Pretty Lights
National Act
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 the beats carry serious soul.
Pretty Lights from Denver, Colorado is a high energy DJ that plays Mashup, Electronic, Rave, maybe some Hip Hop and other types of music. This band is perfect for Fraternity Parties, Sorority Parties, Nightclubs and other events. Call or email Music Garden today at 800-689-BAND(2263).
BIO
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.
A Color Map of the SunIn 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 Grammy-nominated A Color Map of the Sun, which became the first Pretty Lights album to be released physically and digitally at the same time. The Hidden Shades, an EP of remixes and B-sides from the Sun sessions, arrived in 2014. That year, after months of writing with Rick Rubin in Los Angeles, Smith moved to New Orleans, where he formed a band dubbed Pretty Lights Live. After touring with that lineup, Smith released the single "Only Yesterday." He issued another single, "Rainbows & Waterfalls," in 2017.
Pretty Lights from Denver, Colorado is a high energy DJ that plays Mashup, Electronic, Rave, maybe some Hip Hop and other types of music. This band is perfect for Fraternity Parties, Sorority Parties, Nightclubs and other events. Call or email Music Garden today at 800-689-BAND(2263).
BIO
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.
A Color Map of the SunIn 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 Grammy-nominated A Color Map of the Sun, which became the first Pretty Lights album to be released physically and digitally at the same time. The Hidden Shades, an EP of remixes and B-sides from the Sun sessions, arrived in 2014. That year, after months of writing with Rick Rubin in Los Angeles, Smith moved to New Orleans, where he formed a band dubbed Pretty Lights Live. After touring with that lineup, Smith released the single "Only Yesterday." He issued another single, "Rainbows & Waterfalls," in 2017.
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