DJ Carnage is currently in Australia for Future Music Festival. Missed him? Sydneysiders see him this Saturday at Marquee Sydney - Buy tix NOW as they're already at final release.
5. Cause he is the ‘Cutest DJ Ever’
No for reals, his best known quality listed in DJ MAG is “being the cutest DJ ever.” Just look at that face!
4. He didn’t give up on his dream!
Like any teenager, Carnage had a dream and that dream was to make music. He dropped out of his high school sophomore year to move to LA, which didn’t leave his mother happy. Nothing eventuated there and at 20 he returned home to get his high school diploma (you have until 21). Finally the ties would begin to change after he remixed A$AP Rocky’s track Big Spender, which was a viral online hit.
Things were still rocky for Carnage, who tried LA again.
“I'm not doing shit. I've been in the studio every day and nothing's happening. It was time for a change,” Carnage explains of that time in his life.
Then came along trap music. Carnage was warned by his management not to touch dance music, that it was just a phase. But no one tells Carnage what to do. His festival trap remix of Hardwell’s Spaceman, was a massive hit and the rest, as they say, is history.
3. He does what he likes
“If I want to make a rap record I make it, if I want to make a house record I make it. If I want to make some pretty shit I make some pretty shit.” – Carnage
2. His unorthodox music sets
Trap, hip-hop, house – who cares, it’s Carnage, he likes to mix it all up. Just have a listen to one of his sets, here’s a good one: EDC Las Vegas 2014.
1. He is a killer Performer
Carnage was born to do two things, make music and perform on stage. He has definitely got the natural act for it, just check him out at TomorrowWorld last year:
By Marcella Gallace