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Drum Beat Presents: Counting Coup (18+)Saturday April 12 2025
9pm - Late
The Grotto at Contemporary Calgary
701 11st SW
Calgary AB
Featuring:
Mr. Carmack (Team Supreme, Soulection)
Anna Morgan (Worst Behaviour Records, The Footwork Jungle)
Kilbourne (Cimmerian Records)
Sid. (Drum Beat Entertainment, Porcupine Music Festival)
Mr. Carmack
Make music like no one's listening" is the motto of Aaron Carmack, and appropriately so. His story is a three-part series, divided into factions of past, present, and future. Every element of the past, as Aaron Carmack would explain, has had an effect on who he is today as both a writer/producer and DJ. Being born and raised in San Francisco, attending and dropping out of college in Long Beach, CA, moving to Oahu for three years and living off income from monthly releases on Bandcamp – Carmack’s music is an expression and perpetual reflection of all of it.
“My music is an expression of experiences that I’ve had in my life up to right now. I take inspiration every day.”
Constantly translating personal experience into his craft, Carmack finds inspiration from a range of sources, from his friends and fellow musicians in production cliques, Team Supreme and Soulection, to his travels and numerous sold out tours of five continents over the past two years, sharing stages with folks like Hudson Mohawke, Just Blaze, Cashmere Cat, and Diplo. These influences, combined with a hunger for discovering the newest, most cutting-edge sounds on sites like Soundcloud, are some of the ingredients to the now-Los Angeles-based producer’s distinct creative process.
“I used to see music as an escape. Now, it’s just what I do.”
Like a hinge to the doorway between dance music and hip hop, Carmack’s musical output increasingly occupies a void frontier between the two genres, identified by his contemporaries, fans, and himself purely as “Carmack”. With a devotion to the studio and a grinding work ethic, the inventive producer aims to release a prolific amount of music in coming months, all while performing as often as possible. Stay tuned.
“It’s mine, it’s Carmack, whatever I choose to write. I’ve grown to accept that. That’s kinda why I call myself Carmack. I can’t really do anything else.”
Anna Morgan
ANNA MORGAN is a tastemaker and curator of globally minded low-end frequencies. An LA transplant, Anna is a Bronx native of Jamaican/Okinawan descent and a DJ, producer, promoter, and label co-founder whose sound expresses her eclectic experience.
Her dynamic sets are full of surprises, genre-bending, and lots of energy. Her international touring schedule and unique blend of sound system and club culture have won her the DJ Mag “Break through DJ of the year,” crown. In 2024 she has been handpicked as support by forward thinking artist like Kelela, Ivy Lab, GJones, Eprom, The Glitch Mob and Ternion Sound.
She just performed at the Iconic Red Rocks with Of The Trees, and is set to make her 4th appearance at Bass Coast festival this July. She was also recently named by UKF as an up and coming artist to look out for. Her songs and remixes have charted on Beatport and Juno. Her productions have been featured on outlets like BBC1, NTS, and Rinse by hosts like Sherelle, Yaeji, and Madam X. Anna curates the infamous Footwork Jungle and has been commemorated by London’s EQ50 for Black History month as an integral North American contributing to the proliferation Jungle & DnB.
Supported by:
Kilbourne
Hailing from the coastal rainforests of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast and Gulf Islands comes Kilbourne, the founder and curator of Cimmerian Records.
Kilbourne channels a sound resonating on deep foundations. He aims to craft a sonic narrative deeply rooted in sound system culture and low-end frequencies. His productions and sets are curated to be sonic journeys designed to evolve emotionally and blend organic textures with the sounds of Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Grime, Breakbeats or Techno.
Over the past decade you may have caught sets from him at festivals like Future Forest, Wicked Woods, Cumberland Wild, Pachena Bay, Samsara, Lamplight and more.
Sid.
Additional entertainment to be provided by Mint Entertainment and Creeasian.
Join us for our biggest event yet at the one and only Contemporary Calgary in the infamous Grotto Room. Drum Beat brings to Calgary a double headliner show with DJ sets from some of the most forward thinking artists in bass music from local and international acts. This is an event that you don't want to miss
This event will feature an Indigenous Artists as well as a market place f to support local vendors from the broader arts community in Calgary.
Tickets on sale now via showpass, no refunds will be issued after purchase.
Proudly sponsored by Calgary Arts Development and the Original Peoples Investment Program (OPIP).
See you on the dance floor!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
701 11 Street Southwest, 701 11 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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