Pretty Lights is the musical vision of the ultra-versatile Colorado based producer Derek Vincent Smith, accompanied in the live setting by drummer, Cory Eberhard. Together these two achieve a raw energy rarely reached in the realm of electronic music.
At a time when music lovers from almost all subcultures and genres are finding common ground in the basic form of bangin' beats, Pretty Lights is giving the people what they want; electro organic cutting-edge party rocking beats that fill venues with energy and emotion and send dance floors into frenzies. What makes Pretty Lights truly different though, is that these beats have serious soul.
Derek's most recent album, Filling Up The City Skies, is a two-disc, 26 track journey through past, present, and future. He juxtaposes collages of beautiful vintage samples against backdrops of futuristic synthesis and dirty broken beats, creating a sound that can snap your neck while simultaneously shedding your tears.
The album has been downloaded over 70,000 times from the Pretty Lights website in the short 4 months since its release, proving that the Pretty Lights sound is not only getting around, it's spreading like a virus.
Check out two of the songs below from Filling Up The City Skies. You'll notice these two songs showcase Pretty Lights' ability to vary his sound and style, but both offer sounds that will keep you coming back.
Filling Up The City Skies is available for FREE download at www.prettylightsmusic.com
"Hot Like Sauce" MP3
"The Time Has Come" MP3
PRETTY LIGHTS ANNOUNCES NEXT ALBUM, OUT MAY 2009
For those of you already familiar with Pretty Lights, you know that he offers his albums for free download at his website, www.prettylightsmusic.com. You already know that you can download his first album Taking Up Your Precious Time and his second album, Filling Up The City Skies, without even spending a penny!
BUT, did you know that Pretty Lights is coming out with a new album in May? Pretty Lights will be offering the newest album, Passing By Behind Your Eyes, in May 2009 and it will be available for free download on
www.prettylightsmusic.com.
PRETTY LIGHTS ON TOUR NOW!
Pretty Lights is on tour now and is going strong through the summer. Make sure to catch one his shows. You will not regret it.
04.30.09 – Light Bar – Austin, TX **
05.01.09 – One Eyed Jack’s – New Orleans, LA **
05.02.09 – Lizard Lounge – Dallas, TX **
05.09.09 – Aggie Theatre w/ Lyrics Born – Fort Collins, CO **
05.13.09 – The Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY **
05.14.09 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA **
05.15.09 – Valarium – Knoxville, TN **
05.16.09 – Visulite Theatre – Charlotte, NC **
05.22.09 – The Music Farm – Charleston, SC
05.23.09 – KEFI – Wilmington, NC
05.24.09 – The Norva – Norfolk, VA
05.30.09 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
06.04.09 – Wakarusa Music Festival – Ozark, AR
06.12.09 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
07.02.09 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
07.03.09 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
07.04.09 – Rothbury Music Festival – Rothbury, MI
07.10.09 – Forecastle Festival – Louisville, KY
07.17.09 – Camp Bisco – Mariaville, NY
07.22.09 – 10K Lakes Festival – Detroit Lakes, MN
07.25.09 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO ##
** Co-Headlining with Dieselboy
## Supporting STS9
For more information on Pretty Lights, please visit:
www.prettylightsmusic.com
www.myspace.com/prettylights
At a time when music lovers from almost all subcultures and genres are finding common ground in the basic form of bangin' beats, Pretty Lights is giving the people what they want; electro organic cutting-edge party rocking beats that fill venues with energy and emotion and send dance floors into frenzies. What makes Pretty Lights truly different though, is that these beats have serious soul.
Derek's most recent album, Filling Up The City Skies, is a two-disc, 26 track journey through past, present, and future. He juxtaposes collages of beautiful vintage samples against backdrops of futuristic synthesis and dirty broken beats, creating a sound that can snap your neck while simultaneously shedding your tears.
The album has been downloaded over 70,000 times from the Pretty Lights website in the short 4 months since its release, proving that the Pretty Lights sound is not only getting around, it's spreading like a virus.
Check out two of the songs below from Filling Up The City Skies. You'll notice these two songs showcase Pretty Lights' ability to vary his sound and style, but both offer sounds that will keep you coming back.
Filling Up The City Skies is available for FREE download at www.prettylightsmusic.com
"Hot Like Sauce" MP3
"The Time Has Come" MP3
PRETTY LIGHTS ANNOUNCES NEXT ALBUM, OUT MAY 2009
For those of you already familiar with Pretty Lights, you know that he offers his albums for free download at his website, www.prettylightsmusic.com. You already know that you can download his first album Taking Up Your Precious Time and his second album, Filling Up The City Skies, without even spending a penny!
BUT, did you know that Pretty Lights is coming out with a new album in May? Pretty Lights will be offering the newest album, Passing By Behind Your Eyes, in May 2009 and it will be available for free download on
www.prettylightsmusic.com.
PRETTY LIGHTS ON TOUR NOW!
Pretty Lights is on tour now and is going strong through the summer. Make sure to catch one his shows. You will not regret it.
04.30.09 – Light Bar – Austin, TX **
05.01.09 – One Eyed Jack’s – New Orleans, LA **
05.02.09 – Lizard Lounge – Dallas, TX **
05.09.09 – Aggie Theatre w/ Lyrics Born – Fort Collins, CO **
05.13.09 – The Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY **
05.14.09 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA **
05.15.09 – Valarium – Knoxville, TN **
05.16.09 – Visulite Theatre – Charlotte, NC **
05.22.09 – The Music Farm – Charleston, SC
05.23.09 – KEFI – Wilmington, NC
05.24.09 – The Norva – Norfolk, VA
05.30.09 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
06.04.09 – Wakarusa Music Festival – Ozark, AR
06.12.09 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
07.02.09 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
07.03.09 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
07.04.09 – Rothbury Music Festival – Rothbury, MI
07.10.09 – Forecastle Festival – Louisville, KY
07.17.09 – Camp Bisco – Mariaville, NY
07.22.09 – 10K Lakes Festival – Detroit Lakes, MN
07.25.09 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO ##
** Co-Headlining with Dieselboy
## Supporting STS9
For more information on Pretty Lights, please visit:
www.prettylightsmusic.com
www.myspace.com/prettylights
