Beyond producing music, they foster a community of like-minded creatives and raise money for crucial causes like the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and Doctors Without Borders. Although their aesthetic presentation online is opaque and mysterious, Ghozt is an open book and a proactive community member in the online and New York, Connecticut, and Chicago  underground electronic scenes. 

Ghozt has journeyed through different styles of electronic music, from Techno and Bass to impactful acousmatic music, all stylized through their lens of horror and held together by an aesthetic sensibility all their own. Ghozt said that their ambiguity of style has taught them about themselves and their music. 

“It’s taught me a lot," they said. “Especially as a lover of music, I want to be as fluid as possible. Not only in my art but in my life, personal and not. I always want there to be me in what I do– I want there to be me in everything I make. I’ve always been a horror fan and of the art of making a horror film. I’ve always loved the dark and macabre and whatnot. I always felt like there was a niche for me in that. So, I’ve always tried to work that into club tracks.”

There’s a new scene of horror-inspired club producers orbiting around SoundCloud and the underground. Sporting names such as Alparr, Blood of Aza, S280f, Fitnesss, and Kavari, this scene is close to Ghozt’s ear. He’s considered a core member of the new sound of macabre electronics, blending the corporeality and viscera of the club into a new sound permeating the underground. 

“I’m very blessed to be part of that community, Alparr, Aza, Alice4Ever, Raiika, c+, moth sanctuary, and many more who are making that experimental industrial-esque sound,” Ghozt said. “I’m very close with them. Aza is my blood cousin, Alice and I have so much music, she’s an amazing person, and even people like falseprophet, s280f, and others who are major staples in the sound I’ve grown close to and are amazing people. I think our whole thing is reinvention to a certain degree, and rejecting the conventions of mainstream electronic music and what’s heard, and providing a much better experience.”

Reflecting on their influences, Ghozt has an affinity for alternative music, art, and video games. On their Discord channel, they spend time playing games like Death Stranding, Elden Ring, and the Fallout series, all of which I can’t help but notice employ a similar dark mood and innovative gameplay. It’s easy to see why Ghozt and their ilk are drawn to moody games that push boundaries, since that seems to be their musical M.O. as well. They said that pushing alternative sounds and aesthetics in music is a good way to summarize their musical project, so Ghozt immerses themself in these worlds. 

Community has an innumerable impact on Ghozt’s output. They’ve positioned themself as an in-demand collaborator in the underground as well as a rallying point for fundraising and organizing efforts for the PCRF and Doctors Without Borders. They said their musical collaboration process usually starts with screaming and crying on their laptop, coming up with ideas.