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Photo – JM Tubera

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Vietnamese producer pastels shares her latest album Love Garden. The nine-track project mixes instrumentals with vocal features from artists including Jessica Domingo, ThatKidMaz, Elysia and more.

Love Garden marks the Melbourne-based instrumentalist’s first full-length release with Nettwerk.

“’Love Garden’,” pastels describes, “is an album reflecting on love and relationships. As most of the project is instrumental, listeners are open to interpret the songs however they vibe with it. Ideally, my main goal is for listeners to feel like they are in a warm, romantic and luscious garden party.”

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To celebrate the release of Love Garden, pastels (given name Annie Bui) has organised a release-day album launch party in Melbourne. The stacked event will feature a full playthrough of the album, as well as sets from album collaborators Elysia and ThatKidMaz, support from producers Häzel and Tentendo, and DJ sets from x8nder and Jerry C. The event will be sponsored by local businesses such as Scoopy ice cream, Heaps Normal Beer, and Hot Dog Hustle. Find more info on the release party HERE.

Love Garden follows the release of five singles including February’s breakout track “Could’ve Been U” (HERE). The slow jam, which features Pacific Northwest vocalist Jessica Domingo, picked up strong support in both the retail and blog spaces. Stereofox lauded the track, saying it was “simply put, mesmerizing,” while HYPEFRESH praised the song for its “heartfelt reflection” and “sensual mood.” “Could’ve Been U” also scored several Spotify editorial additions, including New Music Friday AU/NZ (357K likes), R&B Connect (191K likes) and R&B Feels (104K likes).

Love Garden’s location in a garden party continues pastels’ theme of picking distinct settings for each of her projects, one of the major reasons for her proficiency in world-building through instrumentals. Previously, she released a double EP with Bay Area producer Mr. Hong that focused on emulating a coffee shop—cafe a.m. and cafe p.m..

Love Garden is available to stream HERE.

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About PASTELS:

pastels is the artist project of Melbourne producer and musician Annie Bui. Growing up in a music-forward environment, Annie picked up both the piano and the violin at a young age and went on to major in music composition in college. During her senior year, a trip to Los Angeles sparked her interest in music production, and pastels was born. Her first release came in late 2018 with the Thoughts on Keys EP and she has consistently delivered new music since.

Notably. pastels has made strides in bringing her lofi-influenced sound beyond the digital world. Her debut live performance was held alongside the opening of popular Korean bingsu ice cream shop Scoopy. Additionally, pastels has created a 2020 radio mix in conjunction with 88rising, worked on a 2021 future/soul vinyl compilation album curated by Ta-ku and most recently, released a rendition of “Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book for a Disney-backed compilation album reimagining classic Disney tunes with a fresh lens.

Words by Carson Huffer

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