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Camellia (musician)

Camellia (かめりあ), legal name Masaya Ōya (大箭将也), also known as Cametek, is a Japanese electronic composer born 1992, known for BPM-200+ EDM, BEMANI and Beat Saber rhythm game tracks, and Vocaloid hits like Play-With-Fire.

Camoflauge

Camoflauge was the stage name of Jason Johnson, an American rapper from Savannah, Georgia, who signed with Universal Records and was fatally shot in 2003, aged 21.

Camp Bisco

Camp Bisco is an American three-day camping music festival founded by the band The Disco Biscuits in 1999, now held at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival

Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival is an annual music festival and carnival in Los Angeles, created by Tyler, the Creator and produced with Goldenvoice, first held in 2012.

Candlelight Records

Candlelight Records is a British independent extreme metal label founded in 1993 by Lee Barrett, known for early Emperor and Opeth releases and absorbed by Spinefarm in 2016.

Candlemass (band)

Candlemass is a Swedish epic doom metal band formed in Stockholm in 1985 by bassist Leif Edling, whose 1986 debut Epicus Doomicus Metallicus founded the genre.

Candy Ken

Candy Ken, born Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl, is an Austrian rapper, model, and TikTok personality who began releasing music in 2014 and became Austria's most successful TikTok influencer.

Canibus

Canibus (Germaine Williams, born 1974, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-American battle rapper. Known for the LL Cool J feud, "Second Round K.O.", the 1998 debut Can-I-Bus, and a long independent career including Mic Club and Rip the Jacker.

Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse: American death metal band formed December 1988 in Buffalo, New York, based in Tampa, Florida, on Metal Blade Records. Sixteen studio albums, over two million records sold, first death metal band past one million albums; "Hammer Smashed Face" and the Ace Ventura appearance distinguish them from any other band of the same name.

Canserbero

Canserbero (Tirone José González Orama), Venezuelan rapper born 1988, died 19 January 2015 in Maracay; albums Vida (2010) and Muerte (2012); named best Spanish-language rapper by Rolling Stone; 2023 investigation proved murder by his ex-manager.

Canvas (musician)

Canvas is the stage name of Rita Mucavele, an Atlanta-based DJ and producer of Zimbabwean heritage who has performed bass music since 2013, releasing on Odyzey and Wakaan.

Capital Steez

Capital Steez (Courtney Everald "Jamal" Dewar Jr., 1993-2012), Brooklyn rapper, Pro Era co-founder with Joey Bada$$, released AmeriKKKan Korruption, coined Beast Coast, died at 19; King Capital announced posthumously.

Capo Plaza

Capo Plaza is the stage name of Luca D'Orso, born 1998 in Salerno, an Italian rapper and defining figure of Italian trap whose debut album 20 topped the 2018 charts.

Cappadonna

Cappadonna (Darryl Hill, c. 1969), Staten Island rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member, debuted on 'Ice Cream' (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, 1995), scored with The Pillage (1998), and released Solar Eclipse in 2025.

Caprices Festival

Caprices Festival, also known as Caprices, is a Swiss electronic music festival founded in 2004 in Crans-Montana, known for its transparent Modernity Stage at 2,200 meters in the Alps.

Captain Hook (musician)

Captain Hook is the performance name of Reshef Harari, an Israeli psytrance producer and DJ, born in Tel Aviv in 1979, who has released four albums on Iboga Records.

Carcass (band)

Carcass, Liverpool extreme metal band formed 1985 by Bill Steer and Ken Owen, pioneered goregrind on Reek of Putrefaction and melodic death metal on Heartwork; split 1996, reformed 2007, seven albums through Torn Arteries (2021).

Cardi B

Cardi B is the stage name of Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born 1992), an American rapper from the Bronx whose 2017 single "Bodak Yellow" topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Cardopusher

Cardopusher is the performance name of Luis Garbán Valdeón, a Venezuelan-born DJ and producer based in Barcelona who began in breakcore and also records as Safety Trance.

Carl Cox

Carl Cox (born 1962), British DJ and producer, Three-Deck Wizard of UK acid house and techno, first DJ Magazine Top 100 number one in 1997, Intec label owner, Ibiza Space and UNVRS resident.

Carl Craig

Carl Craig (born 1969, Detroit), also known as 69, BFC, Psyche, Paperclip People, and Innerzone Orchestra, is a leading second-wave Detroit techno producer, founder of Planet E Communications (1991), co-creator of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, and a 2008 Grammy-nominated remixer.

Carl Craig b2b Cajmere

Carl Craig b2b Cajmere is a back-to-back DJ pairing of Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig and Chicago house producer Cajmere, booked at ARC 2025 and Movement Detroit 2026.

Carlita (musician)

Carlita, real name Carla Frayman (born 1994), Turkish-Italian DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Istanbul; classical cello and piano training, breakthrough "Luz Del Sol" (2018), Ninja Tune album Sentimental (2024).

Carlo Lio

Carlo Lio is a Toronto-born DJ and producer in techno and tech house, a longtime Footwork resident who co-runs the Rawthentic Music label with Nathan Barato.

Carpenter Brut

Carpenter Brut, stage name of Franck Hueso of Poitiers, France, is a darksynth/synthwave artist active since 2012, creator of Trilogy and the Leather trilogy (Leather Teeth, Leather Terror, Leather Temple), known for anonymity, guitarless metal synths, and Hotline Miami 2 placements.

Carpetman

Carpetman is an anonymous Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and producer active since mid-2023 who performs in a carpet-pattern mask, blending house, blues, and electronic pop; known for "Feel So Cold" and Ukraine's Vidbir 2024.

Carta

Carta, born Giorgio Carta (忻若言), is a Chinese-Italian DJ and producer based in Shanghai, the first Chinese DJ in DJ Mag's Top 100, placing No. 92 in 2017.

Carte Blanche (Veracocha)

"Carte Blanche" is a 1999 instrumental trance single by Veracocha, the Dutch producers Vincent de Moor and Ferry Corsten, reaching number 22 on the UK Singles Chart.

Casanova (rapper)

Casanova (Caswell Senior, born 1986) is a Brooklyn, New York drill-scene rapper whose 2016 single "Don't Run" led to Roc Nation and the EP Commissary (2018) and album Behind These Scars (2019).

Cascade Equinox

Cascade Equinox, also known as Cascade Equinox Festival, is an annual three-day music and arts camping festival at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, Oregon, first held in 2023.