Gordo, the rolling-house project Diamanté Blackmon built after retiring his festival alias Carnage, played a rare headline set at KOKO's Theatre in September 2026.
Gordo, the house project of Diamanté Blackmon, who played festivals as Carnage, gave an extended headline set in the Theatre at KOKO in Camden on Friday 11 September 2026. JØRD and SAACHI joined him on the bill.
Blackmon was born in Washington DC in 1991 to Nicaraguan parents. He was raised partly by his mother and aunt in Guatemala and partly in Frederick, Maryland, where he played small clubs at 16.
From 2012 he was Carnage, a leading name in American festival electronica. His records included “Bricks” with Migos and “Toca”, and his first album went to the top of the American dance chart in 2015.
In 2022 he retired the name. Gordo plays rolling house with Latin rhythms underneath, in long sets of deep, driving selections built for a dark room. The move took him from festival main stages into the clubs.
The KOKO date was a return booking, and the venue’s Electronic Nights strand gave him the Theatre for the long form his Gordo sets need. It was a rare London headline for him, and the session ran into the early morning.