He recently released his second single Elise from the forthcoming album Lasers, due in July of this year.
Elise is a song named after and for his youngest daughter, who suffered suspected pneumonia when she was was just one year old.
The track is very upbeat, with sombre lyrics mirroring how torn Emery felt being separated from his ill daughter.
Gareth was conscious of the track being very upbeat, it was what "he felt the world needed at that point."
But he says the darkness of the lyrics makes it.
A new music experience
Gareth is also looking to bring a new musical experience to people using live streams.
Anticipating that it is going to be a long time before people get back to seeing live shows, Gareth wants to make a better experience for fans in the new normal.
Emery envisions a pay per view model for a premium live experience.
Gareth is going to build a stage and have lasers and smoke machines in his garden.
He says: "I don't think I could justify doing a ticket price if it's just me streaming in my bedroom, with unmade bed in the background as I've seen on a couple of other streams."
"We're definitely going to start out reasonably cheap, something about $10."
He's going to give fans who have bought a ticket for the tour a free ticket to the live streaming event, even though they've had a refund.
Influences
In terms of his influences he says back in the day it was acts like Paul van Dyk, Tiësto and Armin van Buuren.
But he also gleans ideas from Sasha and Loco Dice.
For this album he says interestingly he was far more influenced by bands, such as the Stone Roses, Oasis and Blur.
He said he was looking back and remembering "the energy" of that time.
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