Digital Farm Animals

July 3, 2025

Fast Facts
Background
Career Timeline
Why We Love
Surprising Facts
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Nicholas Gale, born July 3, 1988, has gone from being a child D.J. to becoming one of the best music D.J.s and electronic music producers from the U.K. He combines groovy beats and upbeat melodies to make energetic songs. He experimented with the Pop genre on Louis Tomlinson’s solo breakout ‘Back To You.’ The song racked up more than 450 million views on YouTube. He did it again with Galantis’ ‘No Money.’ Even though he has no major awards yet, his hit single, ‘Don’t Play’ was nominated for Song of The Year at the 2022 B.R.I.T. Awards. We will help you celebrate this talented musician right here.

Fast Facts

Full Name:

Nicholas Gale

Nickname:

Nick, Pigman

Birth date:

July 3, 1988

Age:

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Relationship Status:

Married

Net Worth:

$5 million

Background

Nicholas Gale, also known as Digital Farm Animals, has gone from an unknown D.J. to one of the most important music exports from the United Kingdom. Animals was born on July 3, 1988, in Stanmore, northwest London, and his zodiac sign is Cancer. He has English ethnicity, and he comes from a working-class family.

His family was skeptical about his electronic music career and shipped him off to university. He studied History and Law at Nottingham University and went to work for a firm doing commercial law. After a while, he lost his job and started working as a barman and an advertising salesman. He balanced this with making music in his spare time and hired Marc Fineman as his manager in 2013. In the same year, he released his debut E.P., “Bugged Out” — it got him loads of attention and helped him land a deal with Simon Cowell’s Syco Records in 2015. He appeared as a featured artist on Belgian singer Netsky’s ‘Rio.’ The song established Animals as a star. He made another song with Netsky, ‘Work It Out,’ in the following year, and it blew up in Belgium. Soon, he worked with Alex Newell, Cash Cash, Galantis, and Jones to release more singles.

He married Amanda Shoffy Gale in August 2016, and they have two kids together. Animals felt the need to bridge the gap between more prominent music publishing companies and smaller indie companies. This led to the founding of Bigger picture entertainment with Marc Fineman and Jason Sharp in 2017. He hopes to replace “Peppa pig” as the most famous pig persona globally.

Career timeline

2001

He Starts Making Beats

As a 13-year-old, he receives a copy of FruityLoops from a friend, and he starts making beats.

2014

He Starts Publishing Remixes

He begins to publish remixes of popular songs on SoundCloud.

2016

He Breaks Out

He works on Netsky's ‘Rio,’ and it is the first time he hears his song on the radio.

2017

He Features on a Pop Track

After having two hits in the Dance genre, Animals features on Louis Tomlinson's pop track, 'Back To You.'

Why We Love Digital Farm Animals

He is relentless
Animals tells his fans, "The harder you work, the luckier you get." This philosophy has helped Animals get to the top of the electronic music industry.
He advocates for preserving the environment
He participates in campaigns targeted at protecting the Earth for coming generations. We agree with Animals and hope more people will be like him.
He loves animals
Animals often asks his fans which animal they want to see in his music videos. We love humans who love animals.

5 Surprising Facts

His favorite holiday
His favorite holiday is Halloween, and he enjoys every minute of it.
His favorite pets
He is a dog lover, and he doesn't care so much for cats.
His favorite musician of all time
Animals is a big fan of Paul McCartney and wishes to work with him.
He prefers books over movies
Animals is an avid reader and believes books tell better stories than movies.
His neighbors inspired his persona
His bedroom window overlooked a pig farm, which inspired his pig-themed persona.