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 latest 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.
Pretty Lights will be releasing its new album, Passing By Behind Your Eyes, in May 2009 and will be available for free download at www.prettylightsmusic.com
TOUR DATES:
Jun 26 2009 (10:00P) @ Electric Daisy Carnival Los Angeles, California
Jul 1 2009 (11:00P) @ Apartment 720 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jul 2 2009 (10:00P) @ High Sierra Music Festival Quincy, California
Jul 3 2009 (1:00P) @ High Sierra Music Festival Quincy, California
Jul 4 2009 (10:00P) @ Rothbury Music Festival Rothbury, Michigan
Jul 10 2009 (10:00P) @ Forecastle Festival Louisville, Kentucky
Jul 17 2009 (11:00P) @ Camp Bisco Mariaville, New York
Jul 22 2009 (12:00P) @ 10K Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Jul 25 2009 (8:00P) @ Red Rocks Ampitheatre Morrison, Colorado
Jan 3 2010 (11:00P) @ Jam Cruise 8 Carribean Ocean, Florida
