Martin Garrix is no stranger to major label controversy, having recently cut ties with Dutch house giants Spinnin’ Records amidst arguments over music ownership. But recently other majors, including the likes of Warner Music Group and Sony Records, have begun to go after Garrix – and not in a good way.
@BinkTyler copyright claims by labels.. very sad
— MARTIN GARRIX (@MartinGarrix) November 8, 2015
The corporate behemoths have stricken not just his prolific Sziget Festival show, but have just forcibly removed his record-breaking performance at Ultra Music Festival 2015. The hour-long, energy packed set, which also served as the debut platform for Martin Garrix and Usher‘s chart-topping collaborative effort, “Don’t Look Down,” had racked up nearly 27 million plays and 170,000 thumbs-ups during it’s tenure on YouTube. Now, however, we’re left staring at yet another static screen declaring the video unwatchable; left questioning why it took the labels so long to enact this removal; and left wondering how they couldn’t come to an agreement which enabled the 19-year-old to leave up such a massively successful upload.
Thanks to the internet, though, and non-tyrannical hosting services like Vimeo, we were able to locate said performance in full HD. Enjoy it below while you still can, there’s no saying how long this one will last…
https://vimeo.com/127456209
Playlist
00:10 Martin Garrix & MOTi – Virus (How About Now) (Intro Edit) [SPINNIN’]
03:30 Afrojack & Martin Garrix vs. Daft Punk – Turn Up The Speakers vs. Harder Better Faster Stronger (Afrojack UMF 2015 Mashup) [SPINNIN’]
06:24 Martin Garrix vs. Matisse & Sadko feat. ID – Break Through The Silence (Artist Unconfirmed) [SPINNIN’]
09:30 Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway vs. Firebeatz vs. Deorro & J-Trick & Hardwell feat. Zedd & Lucky Date – Wizard vs. Helicopter vs. Rambo vs. Fall Into The Sky (Martin Garrix Mashup) [SPINNIN’]
13:08 Martin Garrix feat. Ed Sheeran – Rewind Repeat It [SPINNIN’]
16:36 Martin Garrix & David Guetta – Blue Flames
18:35 Mark Knight & Koen Groeneveld – Put Your Hands Up (Acappella)
19:40 Martin Garrix – Bouncy Bob (Artist Unconfirmed) w/ Pitbull feat. Lil’ Jon & Will.I.Am & JD – Put Your Fuckin Hands Up (Acappella) [ROCKTHEHOUZE]
22:05 Martin Garrix & Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Naughty Boy & James Egbert feat. Hardwell & W&W – Tremor vs. La La La (Bassjackers Mashup) [REVEALED / SPINNIN’ / EMI]
24:19 Martin Garrix & Avicii feat. ID – Waiting For Love [SPINNIN’]
28:49 Martin Garrix – Animals (Botnek Edit) [SPRS (SPINNIN’)]
32:39 Martin Garrix feat. Usher – Don’t Look Down [SPINNIN’][Live]
37:10 Martin Garrix – Proxy [SPINNIN’/FREE]
40:49 Hardwell & Martin Garrix vs. Chuckie – Music Box vs. Who’s Ready To Jump (Hardwell Mashup) [BIG BEAT (ATLANTIC) / REVEALED]
43:07 Martin Garrix vs. Matisse & Sadko – Dragon [SPINNIN’]
w/ Disclosure feat. Sam Smith – Latch (Acappella) [PMR]
46:35 Martin Garrix & Tiësto – The Only Way Is Up [MUSICAL FREEDOM]
50:24 Sander Van Doorn & Martin Garrix & DVBBS feat. Aleesia – Gold Skies [SPINNIN’]
54:34 Martin Garrix – Forbidden Voices [FREE] w/ Martin Garrix – Forbidden Voices (Jake Liedo Remix) [FREE] w/ Galantis – Runaway (U & I) (Acappella) [BIG BEAT (ATLANTIC)]
