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Good Times Ahead

Good Times Ahead (formerly GTA) is 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). After releasing music with the support of Laidback Luke in 2011, the duo caught the attention of Diplo, who featu

Biography

Good Times Ahead (formerly GTA) is 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). 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. 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. Matt's solo work as Van Toth includes remixes for Gina Turner. In August 2019, they officially changed their group name from the previo

Scores

influence score
0/100
reach score
0/100
house crew relevance score
40/100
booking potential score
0/100
emerging artist score
40/100
contact confidence score
0/100
citation confidence score
95/100
agent readability score
90/100
brand fit score
24/100
interview potential score
22/100
sponsorship potential score
8/100
education value score
10/100
house crew priority score
24/100

Sources & provenance

FieldValueSourceVerifiedConf.
origin_countryUSMusicBrainzJune 10, 202695
genreselectronic, house, trap, trap edm, electro house, festival trapMusicBrainzJune 10, 202680
origin_cityUnited StatesMusicBrainzJune 10, 202675
musicbrainzhttps://musicbrainz.org/artist/e92d6330-65d2-445e-82e5-b98c683e727bMusicBrainzJune 10, 202699
bandcamphttps://goodtimesaheadmusic.bandcamp.com/MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
discogshttps://www.discogs.com/artist/2765127WikidataJune 10, 202690
spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/6M7RdR9ZP52h2mfNLmiHtUWikidataJune 10, 202690
websitehttp://www.wearegta.com/WikidataJune 10, 202690
beatporthttps://www.beatport.com/artist/good-times-ahead/50791MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/goodtimesahead/WikidataJune 10, 202690
soundcloudhttps://soundcloud.com/goodtimesaheadmusicWikidataJune 10, 202690
apple_musichttps://music.apple.com/us/artist/202095113MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21512884WikidataJune 10, 202695
youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl_49BZUp3CiofLKuXWJLoAWikidataJune 10, 202690
wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times_AheadWikipediaJune 10, 202685
bio_shortGood Times Ahead (formerly GTA) is 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). After releasing music with the support of Laidback Luke in 2011, the duo caught the attention of Diplo, who featuWikipediaJune 10, 202680
bio_longGood Times Ahead (formerly GTA) is 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). 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. 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. Matt's solo work as Van Toth includes remixes for Gina Turner. In August 2019, they officially changed their group name from the previoWikipediaJune 10, 202680

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House Music Intelligence Database. "Good Times Ahead — House Music Artist Profile." Published by World Famous House Crew. Last verified June 10, 2026. URL: https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/artist/good-times-ahead