Carnage (DJ)

Carnage
Birth name Diamanté Anthony Blackmon
Also known as
  • Carnage
  • DJ Carnage
Born (1991-01-03) January 3, 1991
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
Years active 2008–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website djcarnage.com

Diamanté Anthony Blackmon (born January 3, 1991),[1] better known by his stage names Carnage and DJ Carnage, is a Guatemalan-American DJ and record producer.[2][3] Carnage is known for his live performances at major music festivals such as Tomorrowland and Ultra Music Festival and his hit single called "Incredible" with Israeli DJ Borgore.

Early life

Diamanté Anthony Blackmon was born on January 3, 1991 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He grew up in Los Angeles, California, United States. When he was 16 years old, he started playing in small clubs in his hometown of Guatemala.[1]

Career

Carnage has been able to establish over the years on the stage of the EDM. Collaborations with DJs such as Borgore, KSHMR, Timmy Trumpet and Headhunterz are put to his credit.[4]

"The Underground", directed in 2014 with Alvaro, is his greatest success. The single is classed quickly 4th of the top 100 established by Beatport.[5]

In 2014, he met KSHMR in New York City and decided to make the single "Toca", released in June 2015 on the record label Ultra Music.[6]

In October 2015, he released his debut album Papi Gordo, which ranked at number 184 on the Billboard 200.[7] It has 15 songs that simple emerge such as "Touch", "Bricks", "November Skies", etc.

Ibiza, Los Angeles and Tel Aviv hosted many times his sets[8] but also Inox Park in France.[9]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2014 DJ Mag Carnage Top 100 DJs[10] No. 63
2015 Top 100 DJs[11] No. 88
2016 Top 100 DJs No. 84

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Dance/Electronic[12] Independent[13] Heatseekers[14] Billboard 200[15]
Papi Gordo 1 15 1 184
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Charting singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Billboard Twitter Top Tracks
[16]		 US
Dance/Mix Show Airplay
[17]
"I Like Tuh"
(featuring ILoveMakonnen)		 2015 29 — Papi Gordo
"November Skies"
(featuring Tomas Barfod and Nina Kinert)		 2016 — 36
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

2009

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Remixes

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

References

  1. 1 2 "Ultimate Music Experience Artist Profile: Carnage". Disco Donnie Presents.
  2. ↑ "Carnage - Tour Dates, Tickets, Music, Bio, Photos and Videos". DJOYbeat.com.
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles-based DJ Carnage at Aragon Ballroom". AXS.
  4. ↑ "CARNAGE". The DJ List.
  5. ↑ "The Underground (Original Mix) [Spinnin Records] - Beatport Top Tracker". Beatport Top Tracker.
  6. ↑ "Carnage feat Timmy Trumpet & KSHMR - "Toca" : Huge Electro House Collaboration". ThisSongIsSick.com.
  7. ↑ "Papi Gordo - Carnage > Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation.
  8. ↑ "DJ Carnage Tour Dates 2016 - Upcoming DJ Carnage Concert Dates and Tickets". Bandsintown.
  9. ↑ Macocco, Pauline (August 25, 2015). "Inox Park 2015 : de Bob Sinclar à Joachim Garraud, découvrez le line-up à couper le souffle" (in French). Bandsintown. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 DJs | DJMag.com". DJ Mag.
  11. ↑ Rambaud, Ludovic. "Top 100 DJs 2015 : les 50 suivants (#101-#150) !". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Carnage - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  13. ↑ "Carnage - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  14. ↑ "Carnage - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  15. ↑ "Carnage - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  16. ↑ "Carnage - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  17. ↑ "Carnage - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
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