Pretty Lights
Derek Vincent Smith ( born November 25, 1981 in Fort Collins, United States), better known as Pretty Lights, is an American musician from Fort Collins, Colorado.
History
Derek Smith already dealt during his school years with hip hop. After he finished high school, he began studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder, which he, however, ended after one year in order to concentrate fully on his music. His priority was now changed to rave. He released five albums since 2006 and three EPs, all of which are ready for free download on his website. Pretty Lights had 2009 and 2010 first live appearances at major U.S. festivals like the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival or the Ultra Music Festival. In 2011, he founded his own record label under the name Pretty Lights Music. With this label, Break Science, Gramatik, Paul Basic, Eliot Lipp and supervision are currently Michal Menert, here. On July 2, 2013 he released the album A Color Map of the Sun, which was his first album for that he took no samples, but where he produced everything himself with other musicians in studios in Brooklyn, New Orleans and Denver and recorded.
A color map of the Sun album was nominated at the Grammy Awards 2014 in the Best Dance / Electronica category.
Style
The music of Pretty Lights is mainly based on samples and is a mix of many genres, among others, Electronic, Funk, Hip hop, soul and trip hop.
Discography
Albums
- 2006: Taking Up Your Precious Time
- 2008: Filling Up The City Skies
- 2009: Passing By Behind Your Eyes
- 2013: A Color Map of the Sun
- 2013: A Color Map Of The Sun Remixes
EPs
- 2010: Glowing In The Darkest Night
- 2010: Making Up a Changing Mind
- 2010: Spilling Over Every Side
Singles
- 2011: PL vs Radiohead vs Nirvana vs NIN
- 2011: I Know The Truth
- 2011: Pretty Lights vs Summertime
- 2011: Country Roads ( Pretty Lights Remix)
- 2011: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin
- 2011: " It's Tricky " ( Pretty Lights Remix)
- 2012: We Must Go On
- 2012: You Get High
- 2012: Halloween Funtime Remix
- 2012: Pretty Lights vs. The End Of The World
- 2013: The Day is Gone
- 2013: Around the Block (feat. Talib Kweli )
- 2013: Around the Block (feat. Talib Kweli ) ( Datsik Remix)