Born in Nantes on the 27th September 1968, Joachim Garraud
was classically trained before deciding to turn to his now
passion, electronic music.
It was at the Boy club in Paris in 1989, that Joachim first
began to DJ. His success at the Boy led him to immerse himself
in the universe of writing and production at the heart of
radio Maxximum, France's first national radio entirely devoted
to dance.
Later on, he featured in the first rave in Moscow, known
as the Youri Gagarine Party which brought over 300,000 people
together in 1991. Inspired by this, Joachim became DJ at Paris'
infamous Queen club between 1993 and 1997.
But whilst club shows were still a thrill for Joachim, he
strived for the feeling he got when playing in front of huge
crowds. In 1999, he got the opportunity to relive this feeling
once again by playing in front of a massive 2.4 billion television
watchers on New Years Eve in Cairo with French icon, Jean-Michel
Jarre for his show entitled "Metamorphoses".
This work propelled him to become a digital pioneer and create
along with Jean-Charles Carre, his own recording studio in
the heart of Paris which allowed him to remix, arrange and
produce artists such as David Guetta, Jean-Michel Jarre, Paul
Johnson, Deep Dish, David Bowie, OMD, Kylie Minogue, Mylene
Farmer, Cassius, Ceronne, Moby, Robbie Rivera and many more.
He also created in 2000, the label Gumprod, in association
with David Guetta and Jean-Charles Carre.
More than a simple DJ and producer, Joachim developed a brand
new concept which fused the DJ world with live musical improvisation,
creating a genuine show, which was an instant success and
attracted attention from all four corners of the globe. This
was further enhanced when he created a community which he
named, Space Invaders.
Yet whilst live shows were gaining a strongly loyal fanbase
for Joachim, his production was also gaining him a good deal
of attention when in 2001, he co- wrote and co-produced David
Guetta's "Just a little more love" album, which
featured the number one hit "Love, don't let me go",
staying at 12 weeks at the top of the charts and selling over
500,000 copies in France alone.
2004 and 2005 were busy years for Joachim respectively. He
co-produced David Guetta's The World is Mine. This all led
to the creation of the F*** me i'm Famous record label along
with David. 2005 saw him release "Summer Moon",
a collaborative project with Tim Deluxe, Bob Sinclar and David
Guetta. The year was capped off with a double gold disc for
his work on Guetta Blaster which was a great success and sold
over 200,000 copies in France.
By now, honors and attention were on Joachim, proven by his
2006 Grammy nomination with David Guetta, for the best remix
of the year. His own Zemixx podcasts and live videos then
became ranked 1st and 2nd position in the iTunes Podcast chart
in France. The end of 2006 saw Joachim become the first ever
French DJ to play at Berlin's Love Parade in front of over
1 million people.
In the last three years, Joachim has been busy, firstly being
named as godfather of Paris' Technoparade. He later won the
"Trophee de la Nuit" in 2007 for Best French DJ,
as well as being crowned Best Electro House DJ by Burn FG
DJ Awards. The following year, Cathy Guetta invited him to
take part in the Unighted show at the Stade de France in front
of 45,000 people and featuring 4 of his peers, Carl Cox, Tiesto,
Guetta and Martin Solveig.
Later in 2008, Joachim comes up with another groundbreaking
concept when he launches his first solo album entitled "Invasion".
Instead of following tradition, Joachim allows each fan to
create their own CD and artwork, meaning that each CD is unique
and a collectors item.
This is followed up by The Box Invasion which is limited
to 2000 copies and sold exclusively through Virgin Megastores
and features 8 CDs and 2 DVDs; Joachim does a live session
in Virgin's Champs Elysees store to launch the product. Fans
and media alike can only respect both his work ethic and visionary
movement, which ends up being rewarded by a 27th placed position
in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's.
2009 saw Joachim receive the Best French Producer accolade
from Only for DJ's magazine. Other notable mentions include
the release of Toolroom Knights, a double CD on the prestigious
English label, as well as launching his own iPhone application
and producing remixes for the likes of Tocadisco, Felix Da
Housecat, Robbie Rivera and Basement Jaxx.
He also shot a video to his track "Wrecking Ball"
in New York and announced the first Inox Park festival in
Paris which will take place on the 3rd July 2010 in Chatou.
Further to this, the compilation "ClubFG Zemixx"
was launched with glaring success at Paris' Queen club.
2010 sees Joachim come in 3rd position in Radio FG's Top
World DJ's ranking as well as putting pen to paper and signing
a deal with Unlimited Productions, producers of Tiesto and
Ferry Corsten, taking his Space Invaders themed show to new
heights and infinitely pushing the boundaries.
