the Soft Moon
{{Short description|American musician (1979–2024)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Soft Moon
| image = 270px
| caption = Vasquez in 2017
| birth_name = Jose Luis Vasquez
| alias = Luis Vasquez
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1979|5|30}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|01|18|1979|10|20}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| landscape = yes
| origin = Oakland, California, U.S.
| occupations = {{hlist|Musician|composer|producer|{{nobr|multi-instrumentalist}}|singer}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Guitar|percussion|synthesizer}}
| genre = {{hlist|Post-punk|dark wave|krautrock|industrial rock|electronic rock}}
| years_active = 2008–2024
| label = {{ubl|Captured Tracks|Sacred Bones}}
| past_member_of = Lumerians
| website = {{URL|thesoftmoon.com}}
}}
Jose Luis Vasquez (May 30, 1979 – January 18, 2024),{{cite web |title=Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner |url=https://me.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2024-01165 |website=Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner |access-date=20 January 2024}} known professionally as the Soft Moon, was an American musician and record producer. Vasquez was the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and sole official member of the Soft Moon, which he founded in 2009.
Early life
Vasquez was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Cuban immigrant mother, and to a Mexican father who was never present in his life. At the age of nine, the family relocated to Victorville, California, a town in the Mojave Desert.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Jeff |title=From the desert to Depeche Mode |url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/04/29/from-desert-to-depeche-mode/34654984007/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Victorville Daily Press}}
As a teenager, Vasquez started out playing punk rock inspired by Descendents, Bad Religion, Bad Brains, Fugazi and Minor Threat.{{Cite web |title=The Soft Moon's Luis Vasquez, More Than a Post-Punk Obsessive |url=https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/the-soft-moons-luis-vasquez-more-than-a-post-punk-obsessive |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=AllMusic |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922082635/https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/the-soft-moons-luis-vasquez-more-than-a-post-punk-obsessive |url-status=live}} After graduating from Hesperia High School, he moved to Oakland, California where he briefly played in San Francisco-based psychedelic band Lumerians as a percussionist.{{cite news|last=Medina|first=Oscar|title=Retro No Retro|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/retro-no-retro/Content?oid=1090265|newspaper=East Bay Express|access-date=24 May 2011}}
Career
As Luis Vasquez, he created the Soft Moon project in 2009, and shortly after, Brooklyn-based label Captured Tracks approached him with a record deal. In 2010 his first single "Breathe The Fire" and "Parallels" were released on 7" vinyl under the Captured Tracks imprint.{{Cite web |date=2010-03-18 |title="Breathe the Fire" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/12152-breathe-the-fire/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Pitchfork.com |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325102457/https://pitchfork.com/news/12152-breathe-the-fire/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2011-02-10 |title=The Soft Moon – Parallels 7 |url=https://styrofoamdrone.com/2011/02/10/the-soft-moon-parallels-7/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Styrofoam Drone |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817051422/https://styrofoamdrone.com/2011/02/10/the-soft-moon-parallels-7/ |url-status=live}} His first album with the Soft Moon was released in 2010 and the band toured in 2011, opening in the US for Interpol and Mogwai.{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Amber |date=2011-07-18 |title=Interpol Summers Well: Touring with U2, Headlining Some Additional Shows |url=https://www.thevinyldistrict.com/cleveland/2011/07/interpol-summers-well-touring-with-u2-headlining-some-additional-shows/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=The Vinyl District |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004201305/https://www.thevinyldistrict.com/cleveland/2011/07/interpol-summers-well-touring-with-u2-headlining-some-additional-shows/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=2011-09-16 |title=The Soft Moon releasing new EP, playing shows w/ Mogwai (who just released an EP) --- MP3s & dates |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-soft-moon-r/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=BrooklynVegan |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119225121/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-soft-moon-r/ |url-status=live}}
In 2012, Vasquez was robbed at gunpoint while walking in his Oakland neighborhood, and his backpack with a laptop containing a finished album and two years' worth of demos were stolen.{{Cite web |last=Hyman |first=Dan |date=2013-02-21 |title=Can Theft Kill A Band? |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/dhyman/can-theft-kill-a-band |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=BuzzFeed |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119224933/https://www.buzzfeed.com/dhyman/can-theft-kill-a-band |url-status=live}} In October of that year, the Soft Moon released its second album, Zeros.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Gregory |date=2012-08-14 |title=The Soft Moon Unveil 'Zeros,' North American Tour |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/soft_moon_unveil_zeros_north_american_tour |website=Exclaim! |access-date=January 20, 2024 |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922210455/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/soft_moon_unveil_zeros_north_american_tour |url-status=live}}
