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owned by record producer

Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram and GRX, is a Dutch disc jockey and music producer who was ranked number one on '' DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—20 ...

, who founded the label on 4 March 2016.

History

Martin Garrix announced the creation of Stmpd through a Dutch TV show and his

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, The Martin Garrix Show, following his departure from

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and MusicAllStars Management in 2015. He stated this was the result of music rights disagreements with Spinnin'. The name of the label refers to stamps, and was inspired by his father's stamp auctioning company. Garrix released the first song on the label, "

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", featuring vocals from John Martin and

Michel Zitron Michel Henry Allan Zitron (; born June 29, 1981) is a Swedish record producer, singer-songwriter and DJ. He has, along with his main music partner John Martin, worked with Avicii, Alesso, Afrojack, Martin Garrix, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah and mo ...

on 11 March 2016. The original instrumental was dubbed "Don't Crack Under Pressure" by fans, after it was used in a commercial for TAG Heuer featuring Garrix himself jumping into the sea and promoting the waterproof abilities of their watches. The melody of the song was originally created by Garrix during Dancefair in April 2015, and was notably later played during his closing set of

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. To celebrate the launch of the new label, Garrix hosted a party at STORY Nightclub with "Chris Maillé" on 18 March 2016, after he closed the mainstage of

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* {{Authority control Dutch record labels Dutch independent record labels House music record labels Hip hop record labels Electronic dance music record labels Record labels established in 2016