Sled Island and Drum Beat Entertainment present: Young Dene, Carissa Gem and more

Young Dene

Young Dene is a selector, producer and label owner based in Vancouver. His sets typically range from footwork jungle to D’N’B, but also include dubstep, garage, breaks and more. Young Dene’s label, Low Pass Music, focuses on amplifying Indigenous artists and Canadian bass music, as does his well-known bi-regional event series, Ever Sick. 

 

Carissa Gem

Carissa Gem is a bass music curator and radio host that has risen to prominence in Canada’s electronic music and festival scenes. Her crates are deep and diverse, both current and historical. Displaying a profound knowledge of all genres 140-160 bpm in her sets, Carissa Gem always packs the floor.

 

DeLab

Devon Laboucan has been producing proudly Indigenous beats as DeLab since 2015. The DJ’s melodic production, wild remixes, and energetic live presence has been a distinct pulsing heartbeat of dance floors across Treaty 6 territory. The deep-tech beats of tracks like “Second Winter'' cast an entrancing spell of gyrating joy.

 

sean beaver

sean beaver incorporates his Indigenous heritage into his electronic sounds, adding vocal chants, percussion and Pow Wow elements. With six albums out to date and a seventh on the way, he brings high-energy electronica to every show he plays, dancefloor he crosses, and loop he creates.

 

About Sled Island

The Sled Island Music & Arts Festival is a five-day, multi-venue festival taking place June 21 - 25, 2023. For more information, visit SledIsland.com. 

Everyone has the right to feel safe and included at Sled Island. All festival attendees agree to abide by Sled Island's safer spaces and inclusion policy, which can be found at SledIsland.com/SaferSpaces.

Sled Island acknowledges Calgary as the traditional territory of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Ĩyãħé Nakoda First Nations, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley First Nations. Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.