He moved abroad to Venice, Italy in 2013 to write his third album, Deeper, which was released in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Cam |date=2015-03-31 |title=The Soft Moon on Apocalyptic Nightmares and Songwriting as a Means of Finding Inner Peace |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/695bzv/the-soft-moon-interview-2015 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Vice |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105214200/https://www.vice.com/en/article/695bzv/the-soft-moon-interview-2015 |url-status=live}} The album's lead single, "Black", earned Best New Track honors from Pitchfork.{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ian |title=The Soft Moon: "Black" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17242-the-soft-moon-black/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Pitchfork.com |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119233841/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17242-the-soft-moon-black/ |url-status=live}} While writing the album, The Soft Moon opened for Depeche Mode on a European leg of their Delta Machine Tour in 2014.{{Cite web |title=The Soft Moon have been having a terrible time in German techno clubs, so you don't have to |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-soft-moon-deeper |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=The Line of Best Fit |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930060011/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-soft-moon-deeper |url-status=live}}
The Soft Moon was scheduled to open for Killing Joke's 2016 North American tour, but Killing Joke canceled because of a band member's illness.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=BrooklynVegan |date=2016-01-08 |title=Killing Joke cancel North American tour; openers The Soft Moon announce rescheduled dates, releasing remix collection |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/killing-joke-ca/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=BrooklynVegan |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119224934/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/killing-joke-ca/ |url-status=live}} During a performance in Oakland on January 29, 2016, the band's van was broken into, with luggage, recording equipment, records and merchandise stolen.{{Cite web |last=post-punk.com |date=2016-01-30 |title=The Soft Moon had their equipment and merchandise stolen while performing in Oakland last night |url=https://post-punk.com/the-soft-moon-had-their-equipment-and-merchandise-stolen-while-performing-in-oakland-last-night/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Post-Punk.com |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119224932/https://post-punk.com/the-soft-moon-had-their-equipment-and-merchandise-stolen-while-performing-in-oakland-last-night/ |url-status=live}}
The Soft Moon's fourth album, Criminal, was released in 2018 and was recorded in a basement studio in Vasquez's new home city of Berlin. It was his first album on Sacred Bones Records.{{Cite web |title=The Soft Moon's Luis Vasquez Reflects How His New Album 'Criminals' Came to Be |url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/the-soft-moon-luis-vasquez-criminals |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Flaunt.com |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209035510/https://www.flaunt.com/blog/the-soft-moon-luis-vasquez-criminals |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |title=The Soft Moon: Criminal |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-soft-moon-criminal/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Pitchfork.com |archive-date=January 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121082915/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-soft-moon-criminal/ |url-status=live}}
The Soft Moon's fifth and final album, Exister, was released on September 23, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Pearis |first=Bill |date=2022-06-14 |title=The Soft Moon announces new LP 'Exister' & tour, shares "Him" |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-soft-moon-announces-new-lp-exister-tour-shares-him/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=BrooklynVegan |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419091629/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-soft-moon-announces-new-lp-exister-tour-shares-him/ |url-status=live}} The Soft Moon performed at Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands on April 20, 2023, and the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California, on May 20. The last The Soft Moon performance was at De Helling, a club in Utrecht, The Netherlands{{Cite web |date=2022-11-03 |title=Roadburn Festival 2023 Has Deafheaven Playing 'Sunbather', Wolves In The Throne Room, Chat Pile, More |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2204980/roadburn-festival-2023-has-deafheaven-playing-sunbather-wolves-in-the-throne-room-chat-pile-more/news/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Stereogum |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522181835/https://www.stereogum.com/2204980/roadburn-festival-2023-has-deafheaven-playing-sunbather-wolves-in-the-throne-room-chat-pile-more/news/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Damien|last=Jones|url=https://www.nme.com/news/siouxsie-sioux-and-iggy-pop-lead-cruel-world-festival-2023-line-up-3385361|title=Siouxsie Sioux and Iggy Pop lead Cruel World Festival 2023 line-up with other acts including the Human League|publisher=NME|date=23 January 2023|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=January 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123190203/https://www.nme.com/news/siouxsie-sioux-and-iggy-pop-lead-cruel-world-festival-2023-line-up-3385361|url-status=live}}
