Derek Vincent Smith (born November 25, 1981) is an American electronic musi… Read Full Bio ↴Derek Vincent Smith (born November 25, 1981) is an American electronic music artist who performs under the stage name Pretty Lights. He is also the proprietor of an associated music label, Pretty Lights Music.
Smith's music relies heavily on digital sampling and crosses many genres, forming a combination of "glitchy hip-hop beats, buzzing synth lines, and vintage funk and soul samples.". Pretty Lights' sound is generated by manipulating samples and organic beats using the Novation X-Station, monome and the Akai MPD32. Smith uses these digital controllers to program the music production software Ableton Live 8. When performing live, Smith uses two Macbook Pros running Ableton Live 8 and two Akai MPD32s. Smith usually considers his music as "Electro Hip-Hop Soul", a mix between elements of electronic based music, and beats from hip-hop and soul music.
Pretty Lights released A Color Map of the Sun on July 2, which is Grammy nominated for the Best Dance/Electronic Album . The two-CD collection contain the 13-song album A Color Map of the Sun plus a second album, Live Studio Sessions From A Color Map of the Sun.
A Color Map of the Sun builds on the original Pretty Lights sound and style that Smith pioneered. He spent a year composing and recording music and vocals that emulated genres and time periods that spanned the last century, then pressed it to vinyl. He used that vinyl along with a custom built analog modular synth to create A Color Map of the Sun. The resulting album is analog electronica – soulful, electro hip-hop that pays respect to music’s immense power to touch listeners emotionally, kinetically and inspirationally.
For more information and to download all Pretty Lights albums at no cost, visit http://www.prettylightsmusic.com.
Flitting between moody downtempo and upbeat, densely layered material geared for club play, Colorado's Pretty Lights was the project of Derek Vincent Smith. Smith spent his high school years making hip-hop and ultimately dropped out of his freshman year at the University of Colorado at Boulder to focus on his music. He made his recorded debut as Pretty Lights in 2006 with the full-length Taking Up Your Precious Time, which he supported with gigs for acts including STS9, the Disco Biscuits, and Widespread Panic. From there, he kept up a busy release schedule for the rest of the 2000s, issuing the double album Filling Up the City Skies in 2008 and another full-length, Passing by Behind Your Eyes, the following year. In 2010, Pretty Lights went on an extensive North American tour, playing that year's Coachella, Ultra, Movement, and Electric Zoo festivals, among other stops. Smith continued touring into 2011 and also developed his Pretty Lights Music imprint, releasing albums by Michal Menert, Gramatik, and Eliot Lipp. In 2012, Smith appeared in the music documentary Re:GENERATION Music Project and began work on Pretty Lights' fourth album. Instead of sampling existing recordings, Smith worked with longtime drummer Adam Deitch, Soulive's Eric Krasno, the Harlem Gospel Choir, and members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Treme Brass Band to create vintage-sounding original music that he then refashioned into the Pretty Lights sound. The results were 2013's A Color Map of the Sun, which became the first Pretty Lights album to be released physically and digitally at the same time. ~ Heather Phares & Andy Kellman, Rovi
Smith's music relies heavily on digital sampling and crosses many genres, forming a combination of "glitchy hip-hop beats, buzzing synth lines, and vintage funk and soul samples.". Pretty Lights' sound is generated by manipulating samples and organic beats using the Novation X-Station, monome and the Akai MPD32. Smith uses these digital controllers to program the music production software Ableton Live 8. When performing live, Smith uses two Macbook Pros running Ableton Live 8 and two Akai MPD32s. Smith usually considers his music as "Electro Hip-Hop Soul", a mix between elements of electronic based music, and beats from hip-hop and soul music.
Pretty Lights released A Color Map of the Sun on July 2, which is Grammy nominated for the Best Dance/Electronic Album . The two-CD collection contain the 13-song album A Color Map of the Sun plus a second album, Live Studio Sessions From A Color Map of the Sun.
A Color Map of the Sun builds on the original Pretty Lights sound and style that Smith pioneered. He spent a year composing and recording music and vocals that emulated genres and time periods that spanned the last century, then pressed it to vinyl. He used that vinyl along with a custom built analog modular synth to create A Color Map of the Sun. The resulting album is analog electronica – soulful, electro hip-hop that pays respect to music’s immense power to touch listeners emotionally, kinetically and inspirationally.
For more information and to download all Pretty Lights albums at no cost, visit http://www.prettylightsmusic.com.
