Good Times Ahead

Good Times Ahead
Also known asGTA
OriginMiami, Florida, United States
Genres
Instrument(s)Keyboard, guitar, synthesizer
Years active2010–present
LabelsWarner Bros., Spinnin' Deep, Musical Freedom, Fly Eye, MixMash, Fool's Gold, SIZE, Mad Decent, Owsla, Monstercat
MembersMatthew Van Toth (Van Toth)
Julio Mejia (JWLS)
Websitewearegta.com/

Good Times Ahead (formerly GTA) are an electronic music duo from Miami consisting of house, electro house, trap and hip hop producers Julio Mejia (born December 8, 1990) and Matt Toth (born August 22, 1990).[1] After releasing music with the support of Laidback Luke in 2011, the duo caught the attention of Diplo, who featured them on his 2012 "Express Yourself" which was written by their cousin Joel Santillan. GTA has released music on labels such as Warner Bros., A-Trak's Fool's Gold, Laidback Luke's MixMash, Steve Angello's SIZE, Diplo's Mad Decent and more.[2] They've toured the globe with Rihanna on her 2013 Diamonds World Tour, with Calvin Harris and Tiësto on their Greater Than World Tour, and have headlined their own Death To Genres Tour and Goons Take America Tours.

Beyond their partnership as GTA, Julio and Matt have each produced music individually. Under solo aliases known as JWLS and Van Toth, respectively, both have released original productions and remixes. Julio's individual work as JWLS, includes remixes for A-Trak, Danny Brown and others.[3] Matt's solo work as Van Toth includes remixes for Gina Turner.[4]

In August 2019, they officially changed their group name from the previous GTA acroymn to its full length, Good Times Ahead.[5]

  1. ^ "GTA: Information". Thedjlist.com.
  2. ^ "GTA". Pro.beatport.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  3. ^ "JWLS". Pro.beatport.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  4. ^ "Van Toth". Pro.beatport.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  5. ^ Stack, Chris (2 August 2019). "GTA change name to Good Times Ahead, preview new mixtape through Diplo-assisted 'Milky Cabrera'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.