Rob Gritton

Resident DJ and booking manager at Jungle Experience since 2010, S.E Asia biggest monthly house/techno event playing alonside some of the biggest names in House/Techno

Resident DJ at Half Moon Festival since 2015

Remixed ‘What is it’ by Darren Emmerson (Underworld) along side Phil Hartnoll (Orbital) 2017

Remixed ‘Enlightenment’ by JawJee alongside Phil Hartnoll (Orbital) 2017

2019 Released track collaboration with Jourdan Bordes ‘Rain Dancin’ on Phonetic Recordings reached 55 on Tech House global BeatPort Chart

 2021 released solo track ‘In My Soul’ reached 7 on BeatPort Global Deep House Hype chart & 11 on main global Deep House chart

 Has well over 60 releases on many record labels from around the world

 Although doesn’t travel often has picked up gigs in big clubs in London, Kuala Lunmpur and Bangkok to name a few!

After learning to mix as a teenager in a friends kitchen back in 1996 on a pair of 1210s, Rob Gritton realised his passion for dance music, However, it wasn’t until moving from the UK to the ‘party paradise island’ of Koh Phangan, Thailand in 2005 that his DJ career really began. 2009 he opened the legendary Beach Lounge Bar in Haadrin, home to the world famous Full Moon Party, playing a mixture of underground house and techno and was quickly noticed for his DJ skills and music selection. It wasn’t long before Rob was playing the biggest parties and festivals on the island, most notably Jungle Experience, where he has held a residency since 2010 playing to crowds of up to 8000 each month. He also holds a monthly residency on the G Floor of the incredible Half Moon Festival and plays outstanding 6 hour sets every month at the popular underground spot, Moon House at the world’s largest monthly beach party – Full Moon Party.  Rob is also a regular face behind the decks at events across S.E.Asia, playing alongside some of the biggest names in house and techno.

Studio production was next on the list for Rob and after the completion of his own studio and a handful of releases on labels, he launched Moon Island Records in 2013 with his good friend, Anjuna Deep recording artist, Rory Gallagher. The label became the main platform to release his productions, and they so impressed Orbital’s Phil Hartnoll, that he asked Rob to join him in remixing  Darren Emerson’s (Underworld) ‘What is it’ which came out on Bulletdodge in 2017. The friendship continued with further remixes on the cool DeepDownDirty label, including JawJee – Enlightenment in 2018. 2019, a another colaboration this time with long term friend Jourdan Bordes and the track ‘Rain Dancin’, which came out on, London Based, Phonetic Recordings and was charted in the BeatPort tech house chart. 2021 saw 2 more releases on Phonetic Recordings one remix and one solo original track ‘In My Soul’ which made it to 7 on BeatPort Hype Chart and 11 on Main Deep House Chart, a hard chart to break into due to volume of music. Rob’s solo work can also be found on a variety of other labels including Jungle Funk, Reflective Music, LW Recordings, Unseen Records Columbia, Vector Records 2.0, Soundwaves, RE:Vibe Music, RH2 and Taux Music. With, more releases planned and more labels interested Rob will continue to release new music so watch out for this guy, helping to put Koh Phangan on the house & techno map!!

‘Living the dream’ as a DJ/Producer/Label Owner/Event Organizer on Koh Phangan for over 16 years, Rob Gritton finally returned to the UK in 2019, for a short tour including a gig at the Steel Works in Lodon for huge club night Peach. After the short tour Rob came back to Koh Phangan, Thailand which was affected by Covid so has been working in studio for upcoming releases, and recently some of the events he plays are slowly coming back so watch this space! Throughout his career there are many other events and collabortations, he has been involved with, far too many to mention, for further information please check out the links below…

 

 

Links

http://dj.beatport.com/djrobgritton

http://www.beatport.com/artist/rob-gritton/273419

https://www.facebook.com/robert.gritton