Flitting between moody downtempo and upbeat, densely layered material geared for club play, Colorado's Pretty Lights was the project of Derek Vincent Smith. Smith spent his high school years making hip-hop and ultimately dropped out of his freshman year at the University of Colorado at Boulder to focus on his music. He made his recorded debut as Pretty Lights in 2006 with the full-length Taking Up Your Precious Time, which he supported with gigs for acts including STS9, the Disco Biscuits, and Widespread Panic. From there, he kept up a busy release schedule for the rest of the 2000s, issuing the double album Filling Up the City Skies in 2008 and another full-length, Passing by Behind Your Eyes, the following year. In 2010, Pretty Lights went on an extensive North American tour, playing that year's Coachella, Ultra, Movement, and Electric Zoo festivals, among other stops. Smith continued touring into 2011 and also developed his Pretty Lights Music imprint, releasing albums by Michal Menert, Gramatik, and Eliot Lipp. In 2012, Smith appeared in the music documentary Re:GENERATION Music Project and began work on Pretty Lights' fourth album. Instead of sampling existing recordings, Smith worked with longtime drummer Adam Deitch, Soulive's Eric Krasno, the Harlem Gospel Choir, and members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Treme Brass Band to create vintage-sounding original music that he then refashioned into the Pretty Lights sound. The results were 2013's A Color Map of the Sun, which became the first Pretty Lights album to be released physically and digitally at the same time. ~ Heather Phares & Andy Kellman, Rovi
Go Down Sunshine
Pretty Lights Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Go Down Sunshine' by these artists:
Cuby & The Blizzards Go down Sunshine, see what tomorrow brings Go down Sunshine,…
Cuby + Blizzards Go down sunshine see what tomorrow brings Go down sunshine…
Duffy Power / Dick Heckstall-Smith / Alex Keen I met a girl Snowball in hell She's as hard And as cracked…
Korner Alexis Go down sunshine See what tomorrow brings Go down sunshine S…
Odetta Mmm go down sunshine See what tomorrow brings Go down sunshi…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Pretty Lights:
Around the Block My goddess eh The bi-product of New York City nights When yo…
At Last I Am Free at last i am free. i can hardly see in…
Change Is Gonna Come I was born by the river In a little tent Oooooh and…
Cold Feeling theres a cold feeling in my heart. the time for…
Drift Away Close your dreary eyes and drift away It's alright Close... …
Evening Sun on and on the rain will fall, drying in the color…
Finally Moving I get a good feeling, yeah Oh, sometimes I get a…
Finally Moving Remix Oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah Get a feeling…
Gazing At The Glare Who am i, if the sun don't shine and the…
Hot Like Sauce Life is too short to have sorrow You may be here…
I Can See It In Your Face I can see it in your face I can see it…
I Know The Truth Have mercy, on me now Have mercy, on me now Have mercy Me…
If I Could Feel Again she said ill do anything to make myself feel pretty…
Let the World Hurry By Ooh We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so…
Lost and Found What is this I can not see In the dark That hides from…
Make You Feel give me some of that good old love let me make…
Maybe Tomorrow you look so sad. you're all alone maybe tomorrow.we'll all …
More Important Than Michael Jordan I love you, don't ever go. I'm lonely baby. I'm lonely bab…
My Other Love Oh what can i do? o yea My other love she's…
Out Of Time A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down Music My…
Pop Quiz you are fly, you are free, you are family i see…
So Bright The light is shining bright So bright, so bright, I forgot…
Solamente sadness is just another way of life i've grown accustomed…
Still Night The moon, it's so pale And the night is so real You…
The Time Has Come the time has come for bad things to end, the…
Yellow Bird Yellow bird, yellow bird, yellow bird don't fly away (Fly fl…
You Get High Listen ol′ keeper, They all tell you no lies, Ouh ouh ouh Yo…
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Pretty Lights
go down sunshine, see what tomorrow brings
#PLPixGoDownSunshine
The PL instagram has become a place for me to share dope and inspiring photos and art by myself and others. I share my favorite photos tagged #plpix daily. It's become quite a refreshing and growing community of creators. I'd like to mix it up, by throwing some theme based entries up...so listen to this track, and tag your "Go Down Sunshine" inspired/fitting pictures with #PLPixGoDownSunShine
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volvagia466
You know it is a perfect album when your favorite song changes multiple times in a day
Samaire October
this song is soooooo ethereal!! Thank you thank you :D
Keldon
The intro feels very nostalgic and emotional. Almost like I’m reminiscing on a prior emotional experience that was never actually experienced.
Bobby Grewal
I get chills every time around 2:00
Dankysnake420
this shit hits the soul. not only is the music sex to your eardrums, but the videography along with the editing makes you really feel it.
S Z
I see it only gets better with every track :)
CreativeEffects
I really like the instrumental. The lyrics and video are very eerie.
Christopher Koffel
This isn't bad actually, it's a compliment. Do the vocals make anybody else feel very perturbed and uncomfortable? The way they line up with the melody and instrumentation make me really uncomfortable and needing to look over my shoulder. Very powerful, Pretty Lights.
jupiter
The word perturbed makes me feel perturbed more than the vocals
MrETdubstep
the only problem with pretty lights music is, every song you will tell yourself this is the last, then he has 5 different versions and you listen/love them all. He picked the best of the best. love the fact that pretty lights gets the respect he does with live/full shows, compared to the 61,000 fans he has here. clearly he has millions of actual fans!!!