Pretty Lights
Hometown: Denver, CO
Tags: dj, electronica, electronic, funk, downtempo
Pretty
Lights is the musical vision of the ultra-versatile Colorado based producer
Derek Vincent Smith. 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. And the people are responding. Pretty Lights has given away more
than three million free album downloads to date.
“The
Illumination Tour,” Pretty Lights’ 2012 U.S. run, kicked off with a sold-out,
two-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. Reviews for the
55-date tour were stellar: “Smith wowed the crowd with his Crayola-colored set
of lasers and his ever-present grin of pure joy as he danced along to his own
tunes,” said SPIN while Rolling Stone called him “wildly unique and talented.”
In addition to the headline dates, Pretty Lights played the Electric Zoo, North
Coast and CounterPoint festivals and partnered with Skrillex to spearhead the
two-day “With Your Friends Festival” in downtown Nashville.
In
another innovative partnership, Pretty Lights teamed up with Bassnectar to put
on a two-day “BassLights” event in December 2012, marking the first-ever
electronic music shows at historic Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA. Pretty
Lights closed out 2012 with two intimate shows at New York City’s Roseland
Ballroom.
A brand
new Pretty Lights album is due out in 2013. “I’ve completely switched up my
process of producing and composing. It is being created from all originally
composed samples off of self made vinyl and all analog modular synthesis,” says
Smith. “It’s prolific, conceptual, consistent, yet extremely diverse, and a
real substantial piece of music you can sink your teeth into.”
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Pretty Lights with Star Slinger, Tokimonsta, Supervision
Fri. 09/21 | 6:00PM @ The Backyard at Bee Cave (map)
Pretty Lights is the musical vision of the ultra-versatile Colorado based producer Derek Vincent Smith.At a time when music lovers from almost all subcultures and genres are finding common gro…more»
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Free Press Summer Fest 2012
Sat. 06/02 | 12:00PM - Sun. 06/03 @ Eleanor Tinsley Park (map)
Check out details for Free Press Summer Fest 2013IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ARE.Free Press Houston and Pegstar.net Presents are honored to announce another stupendous year of music, art and un…more»
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Official ACL Aftershow: PRETTY LIGHTS w/ NAS and special guest Run DMT
Thu. 09/15 | 9:00PM @ Austin Music Hall (map)
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Insomniac presents NOCTURNAL FESTIVAL : TEXAS
Sat. 09/04 | 6:00PM - Sun. 09/05 @ Apache Pass River Theatre (map)
Insomniac, the biggest promoter of dance music events and nightlife culture in North America, is bringing their Nocturnal Festival to Texas for the first time ever! This is a big deal folks. F…more»
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Scoremore + Polaris present: Pretty Lights
Sun. 03/21 | 9:00PM @ Republic Live (map)
SCOREMORE+POLARIS PRESENTSPRETTY LIGHTS ::::: LIVE IN AUSTIN ::::: MARCH 21ST 2010SUPPORT TO BE ANNOUNCED:::::: VERY SPECIAL GUESTS:::::http://prettylightsatx.eventbrite.com/REPUBLIC LIVE301 W…more»
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Pretty Lights
Sun. 03/21 | 12:45AM @ La Zona Rosa (map)
Fort Collins CO 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.…more»
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Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Kaskade, LA Riots, and The Constellations
Sat. 03/20 | 8:15PM @ La Zona Rosa (map)
Colorados Derek Vincent Smith can certainly employ a subtle touch with his electronic project Pretty Lights, often texturing his hip-hop rhythms with mysterious and gentle sounds. The other si…more»
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Pretty Lights, Alex B, Gramatik
Wed. 11/11 | 8:00PM @ La Zona Rosa (map)
Pretty Lights will be touring this fall in conjunction with the release of the new albumPassing By Behind Your Eyes (Pretty Lights Music). The album, set for release in lateSeptember, is the f…more»
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Eoto (members of String Cheese Incident) and Pretty Lights!
Fri. 11/14 | 9:45PM @ Parish / Parish Underground (map)
Eoto is made up of Jason Hann and Michael Travis (percussionist and drummer from The String Cheese Incident) who lay down 100% improvised Breakbeat-House-Dubstep. Drawing from the ethos of som…more»
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Pretty Lights w/ DJ Gobot
Thu. 09/25 | 10:00PM - Thu. 09/25 @ Parish / Parish Underground (map)
A Sweet Dance Party for all of the late-nighters looking to dance after Manu Chao and David Byrne. This is the dance party of the weekend. www.prettylightsmusic.com FREE …more»
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covertcuriosity on Pretty Lights
over 2 years agoPretty Lights is a Fort Collins-based electronic jam outfit with hip-hop influences. more at blogspot.com
covertcuriosity on Pretty Lights
over 2 years agoPretty Lights is an electronica duo from Fort Collins who are complemented by a drummer in a live setting. more at blogspot.com