Rory Garton-Smith, better known by his stage name Elk Road, is an Australian musician and record producer from

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. He began remixing tracks from Carmada,

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, Britney Spears and

Charli XCX Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Cambridge and raised in Start Hill, Essex, she began posting songs on Myspace in 2008, which led to her discovery ...

which were uploaded to his

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account. His debut single "Not to Worry" was released in September 2015 and received high rotation on

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. 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

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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

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and has been nominated for Most Popular New Act at the

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. 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 Porter Robinson and

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on the Australian dates of their

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. Elk Road is represented by Audiopaxx,

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and

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Discography

Singles

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elk Road 21st-century Australian musicians Australian electronic musicians Living people Sony Music Australia artists Year of birth missing (living people)