Art Star and the Ghost, by Disck

Art Star and the Ghost

by Disck

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1.	Book 1 - Art Star 02:15	buy track
2.	Brian, Brian, Hard and Loud 03:39	buy track
3.	Song for Udo Kier 03:30	buy track
4.	DIY Surgery 03:16	buy track
5.	Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space (original theme song) 03:17	buy track
6.	Fortunately 03:45	buy track
7.	High-High-Higher 03:40	buy track
8.	We met online in a shopping mall ft. adri 02:41	buy track
9.	i am 04:15	buy track
10.	Book 2 - The Ghost 01:04	buy track
11.	I Collide 03:53	buy track
12.	Velvet Rose 03:19	buy track
13.	The Other Side of the Sun 03:59	buy track
14.	Dangerous Planet 03:40	buy track
15.	Night Time (Eat Some Soft Ice Cream) 04:44	buy track
16.	Avocado 03:26	buy track
17.	The Point of No Return 03:55	buy track
18.	Is Everything Okay At Home 03:58	buy track
19.	Forest Sweat Dream 02:40	buy track

about

I wrote and recorded the album "Art Star and the Ghost" when I was ages 15 and 16. During this period of my life, some of the most incredible and also tragic events occurred. I was struggling with my identity as a transgender girl, and I lost a lot of friends. I had someone close to me who pretended to be my friend but just wanted to hurt me. I joined a performance art troupe and an elf woman became my godmother. My friend of many years died tragically. This album is dedicated to him. I used music as a means of coping, which is why some of the songs are very much from a stream of consciousness.
During this period, I made a music video for the song High-high-higher. One day a classmate of mine said, "hey Dylan, your music video is on the crappymusic reddit - and it's blowing up!" Turned out the deliberately cheesy, shot on VHS video was mistaken for genuine, and turned me into a minor cult star on the internet. I even ended up with a full page spread in NY Times Magazine. Unfortunately, the scrutiny this invited as to my identity was a little too much for me to handle, because i was very young and still figuring things out for myself. To get comments on my videos calling me "Buffalo Bill" and telling me I'm ugly was enough to drive a very depressed and hormonal teenager a bit crazy, so I took the album off of iTunes, but not before I made some incredible friends through my weird, fleeting virality, something I've experienced twice in my life. These friends have proved absolutely valuable and wonderful in my life, and I am so thankful for them. When I started my job at age 18, on the first week one of my coworkers said "Hey, are you Disck?"
Although I retired my performing name, (for now) "Disck" is now the name of my production company, which has produced six feature films that were a blast to make!
This album might not be the best piece of music, but it marks a time in my life when I was consumed by both an overpowering sadness and an incredible magic, and that is why I am reuploading it for the first time in several years for free. If you would like to donate, I ask for no more than a dollar.

This album is dedicated to George Planding, who taught me a lot about the beauty and tragedy of life. I still wear your necklace around my neck, every day.

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released January 1, 2014

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Dylan Mars Greenberg New York, New York

Dylan Mars Greenberg is a transgender musician and video artist from New York City. Her work has been seen in PAPER Magazine, Rolling Stone, The NY Times, PBS, Vice, and more.

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