There are at least two artists with the name Pastel. 1) LA-based visual artist and musician Gabriel Brenner began releasing music as Pastel in the Summer of 2013. Drawing on artists such as Arca, Grouper and Julianna Barwick, he crafted an idiosncratic style that fell gracefully between folk, gospel and experimental electronic music. By 2014, he had released his debut EP, It Will Be Missed, via Manimal Vinyl. In 2015, he released his second EP, Bone-Weary, via rising Houston-based label Very Jazzed.