Artist's albums
Exister Remixed
2023 · EP
Unforgiven (OTHR Remix)
2023 · single
Face Is Gone (Unhuman Remix)
2023 · single
The Pit (Gael Remix)
2023 · single
Become The Lies (Phase Fatale Remix)
2023 · single
Exister
2022 · album
Monster
2022 · single
Unforgiven
2022 · single
Become The Lies
2022 · single
Him
2022 · single
Black Sabbath
2020 · single
Ritüel (The Soft Moon Remix)
2020 · single
Ne Teselli Ne Avuntu (The Soft Moon Remix)
2019 · single
Criminal Remixed
2018 · album
Pain (The Soft Moon Remix)
2018 · single
Criminal
2018 · album
Criminal (Instrumentals)
2018 · album
Choke
2018 · single
It Kills
2017 · single
Burn
2017 · single
Deeper Remixed
2016 · album
Without (Codex Empire Remix)
2016 · single
Desertion (Phase Fatale Remix)
2016 · single
Feel (Ninos Du Brasil Remix)
2016 · single
Being (Ancient Methods Remix)
2015 · single
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Biography
The project of multi-instrumentalist Luis Vasquez, the Soft Moon confronts existential dread with an unflinching mix of industrial and post-punk. The murky electronics and riffs of 2010's self-titled debut hinted at the explosive blend of industrial and EBM Vasquez used to express his frustrations on albums such as 2015's Deeper and 2018's Criminal. With 2022's Exister, he presented a more collaborative and spacious-sounding version of the Soft Moon without sacrificing any of his music's cathartic impact. Born and raised in Oakland, California, Vasquez started writing his own songs a few months after his grandfather bought him a guitar when he was 12. By the time he was 15, he'd started his first band, and played in punk acts throughout his teens. Vasquez struck out on his own when he was 20, and eventually founded the Soft Moon while working in San Francisco. His first single, "Breathe the Fire," appeared on Captured Tracks in March 2010; Parallels followed that September, and the Soft Moon's self-titled debut album appeared in November. Darker still was the Total Decay EP, which arrived in late October 2011. Vasquez continued to write songs while on the road, and enlisted the help of engineer/producer Monte Vallier to turn them into the streamlined tracks that appeared on October 2012's Zeros, which added more electronic elements to Vasquez's sound. That year also saw the release of "Evidence," a collaboration with synth pop pioneer John Foxx and his band the Maths. After touring in support of Zeros, Vasquez moved to Venice, Italy before settling in Berlin, and used the solitude and his status as a foreigner as inspiration for a set of songs that explored despair and healing. Working with producer Maurizio Baggio at Hate Studios, Vasquez honed his singing and songwriting to produce 2015's Deeper, some of the Soft Moon's most emotional music. A pair of remix EPs featuring work by Ancient Methods, Trentemøller, and Blush Response arrived early the following year. For the Soft Moon's fourth album, February 2018's Criminal, Vasquez reunited with Baggio and built on the confessional territory of Deeper as he explored his abusive childhood and its aftermath. Wishing to dig deeper into his inner conflicts, he returned with A Body of Errors, a set of largely instrumental songs that took a more reflective approach to the feeling of being trapped in one's own body. Vasquez's first album to be released under his own name, it arrived in January 2021 on 2 Mondi Collective. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, Vasquez moved from Berlin to the Joshua Tree, California, a change of locale that allowed him to sing and play drums as loud as he needed without worrying about bothering the neighbors. This artistic freedom and his vast surroundings inspired September 2022's Exister, another anguished set of songs that included collaborations with fish narc and Special Interest's Alli Logout. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi