Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
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Ariel Pink in 2010
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| Birth name | Ariel Marcus Rosenberg |
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June 24, 1978 Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Website | ariel-pink |
Ariel Marcus Rosenberg (born June 24, 1978), better known by his stage name Ariel Pink, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. His music is best known for a lo-fi sound which draws heavy on the influence of 1970s-80s pop radio and cassette culture, and has been credited with pioneering the 2000s hypnagogic pop style as well as inspiring the chillwave genre. Pink first gained recognition after signing to Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label in 2003, where several of his limited-edition home recordings were first reissued.
Ariel Pink was born on June 24, 1978, the son of Mario Z. Rosenberg and Linda Rosenberg-Kennett. His father, a gastroenterologist, was born in Mexico City and his family is Jewish. His parents divorced when he was two years old. Rosenberg was raised in the Beverlywood area of Los Angeles. In his youth, he attended Beverly Hills High School and later entered the California Institute of the Arts studying visual art. After dropping out, he joined a Hindu ashram before focusing on music, wanting to "hide my personality, I could sing in different voices, use cover pictures that looked nothing like me".
Working at a record store, Rosenberg developed an encyclopedic knowledge of the pop canon, listening and absorbing everything from Michael Jackson and '80s radio pop to more obscure, experimental music, such as R. Stevie Moore, Throbbing Gristle, Can and death metal. He has cited The Cure - particularly their early albums - as his favorite band of all time. He started writing songs at "around age 10" and has since recorded over 500 songs in various shapes and forms on hundreds of cassette tapes, the majority of which have never been released.
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