Vasquez announced via The Soft Moon's social media, that he was creating an original score for a short film entitled, Pumpkin Guts.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/the_soft_moon/reel/Cyi4TYSxxFU/?hl=en |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Instagram.com}} The film was written and directed by Bryan M. Ferguson, who also directed the music video for Exister single, "Monster".{{Cite web |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |last2=Murray |first2=Robin |date=2022-09-01 |title=The Soft Moon's 'Monster' Is A Mournful Piece Of Songwriting {{!}} News |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/the-soft-moons-monster-is-a-mournful-piece-of-songwriting/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}
Death
Vasquez died on January 18, 2024, at age 44, alongside techno DJ Silent Servant (John Juan Mendez) and Mendez's partner Simone Ling, from the effects of fentanyl, cocaine, ketamine, and ethanol.{{cite web |title=Case Detail 2024-01165 |url=https://me.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2024-01165 |publisher=County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner |access-date=13 March 2025}} Their three bodies were discovered at Mendez's Los Angeles residence later that day after Vasquez's wife called for a welfare check.{{Cite news |last1=Darmiento |first1=Laurence |last2=Winton |first2=Richard |date=2024-01-21 |title=Soft Moon musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez found dead in downtown L.A. loft |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-01-21/soft-moon-musician-luis-vasquez-dj-juan-mendez-found-dead-in-l-a-home |access-date=2024-01-22 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=January 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122021318/https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-01-21/soft-moon-musician-luis-vasquez-dj-juan-mendez-found-dead-in-l-a-home |url-status=live}} Their deaths were reported the following day.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/musician-luis-vasquez-who-performed-as-the-soft-moon-dies-at-44-at-los-angeles-home/ |title=Musician Luis Vasquez, who performed as the Soft Moon, dies at 44 at Los Angeles home |publisher=CBS News |date=January 19, 2024 |access-date=January 20, 2024 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119235641/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/musician-luis-vasquez-who-performed-as-the-soft-moon-dies-at-44-at-los-angeles-home/ |url-status=live}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
- The Soft Moon (Captured Tracks, 2010){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-soft-moon-mw0002075926|title=The Soft Moon - The Soft Moon | Album|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- Zeros (Captured Tracks, 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/zeros-mw0002414738|title=Zeros - The Soft Moon | Album |website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- Deeper (Captured Tracks, 2015){{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/12/02/the-soft-moon-goes-deeper-on-new-album-listen-to-the-industrial-march-black/|title=The Soft Moon goes Deeper on new album; listen to the industrial march 'Black'|date=December 2, 2014|website=Factmag.com}}
- Criminal (Sacred Bones Records, 2018){{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-soft-moon-criminal/|title=The Soft Moon: Criminal|first=Sasha|last=Geffen|website=Pitchfork.com}}
- A Body of Errors (released as Luis Vasquez, 2021){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-body-of-errors-mw0003452196|title=A Body of Errors - Luis Vasquez | Album|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- Exister (Sacred Bones Records, 2022){{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-soft-moon-exister/|title=The Soft Moon: Exister|first=Max|last=Freedman|website=Pitchfork.com}}
= Remix albums =
- Deeper Remixed Vol. 1 (LP) – (Captured Tracks/aufnahme + wiedergabe, 2016){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- Deeper Remixed Vol. 2 (LP) – (Captured Tracks/aufnahme + wiedergabe, 2016){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- Criminal Remixed Vol. 1 (LP) – (Sacred Bones Records/aufnahme + wiedergabe, 2018){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- Criminal Remixed Vol. 2 (LP) – (Sacred Bones Records/aufnahme + wiedergabe, 2018){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
= EPs =
= Singles =
- "Breathe The Fire" (7") – (Captured Tracks, 2010){{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/breathe-the-fire-mw0001981621 | title=The Soft Moon - Breathe the Fire Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic | website=AllMusic}}
