BLK Matter
Canada’s fastest growing artist management company, Toronto, since 2016

Management for the acts that fill stadiums

Kaskade, John Summit, Kx5, Alec Monopoly, SKILAH, BYNON, LÖKII and Dave Summer.

Kaskade and deadmau5 as Kx5, arms up at the decks, facing a wall of sparklers
Alec Monopoly painting the Monopoly man on a studio wall
Alec Monopoly in a purple cap finishing a canvas covered in his cash cards
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Kx5. Kaskade and deadmau5 sold 46,000 tickets at the LA Memorial Coliseum in December 2022.

Alec Monopoly. Painter and DJ. His FIFA World Cup mural went up in Doha.

Alec Monopoly, on record. Releases with MEDUZA, Solardo, Diego San Diego and Tech It Deep.

Super Bowl LVIIILA Memorial ColiseumCoachellaEDC Las VegasFormula 1 MiamiLost Lands
XS Las VegasScotiabank ArenaIgloofestTD GardenRandall's Island
The signature night

10 December 2022, the LA Memorial Coliseum

The Coliseum turned 100 that year. Kaskade and deadmau5 brought Kx5 home to Los Angeles to mark it.

46,000

tickets. Pollstar called it the largest single-day show an electronic act has headlined in North America.

Almost seven figures to design and over seven figures to execute.
Ryan Henderson, Managing Director, BLK Matter, to Billboard on the Kx5 Coliseum show
After the Coliseum

The album, then the next stadium

The self-titled Kx5 album followed on 17 March 2023. John Summit closes his 2026 North American run at the same Coliseum.

The size of the room

Pollstar counted 46,000 at the Coliseum. Randall’s Island held 60,000 for Experts Only.

46,000tickets for Kx5 at the LA Memorial Coliseum, December 2022
60,000at John Summit's Experts Only Festival on Randall's Island, 2026
36nights on the CTRL ESCAPE tour, from Montreal to London
65releases on Arkade, Kaskade's label, since 2014
John Summit on a festival stage at sunset
John Summit. CTRL ESCAPE runs 36 nights through North America, Australia and Europe.
What we run

Releases, tours, partnerships and the production that makes a stadium night, run from one desk in Toronto.

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Management

Day-to-day logistics and long-term planning for all eight acts: release calendars, routing, teams and budgets.

02

Arkade

The team behind Kaskade's label: 65 releases since 2014, from the Redux series to Late Night Alumni and Mr. Tape.

03

Live and production

Residencies, arena runs and one-off moments, from the Super Bowl to the starting grid at Formula 1 Miami.

04

Art and partnerships

Brand deals and art drops for a roster that includes a painter: Alec Monopoly's mural for the FIFA World Cup in Doha.

"There is an abundance of raw talent out there, now more than ever."

Kaskade, announcing Arkade, December 2014
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The LA Memorial Coliseum under fireworks, black and white
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A festival main stage with pyro and a packed field
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A DJ drinking in the booth above a festival crowd
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Alec Monopoly signing a painting
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Two DJs in silhouette against stage light
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A DJ with arms open to the crowd
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A DJ in headphones at the decks
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A DJ playing a Las Vegas pool party
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The BLK Matter mark over a festival crowd

Booking one of the eight?

Tell the desk the date, city, venue and capacity. The right person on the team replies.

BLK Matter

Artist management out of Toronto, since 2016. Home of the Arkade label team.

Management

  • Ryan Henderson, Managing Director
  • Elise Milani, Director of Marketing and Operations