Pastel Ghost
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| birth_name = Vivian Moon
| alias = Pastel Ghost
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| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, New York, U.S.
| origin = Brooklyn, New York
Oakland, California
San Francisco, California
Austin, Texas
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| genre = Dreamwave, synth pop, dream pop, electronica
| occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter, producer
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| label = Self-released (Dark Beach EP and Shadows EP)
80s Ladies Records (Abyss LP, 2015)
Cleopatra Records (Ethereality LP, 2018)
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Vivian Moon, professionally known as Pastel Ghost,{{cite web |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/04/vivian-moon-crafts-hypnotic-psychedelic-grooves-as-pastel-ghost/10011916007/ |title=Vivian Moon crafts hypnotic, psychedelic grooves as Pastel Ghost |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |last=Caldwell |first=Patrick |date=2016-09-14 |access-date=2024-05-20}} is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. Originally from Brooklyn, New York City, she then spent time in the Bay Area of Central California, specifically San Francisco and Oakland,{{cite web |url=https://www.sacurrent.com/music/dance-the-night-away-when-austins-pastel-ghost-mr-kitty-bring-electronic-vibes-to-limelight-19134274 |title=Dance the Night Away When Austin's Pastel Ghost, Mr. Kitty Bring Electronic Vibes to Limelight |newspaper=San Antonio Current |last=Courtney |first=James |date=2019-01-10 |access-date=2024-05-20}} before moving to her current home in Austin, Texas.{{cite web |url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2022/artists/2051596 |title=PASTEL GHOST |website=sxsw.com |access-date=2024-05-20}}
She has described her music as "dreamwave" and "dream rave". Others, such as professional music critics, music industry workers, and concert promoters, have variously described her music as "lac[ing] elements of dream pop, post-punk and electronica with her ethereal vocals melting over chilly synths and thumping dance beats," "whispery, gauzy, shimmering and intimate dance sound," "witch rave",{{cite web |url=https://indiepulsemusic.com/2018/09/02/pastel-ghost/ |title=Pastel Ghost announces new LP for Cleopatra, shares new single “Mercury” |website=IndiePulse Music |last=Timmons |first=Joseph |date=2018-09-02 |access-date=2024-05-20}} "strikingly hypnotic", and "electronic beats on pillowy clouds of synths, occasionally fused with 8-bit-video-game-influenced sounds" with "reverb-soaked vocals, lending the whole affair an appropriately ghostly vibe."
She first self-released two EPs, Dark Beach EP and Shadows EP. She then signed to 80s Ladies Records for her debut full-length album, Abyss, which was released on March 10, 2015. Her second studio album, Ethereality, was released on October 5, 2018, via Cleopatra Records. She supported Mr.Kitty on the subsequent tour, in 2019.
As of April 12, 2025, Pastel Ghost had more than 3.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and, notably,{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/top-1-percent-streaming-1055005/ |title=Data Shows 90 Percent of Streams Go to the Top 1 Percent of Artists |website=Rolling Stone |last=Blake |first=Emily |date=2020-09-09 |access-date=2024-05-20}} her top track, "Dark Beach" (from the album Abyss), had over 288 million streams.
Biography
Moon grew up in what she has described as a musical family, with a sister who played both classical piano and bass and a brother who also played the piano. Moon herself grew up playing guitar and piano. In high school and college, she played with multiple bands, though she rarely took center stage and had no particular aspirations of being a front woman.
References
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External links
- [https://pastelghost.bandcamp.com/ PASTEL GHOST] on Bandcamp
- {{Discogs artist|Pastel Ghost|Pastel Ghost}}
- {{MusicBrainz artist | id=de0748c9-ed32-4a7c-aaaa-cfac23ec5299 | name=PASTEL GHOST}}
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Category:21st-century American women musicians
Category:Musicians from Brooklyn
Category:DJs from New York City
Category:Songwriters from New York (state)
Category:Singers from Brooklyn
Category:Singers from Oakland, California
Category:DJs from San Francisco
Category:Singers from San Francisco
Category:Songwriters from San Francisco
Category:Singers from Austin, Texas
Category:Songwriters from Texas
Category:American electronic dance music musicians
Category:American electronic dance music DJs
Category:American women in electronic music
Category:American synth-pop musicians
Category:21st-century people from Texas
Category:Musicians from Austin, Texas