Following previous studio albums “Northern Lights” and “DRIVE”, British electronic music pioneer (who now resides in Los Angeles) Gareth Emery once again delivers body of work worth celebrating. Full of songs where the lyrics have meaning and the productions have purpose, “100 Reasons To Live” out now on Garuda Music/Armada–is an endeavor that spotlights well-known names from many different genres among lesser-known, no-less-gifted artists.
“100 Reasons To Live”–which already today hit #1 on iTunes Dance Album chart in the U.S. and 15 other countries–includes many musical gems such as Reckless featuring U.K. indie darlings Wayward Daughter, U.S. radio smash Hands with Alastor feat. London Thor and Until We Meet Again with Ben Gold. There is also We Were Young with recent X Factor USA winners Alex and Sierra, Make It Happen, holding the rocky edge of Lawson and the sensational CVNT5 with Ashley Wallbridge.
In addition, the album also finds Emery reuniting with Christina Novelli who together dazzled dance floors the world over with previous hits Concrete Angel and Dynamite. For “100 Reasons To Live”, the two crafted Save Me.
Emery’s Facebook post:
“Strange but true fact: about two years ago, I was f**king miserable.
I didn’t have any reason to be. I was reasonably successful, in a job that I loved, was married to a beautiful wife, lived in an amazing house, had no recent major tragedy in my life, or any of the other things that make people unhappy, yet I was pretty much constantly annoyed.
Why? Because a festival I wanted to play wouldn’t book me. Because I wanted to stay in a suite, but the promoter would only book me a standard room. Because my brand-new Lamborghini was going to take nine months to be delivered from the factory, when I wanted it in six.
You probably hate me reading that. I don’t blame you. Reading this back, I hate me, too.
However, there is a depressing trend that I have noticed amongst famous + successful DJs: just how many of them are really fucking unhappy. They’re traveling the world, living a lifelong dream that took decades of work to accomplish, and yet they’re constantly pissed because they were given Moet instead of Cristal, or because one person on social media said their new record sucked. Boo f**king hoo. Bring out the violins.
Short story long, that was how 100 Reasons To Live got its name.
I saw myself turning into an archetypal miserable DJ and decided that was not the person I wanted to be.
I figured out that happiness and a love of life doesn’t come from career success or material wealth; in fact, some of the happiest people I knew were, on paper, some of the less successful.
Now, I’m not saying ‘don’t make money’ or ‘don’t be successful.’ I happen to be a fan of both. But I learned that those things alone don’t make me happy.
What does make me happy? Many things. Sunshine. Walking outside. Beers at the pub with friends. Taking my daughter to music class. Lazy Sundays. Sunsets. Swimming.
Turning off my phone, logging out of emails, getting off the social media hamster wheel and engaging the world around me–something which I’d totally lost the ability to do.
In short, I rediscovered what made me happy, or in other words, figured out my ‘Reasons To Live’, and then stuck ‘100’ in the front for no other reason than it sounded better.”
Look for Gareth Emery to embark on a run of specialty dates in North America starting April 7th, 2016, in Washington, D.C. in support 100 Reasons To Live. He’ll pass through some of the country’s most renowned boutique clubs such as Output in Brooklyn, Audio in San Francisco, CODA in Toronto, and Spades in Minneapolis, offering a chance for his fans to experience the album via DJ sets in an intimate setting. The complete list of dates follows below.
TOUR DATES:
Date – City – Venue
4/7 – Washington, DC – Soundcheck
4/8 – Denver, CO – The Church
4/9 – Chicago, IL – Evil One
4/13 – Brooklyn, NY – Output
4/14 – Austin, TX – Kingdom
4/16 – San Francisco, CA – Audio SF
4/20 – Boston, MA – Ascend
4/21 – Toronto, ON – Coda
4/22 – Minneapolis. MN – Spades
TRACKLISTING:
The Story So Far
Cloudline feat. Joseph
Far From Home feat. Gavrielle
Reckless feat. Wayward Daughter
We Were Young feat. Alex & Sierra
CVNT5 feat. Ashley Wallbridge
Make It Happen feat. Lawson
Hands with Alastor feat. London Thor
Lost feat. Janet Devlin
Save Me feat. Christina Novelli
Until We Meet Again feat. Ben Gold
I Could Be Stronger (But Only For You)
Sansa
Bonus track
Cruiser feat. Alex Sonata
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