella

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual music and arts festival, organized by Goldenvoice and held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley...

 2010, Electric Daisy Carnival

Electric Daisy Carnival

Electric Daisy Carnival is an annual electronic dance music festival held in the South West United States on the last weekend of June. The event was held in Southern California from 1997 to 2010, and was moved to Las Vegas in 2011....

 2010 and 2011, Ultra Music Festival

Ultra Music Festival

Ultra Music Festival is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that occurs in March in the city of Miami usually during the annual Winter Music Conference. It is held in Downtown Miami in Bicentennial Park. It was a 1-day festival from 1999-2006, a 2-day festival from 2007-2010, and was a...

 2010 and 2011 and tours extensively around the world.

Joey Youngman created the Wolfgang Gartner name in late 2007 after establishing a moderately successful name as a Deep House

Deep house

Deep house is a subgenre of house music that fuses elements of Chicago house into the 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. In the early compositions , influences of jazz music were most frequently brought out by using more complex chords than simple triads which are held for many bars and...

 DJ. Not wanting to be criticized for such an abrupt change 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

Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer

The Cal Poly Mustangs soccer team competes at the NCAA Division I level. They are affiliated with the school and, like most teams from Cal Poly, they play in the Big West Conference. The Big West Conference stopped sponsoring soccer in 1991 but reinstituted it in 2001. Over this period,Cal Poly...

 team.

In 2010, Gartner debuted as a featured guest on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

's Essential Mix

Essential Mix

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 03:00 and 05:00 Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, The Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music....

 series, hosted by DJ/producer Pete Tong

Pete Tong

Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...

. In January 2011, Gartner announced a new video for the single Illmerica. In addition, the DJ announced a new logo created by famed New York graffiti artist Eric Haze

Eric Haze

Eric Haze is a well known graffiti artist and designer from New York City. During his early years as graffiti writer in the 1970s Haze was tagging the name "SE3" before taking on his more popular identity as "Haze"...

. That same month, Gartner was nominated for four International Dance Music Awards, including Best Electro/Tech House Track, Best Progressive Track, Best Breakthrough DJ and Best Breakthrough Artist. Forever, a new collaboration with will.i.am

Will.i.am

William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...

, was released on April 12, 2011. His first full length album Weekend in America was released on September 20, 2011.

2008

• Hot For Teacher
• Killer / Flam Mode
• Montezuma / Frenetica
• Bounce / Get It
• Emergency
• Play Dub
• Candy
• Hook Shot
• Flashback (feat. MC Flipside
  MC Flipside
  MC Flipside is a widely known Canadian DJ/Vocalist and Producer who records across a variety of electronic genres.-History/Biography:Flipside is a co-owner of PBR Recordings. He has toured the world several times, igniting the scene in countries such as Canada, United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico,...
  
  )

2009

• Montezuma – Remixes
• Yin / Yang (with Francis Preve)
• Push & Rise
• Wolfgang's 5th Symphony / Grey Agenda
• Fire Power / Latin Fever

2010

• Undertaker
• Conscindo (with Mark Knight
  Mark Knight
  Mark Knight, also known as madfiddler, "TDK" is a well-known Amiga demoscene musician, video game composer/sound designer and electric violinist....
  
  )
• Animal Rights (with Deadmau5
  Deadmau5
  Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...
  
  )
• Illmerica (UK chart peak: #158)
• Space Junk

2011

• Forever (feat. will.i.am
  Will.i.am
  William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
  
  ) (UK Chart Peak #43)
• Ménage à Trois
• Circus Freaks (feat. Jim Jones & Cam'ron)

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