- "Parallels" (7") – (Captured Tracks, 2010){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- "Die Life" (2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/die-life-mt0045680661|title=Die Life - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Insides" (2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/insides-mt0045680658 |title=Insides - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Feel" (7"/cassette) – (self-released, 2014){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- "Far" (2015){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- "Wasting" (2015){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/wasting-mt0051961118|title=Wasting - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Black" (2015){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/black-mt0051961116|title=Black - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Want" (2015){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- "Wrong" (2015){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/wrong-mt0051961119|title=Wrong - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Burn" (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/burn-mt0055143665|title=Burn - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Choke" (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/choke-mt0055143666|title=Choke - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "It Kills" (2018){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- "Like A Father" (2018){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
- "Give Something" (2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/give-something-mt0055143667|title=Give Something - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "HIM (Feat. fish narc") (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/him-mt0061201600|title=Him - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Become The Lies" (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/become-the-lies-mt0061201603|title=Become the Lies - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
- "Monster" (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/monster-mt0061201605|title=Monster - The Soft Moon|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 30, 2024}}
= Collaborations =
- "Evidence" (7") – with John Foxx and the Maths – (Captured Tracks, 2012){{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13622-the-soft-moon-vs-john-foxx-the-maths-evidence/ | title=The Soft Moon vs. John Foxx & the Maths: "Evidence" | website=Pitchfork }}
- "COLORS" (HEALTH x The Soft Moon") (Loma Vista, 2020){{cite web | url=https://www.stereogum.com/2102614/stream-healths-excellent-collab-heavy-new-album-disco4-part-i/music/ | title=HEALTH Release Excellent New All-Collabs Album 'DISCO4 :: PART I': Stream | date=October 16, 2020 }}
- "HIM" (Feat. fish narc") (Sacred Bones Records, 2022){{cite web | url=https://www.stereogum.com/2190035/the-soft-moon-him-feat-fish-narc-exister/music/ | title=The Soft Moon Shares New Song \"Him\" Featuring fish narc: Listen | date=June 14, 2022 }}
- "Unforgiven" (Feat. Alli Logout") (Sacred Bones Records, 2022){{cite web | url=https://circuitsweet.co.uk/2022/08/the-soft-moon-shares-new-single-unforgiven-feat-alli-logout-of-special-interest-new-album-exister-due-september-23rd-via-sacred-bones-records/ | title=The Soft Moon Shares New Single "Unforgiven (Feat. Alli Logout of Special Interest)" - New Album "Exister" due September 23rd via Sacred Bones Records | date=August 16, 2022 }}
= Remixes =
- Mogwai – "San Pedro" (The Soft Moon Remix) (2012){{cite web |author=Heather Phares |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-wrenched-virile-lore-mw0002430804 |title=A Wrenched Virile Lore - Mogwai | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic |date=2012-11-19 |access-date=2020-03-12 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125072226/https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-wrenched-virile-lore-mw0002430804 |url-status=live}}
- How to Destroy Angels – "Ice Age" (The Soft Moon Remix) (2012){{cite web |author=Hari Ashurst |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14670-how-to-destroy-angels-ice-age-the-soft-moon-remix/ |title="Ice Age (The Soft Moon Remix)" by How to destroy angels_ Review |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2012-12-12 |access-date=2020-03-12 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125004311/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14670-how-to-destroy-angels-ice-age-the-soft-moon-remix/ |url-status=live}}
- Trentemøller – "Complicated" (The Soft Moon Remix) (2016){{cite web |author= |url=https://trentemoller.bandcamp.com/track/complicated-the-soft-moon-remix |title=Complicated (The Soft Moon Remix) | Trentemøller |website=Trentemoller.bandcamp.com |date= |access-date=2020-03-12 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125045343/https://trentemoller.bandcamp.com/track/complicated-the-soft-moon-remix |url-status=live}}
- Boy Harsher – "Pain" (The Soft Moon Remix) (2018){{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/boy-harsher-mn0003687587/biography |title=Boy Harsher biography |last=Simpson |first=Paul |date= |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 22, 2020 |quote= |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703080116/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/boy-harsher-mn0003687587/biography |url-status=live}}
- Jakuzi – "Ne teselli ne avuntu" (The Soft Moon Remix) (2019){{cite web |url=https://www.post-punk.com/jakuzis-ne-teselli-ne-avuntu-recieves-soft-moon-remix/ |title=Jakuzi's "Ne Teselli Ne Avuntu" Receives Soft Moon Remix |last= |first= |date=October 29, 2019 |website=Post-punk.com |publisher= |access-date=January 22, 2020 |quote=}}
- She Past Away – "Rituel" (The Soft Moon Remix) (2020)
= Soundtracks =
Lineup
Although Vasquez wrote, recorded and produced alone, he was joined by other members for live performances.
- Matteo Vallicelli – drums
- Luigi Pianezzola – bass guitar
- Damon Way – drum machine, sequencer, synthesizer
- Justin Anastasi – bass guitar
- Keven Tecon – drums
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://thesoftmoon.com/}}
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