CHECKMATE GR A R T I S T M A N A G E M E N T
Artist Management · Austin, TX

Checkmate Group

A boutique roster. Built for artists who refuse the algorithm. Hand-managed. Slow-built. The opposite of mass.

Roster of 03 Bookings open
The Roster

Three artists. All signed for a reason.

We don't run a stable. We run a chamber. Every artist on this list is here because their work changes the temperature of a room.

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01 Bass · Trap · Dubstep

ETHER

Cinematic leftfield bass producer crafting immersive soundscapes between euphoria and despair. Named for the fifth element. The bridge between physical and spiritual.

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02 Dubstep · Trap · UK Garage

Feel Suite

Bass music producer and DJ blending dubstep, trap, and UK garage into sets that balance heavy energy with emotional atmosphere. Producing since 2012.

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03 Trap · Dubstep · 140

XILLA

Houston DJ and producer engineered for the darkest, heaviest rooms. Dubstep, 140, and trap built on the city's chopped & screwed DNA.

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04 Unannounced

TBA

Fourth chair at the table. Signed, sealed, unannounced.

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Who we are

Management as a craft, not a quota.

Checkmate Group is small on purpose. We work with a handful of artists at a time so each one gets the attention a career actually needs: bookings, press, production, brand, the long view. We're not interested in farming the algorithm. We're interested in building the kind of catalogue that outlasts it.

More about us
  • 01 Bookings Direct relationships with promoters, venues, and festivals across North America.
  • 02 Press & visuals EPKs that actually get opened. Press shoots that hold up.
  • 03 Career strategy Release plans, A&R, brand architecture. The boring stuff that compounds.
Working with us

Bookings, press, and management inquiries.

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