"Access" is a song by Dutch DJ
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—201 ...
. It was released on 17 October 2018, via Garrix's
Stmpd
Stmpd Rcrds (stylised in all caps; pronounced "stamped records") is a Dutch electronic dance music record label owned by record producer Martin Garrix, who founded the label on 4 March 2016.
History
Martin Garrix announced the creation of Stmp ...
label which is exclusively licensed to
Epic Amsterdam, a division of
Sony Music
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. It is the fourth single from his ''
Bylaw
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'' EP.
Background
Described as "a solo effort and an instrumental built from bold beats and bright, colorful synth melodies," the song is musically compared to previous Garrix singles such as "
Forbidden Voices
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The film ''Fo ...
" and "Oops".
Released few days before Garrix's third appearance at the
Amsterdam Dance Event
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, the song's synth melody is noted as "vaguely melancholic" and "ballad of the bunch", a reference to its inclusion the ''Bylaw'' EP. Originally dubbed by fans as "Chinatown", the song is described as "unimaginably happy and upbeat."
"Access" was first played by Garrix in a live stream on his YouTube channel on 9 February 2017 while in his Los Angeles studio. It was premiered during his Ultra Music Festival performance in 2017 and was played multiple times until July.
Music video
In the music video, written and directed by Damian Karsznia, an adventure by the protagonist, whose "physical form is absent for most of the video" but is represented by an avatar, into the human brain is shown. He attempts to achieve his ultimate goal by going through various simulated environments.
described it as a "deep dive into the human brain, which is a lot like a computer...a psychedelic wonderland where tiny humans run around on gridded surfaces between towering heads. It's still got that old-school cybernetic aesthetic, it's just been internalized."
Production of the music video is credited to Joris Hoevenberg and Alex Rijkschroeff as executives with assistant producers Petra Courtz, Shenelva Booij. Ihor Bliusovych, the main model, has appeared in all of the videos for singles in ''Bylaw''.
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References
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2018 songs
Martin Garrix songs
Stmpd Rcrds singles
Songs written by Martin Garrix