Joe Ghost
| Joe Ghost | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 29, 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Electro House, Big Room House, Progressive House |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ |
| Website | Official Website Official Facebook Page Official Twitter Official Soundcloud |
Joe Ghost (born January 29, 1987) is a Canadian electronic dance music producer and DJ. He primarily producers in the electro house genre, but has also experimented with progressive house.
Biography
At age 15, Joe Ghost began DJing in nightclubs in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario. He first played an urban style format, and was drawn into electronic music when he first heard "Groove In You" by fellow Canadian producer Dave Armstrong (Steve Angello also co-produced) . In 2009 at Age 22, Joe Ghost began to experiment with production using Ableton, and re-created songs he liked. In 2010 he released his first single on PBR[1] recordings called "At Night", which included a remix from Dutch producers Bassjackers. "At Night" hit the top 10 on Beatport,[2] and was also featured in DJ Chuckies Dirty Dutch Radio Show[3] which aired on National Radio "FG" . Later that year Joe Ghost introduced his new direction in music with a Dutch/electro style remix for Stromae called "Te Quiero". Although "Te Quiero" was never an official release Stromae and Universal Records both supported the release. In May 2011 he released an electro inspired set of songs "I Just Came" which peaked at #4 on Beatport, and "I Hear You Talking" (August 2011) which also hit Beatport's top 10.
Production
Joe Ghost uses Ableton for production. He primarily uses Massive, Sylenth, Nexus and many other commercial plug-ins.
Awards & Recognition
Joe Ghost has been in the top 10 charts twice on Beatport's "dance music, most notable chart". He has also won both Canada-wide (Stylus Awards) & regional DJ awards:
Joe Ghost has performed throughout Canada, as well as, in Cancun, Mexico [6] and in Ibiza, Spain
Discography
EPs
- We+The People (2011)
Singles
- "At Night" (2010)
- "I Just Came" (2011)
- "I Hear You Talking" (2011)
- "I Hear You Talking (Remixes)" (2011)
- "Bang It" (2011)
- "I Just Came (European Remixes)" (2011)
- "Zero Tolerance" (2012)
- "Fiend" (2012)
- "Are You Ready (Hardwell Rework)" (2013)
- "Zero Tolerance" (w/A-Divizion) (2013)
- "Crank" (2014)
- "LIBG" (2014)
- "Let's Go EP" (2014)
- "The March" (w/Ariyan) (2014)
- "Frostfire" (w/Crossnaders) (2015)
- "Sledgehammer" (w/Jimmy Clash) (2016)
- "On The Floor Like" (w/Bassjackers & MOTi) (2016)
- "Guardian Angel" (ft. Kevin Acero & Joyia) (2017)
- "Maos" (2017)
Remixes
- Joey Seminara & Simon Gain, "Suri" (2010)
- Dzeko & Torres, "Again" (2010)
- Stromae, "Te Quiero" (2010)
- Fetty Wap ft. Drake - My Way (Joe Ghost Remix) (2015)