Ghastly (DJ)

Ghastly
Background information
Birth name David Lee Crow
Born (1989-10-23) October 23, 1989
Arizona, United States
Origin Los Angeles, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • musician
  • record producer
Instruments Digital audio workstation
Years active 2014—present
Labels

David Lee Crow, better known by his stage name Ghastly, is an American DJ and record producer based in Los Angeles.[2] He has released songs on OWSLA, Buygore, and Dim Mak, such as "Miami Connection" with Jauz and "Crank It" with Mija and Lil Jon.[2]

Early life

David Lee Crow was raised on a goat farm with 260 goats and 650 cows in Buckeye, Arizona.[3][4][5] He relocated to Venice Beach before finding work as resident DJ at Exchange LA. His parents were unable to finance him, leaving him homeless to live in a van before deciding on moving into the city.[6] He would shower at public restrooms and wake up on the beach. He worked for two months at American Apparel who later fired him for being homeless. After moving into an apartment on skid row, he discovered the moniker “Ghastly” and began moving forward with a brand concept. Shortly after being hired and fired from dozens of jobs, he became broke and moved back to the farm in Arizona to save up his finances before again returning to Los Angeles to give the music industry another shot. He found work as a promoter at Exchange LA who later hired him as a resident DJ.[7] Prior to learning and using his first DAWs which were Reason and Ableton, he was the vocalist of a metal band called The Irish Front.[8][9]

Career

The first song Crow ever wrote was released on an OWSLA compilation album. He then produced an EP for the label but was turned down because it wasn't as 'funky' as his first song. After losing his job and all of his finances he then moved back to goat farm to begin again. After seven months of saving up his money he moved back into his van and started from scratch. At a rave, he met Mija and talked about collaborating before writing the song "Crank It". Mija sent it to Skrillex, the founder of OWSLA. He then invited the pair to join him at the festival Burning Man where they became friends and sealed the deal for Ghastly to release music under his label. From there he began writing music continuously since there was spotlight on him and he took advantage of it. After releasing a slew of originals and remixes he began climbing the festival bills as well as the charts. He released his debut studio album on May 4, 2018, titled The Mystifying Oracle.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
The Mystifying Oracle

Singles

Title[10] Year Record label
"Funky Flex"
(with Arielle Williams)		 2012 OWSLA
"Kill It with Fire"
(with Sullivan King)		 2014 Buygore
"Crank It"
(with Mija and Lil Jon)		 OWSLA
"Every Night" 2015 Dim Mak
"Get On This" Mad Decent
"Dogs in the House"
(with Goldplate)		 The EDM Network
"Hawt"
(with Brillz)		 Mad Decent
"666!"
(with Getter)		 2016 OWSLA
"Fuk Watchu Think"
(featuring Jameston Thieves)
"The Spiders Symphony" 2017 Self-released
"End of the Night"
(with NGHTMRE)		 Mad Decent
"We Might Fall"
(with Matthew Koma)		 Self-released
"Geisha"
"I'll Wait"
"LSD" 2018
"Fake You Out"
(with Barely Alive)
"Black Mamba"[11]
"Lemme See U"[12]
(with Crankdat)
"This Song Scares People"[13]

Remixes

[14]

  • Diplo – "Biggie Bounce" (Ghastly and Mija Mix) (2014)
  • NGHTMRE and SLANDER – "Warning" (Ghastly Remix) (2015)
  • Zomboy – "Lights Out" (Ghastly Remix) (2017)

References

  1. ↑ Gorecki, Bryan (2015-10-22). "Ghastly now more Googled than the Pokemon". EDM Chicago. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  2. 1 2 Christopher Monger, James. "Ghastly | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  3. ↑ "GHASTLY: Information". The DJ List. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  4. ↑ Petriw, Nicole (October 7, 2015). "DJ To Watch: Ghastly". Relentless Beats. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  5. ↑ "Ghastly in The Lab LA". Mixmag. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  6. ↑ Madden, Michael (2016-02-19). "DJ Series: Trendsetters Presents... Ghastly! - AreaTrend Blog". AreaTrend Blog. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  7. ↑ Bein, Kat (30 March 2015). "The Grim and Gory Details of Ghastly's Ballsy Rise". Insomniac.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  8. ↑ Leight, Elias (16 August 2016). "Ghastly Talks OWSLA, Metal Influences, and Not Getting Comfortable". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  9. ↑ O'Neil, Shane (2015-01-09). "Mija And Ghastly Are Breaking the Rules of EDM [Interview]". EDM.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  10. ↑ "Ghastly on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  11. ↑ Sweeney, Farrell (2018-04-20). "Ghastly drops new bass house track, 'Black Mamba'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  12. ↑ Sweeney, Farrell (2018-04-27). "Crankdat and Ghastly play 'Do it or Don't do it' in honor of their new single, 'Lemme See U'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  13. ↑ Sweeney, Farrell (2018-09-20). "Ghastly drops his hardest track of the year, fittingly titled 'This Song Scares People'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  14. ↑ "GHASTLY". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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