Rory Garton-Smith, better known by his stage name Elk Road, is an Australian musician and record producer from
Perth. He began remixing tracks from
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,
Kaskade,
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and
Charli XCX which were uploaded to his
SoundCloud account. His debut single "Not to Worry" was released in September 2015 and received high rotation on
Triple J. Additional remixes were released in March 2016. His Charli XCX remix of Boom Clap was then used by her during her 2016 arena world tour.
In 2015, Elk Road spoke at the EMC conference on a Copyright Law panel in Sydney.
In 2016, Natalie Foster was featured on the track "Hanging by a Thread" which was later featured in the
Triple J Hottest 100, 2016 as one of only three Western Australian tracks to make it in. It was the most played song on Triple J in the month of October 2016. "Hanging by a Thread" was issued as a single with remix versions: Original, Husky, Just a Gent and Flowidus; it peaked at No. 22 on the
ARIA Club Tracks chart.
Elk Road has performed at
Splendour in the Grass and has been nominated for Most Popular New Act at the
West Australian Music Industry Awards.
His Triple J Like a Version of Flight Facilities song "Crave You" was one of the most viewed of 2016 with 2 million streams across YouTube and Facebook.
His track Lights was featured in an Australian Carlton Dry commercial that was broadcast over YouTube and Facebook.
In February 2017, Elk Road joined
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and
Madeon on the Australian dates of their
Shelter Live Tour.
Elk Road is represented by Audiopaxx,
William Morris Endeavor and
Paradigm Talent Agency.
Discography
Singles
References
External links
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21st-century Australian musicians
Australian electronic musicians
Living people
Sony Music Australia artists
Year of birth missing (living people)