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There are few DJs in the world that create the reaction that David
Guetta sparks. Whether it’s 50,000 fans singing along to his hit
records at the recent massive Stade De France stadium Unighted
über-party, or dark rooms of clubbers locked in the groove nine hours
into his set, Guetta gets passions flowing. That’s because he uniquely
and boldly treads a tightrope most DJs wouldn’t dare to traverse: the
line between being an underground DJ and having huge crossover success.
That might not sound like two worlds that go together, but David
flits between French prime-time TV appearances, deep sets at Space
Miami and producing music that appeals to clubbers and also way beyond
with apparent ease. That he won a World Music Award and was voted the
best house DJ in the DJmag Top 100 in the same year is a credit to his
ability to work in both of these seemingly disparate worlds.

“I’m not trying to be credible,” David admits with a smile
broadening across his soft, open face. “I’m trying to be incredible.
It’s very easy to be underground because you just have to obey a set of
codes. It’s very formulaic. But it’s also very easy to be totally pop,
because it’s very formulaic too. I’m trying to do something different.”

And it’s working. With DJ sets at hundreds of the coolest clubs each
year and record sales clocking in at more than three million singles
and almost 2 million albums – half a million of which are for his
latest artist long player ‘Pop Life’ – it’s clear that his own path is
a fruitful one. A huge star in France for over a decade, David is
following that success worldwide. In America for example all of ‘Pop
Life’s singles smashed into the Billboard Dance airplay top ten and
Love Is Gone refused to leave the No.1 spot on iTunes Dance USA for
three months - while the album went gold in multiple territories across
Europe. Guetta is also the most requested artist for summer
compilations on the whole of EMI. With around 50 million hits on
YouTube (and climbing fast), David is as popular outside of nightclubs
as he is in them. In fact, David’s video’s hold the Number 1 and No 3
spots in the most watched Electronica clips on Youtube – worldwide and
of all time!

This summer has seen Guetta play to an incredible array of people,
calling in at Love Parade, Bahia Carnival, Queensday, Techno Parade and
Global Gathering. That adds up to around 4,500,000 dancers before you
even count the club gigs or the Pacha Ibiza residency! It’s such a buzz
playing to big crowds, but he’s never out of a club for too long.

“At the Brazil carnival I spun to two million people and I've played
to up to 200,000 a few times,” he says with pride but without
arrogance. “It feels very good, of course, because of the energy you
receive from the people. At first I wanted to play only to the biggest
crowds possible, because it's like a drug. Now I balance the big shows
with more intimate club gigs were I can play more new sounds. The big
venues are great but sometimes playing to so many people forces you to
repeat the same tricks.”

That explains a lot about David Guetta. He’s wants to entertain as
many people as possible – show everyone a great time – but never at the
expense of being a DJ. Of all the parts of his renaissance life it’s
this that is key – he’s a DJ first, everything else follows.

One of his favourite gigs was during his phenomenal US tour. After
playing three hours of his biggest and best at Crobar Miami he dived
over to Space to go deep for another six hours.
“Playing those two gigs was like the two basics of DJing,” he explains,
“the raw energy of super dynamic mixes and party tracks for Crobar, and
taking people on a trip with long, deep mixes at Space.”

It’s not uncommon for David to stay on the decks after he’s thrown
down his big party set so he can play all the other records that he
adores. After a couple of hours of big drops, singalongs, arms in the
air, screaming and accapellas being sliced and diced, he’s got the
crowd where he wants them and for the next one, two, three hours he’s
going to take them on a groove.

“And that’s the part I love most!” he laughs.

To see Guetta wind a room into a frenzy is something special. With
an unrivalled connection to the crowd he’ll direct them like a
puppet-master, driving their hands in the air as he works CDJs, EQs and
effects in a way that sounds more like someone using Ableton. That’s
something that has escaped a lot of people: technically David is one of
the most impressive DJs in the house scene. Almost remixing records
live, he makes loops, slams tracks together that you’d never think
would go and uses vocals over other instrumentals. His sets are so
dynamic that at times it’s difficult to see how he can keep the energy
up. To put it simply, Guetta creates moments. And that’s why when you
look out over one of his crowds you see smiles and hands shaped into
heart signs. When you give people a night to remember they love you for
it.

Those who know Guetta from his radio records are often surprised by
his DJ sets and where he’s found after dark. Any preconceptions that he
plays pop are quickly misplaced. He’s as likely to be at Il Murretto,
Space Ibiza or Cocoon and yet is equally at home at Pacha where he
hosts F*** Me I’m Famous parties. The fabulous name is, of course,
ironic and the events themselves are a great melting pot – his wife and
co-promoter Cathy inviting the beautiful people while David throws his
hard-core clubbers into the mix. It’s a return to the early melting pot
of 80s Ibiza, which is perhaps why the Pacha residency this season has
been such a huge success.

“The original idea was to have people who don’t normally mix,” David
explains. “My wife brings the glamorous crowd, I bring the crazies.
It’s about being inclusive but giving something exclusive at the same
time.”

“Maybe it’s because I’m French that I like a bit of glamour,” he
says. “It’s part of my world. I like that people are bringing something
to the party by dressing up. I like to be sexy, for me it’s more about
the sexiness than the money.”

And that’s the thing about Guetta, he’s really not about the cash,
or the glamour or the pop star life. A much softer, more emotional and
easy going man some of the press want him to be. He doesn’t want to
dazzle people, he wants to touch them.

“Everything I’m trying to do – in my DJing, my production – is about
sharing emotion. When I’m making music in the studio that’s all I’m
looking for. It’s what matters the most. I’m just a nice person really,
you know!”

Nice, yes. And passionate and real. The media wants to stick him in
a convenient box as a glamorous star, but Guetta refuses to slot into
any pigeonhole – except maybe one: DJ.