Luis Vasquez, whose one-man job the Soft Moon launched a string of precious cds for Captured Tracks and Sacred Bones, has actually passed away, a depictive validated to Pitchfork. No reason of fatality was offered. Vasquez was 44 years of ages.
Birthed in Los Angeles, Vasquez began having fun in punk bands prior to establishing the Soft Moon job in the late 2000s, influenced by the dark minimalism of bands like Self-destruction and Pleasure Department, in addition to the songs of his Afro-Cuban heritage. He launched his launching solitary, “Breathe the Fire,” on Captured Tracks in 2010, and a self-titled full-length later on that year. On his succeeding run of cds, Vasquez moved Europe– to the Italian hills for 2015’s Much deeper and Berlin for his 2018 Spiritual Bones launching, Lawbreaker. The last Soft Moon document of his life time, Exister, shown up in 2022.
A declaration on the Soft Moon’s social networks web pages welcomed followers and pals to share their memories ofVasquez “This is a huge loss and our hearts are broken,” it checked out.
