Mr. Carmack

Mr. Carmack, a Los Angeles-based beatmaker and songwriter, shapes introspective downtempo hip-hop and R&B while also pursuing harder-edged, bass-driven work. He first surfaced in the early 2010s through a run of self-released albums and EPs that quickly drew notice from trap and EDM listeners, resulting in material on labels including Mad Decent and All Trap Music. Tracks for Isaiah Rashad, Talib Kweli, and Busdriver stand among his production credits, and he has shared bills with Hudson Mohawke, Cashmere Cat, and Diplo. Viista, his debut vocal LP, surfaced in 2019. He belongs to the jazzy hip-hop trio the Jefferson Park Boys with Kenny Segal and Mike Parvizi, and he forms the hybrid club project Project Paradis with PromNite, whose first two EPs arrived in 2020.

Aaron Carmack grew up in San Francisco and spent a brief period at college in Long Beach before living in Oahu, Hawaii, for several years. Earning primarily through digital music sales, he issued multiple EPs and albums beginning in 2011, among them Frozen, which tilted toward house and drum'n'bass, and the instrumental hip-hop set Melodies, Vol. 1. The single "Birth Control" appeared on Mad Decent’s Jeffree’s imprint in 2013, and he collaborated with producers and rappers such as Mikos da Gawd, Mike Gao, Isaiah Rashad, and Watsky. Lightsleepers released his album Dimebag in 2014, while Rekindling, a split with Djemba Djemba, followed in 2016. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday, an EP made with Tennyson and featuring BJ the Chicago Kid, emerged in 2017.

The Jefferson Park Boys issued their first LP, Casual Horns, Dog, in 2018. After rolling out numerous EPs and singles across 2019, Carmack delivered the alternative R&B album Viista at year’s end, with guest contributions from Kehlani, Drew Banga, and Bobby Saint. The Jefferson Park Boys produced Purple Moonlight Pages, the acclaimed 2020 album by R.A.P. Ferreira (formerly Milo), and Carmack joined PromNite as Project Paradis for Paradis 1 and Paradis 2 on Mad Decent. On the same label he teamed with Aluna for the track “Whistle” from her solo debut, Renaissance.