Ariel Pink

Ariel Pink is a Los Angeles-based one-man band. His lo-fi, Baroque music was first discovered and then distributed by indie group Animal Collective, who began releasing volumes of Ariel Pink home recordings on their Paw Tracks label. In 2008, Pink formed a new band with keyboardist/guitarist/backing vocalist Kenny Gilmore, drummer/vocalist/guitarist Jimi Hey, and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill, who became known as Haunted Graffiti. Drummer Aaron Sperske later replaced Jimi Hey.

Ariel Pink was born Ariel Marcus Rosenberg in Los Angeles on June 24, 1978. By age 10 he was writing songs. His early influences were pop acts such as Hall & Oates, Michael Jackson, 10cc, Fleetwood Mac, and David Bowie. After a stint studying visual art at the California Institute of the Arts, Pink switched his artistic focus to songcraft for good, recording over 500 songs for a vault's worth of music. In 2003, while attending an Animal Collective show, he passed a disc of his recordings on to the band via future Graffiti drummer Hey. The group soon began releasing Pink material on their Paw Tracks imprint. First up was 2004's warped "The Doldrums," which gained Pink both critical acclaim and a cult following. "Worn Copy" (2005) and 2006's "House Arrest" followed. After the Paw Tracks releases, Pink emptied his backlog of recordings on various limited-edition/low-profile releases: "Lover Boy" in 2006; "Scared Famous" and "Underground" in 2007, and the compilation "Oddities Sodomies, Vol. 1" in 2008.

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