Pretty Lights

electronic // hip-hop // downbeat

Organic, soulful, electronified and good-feeling vibes, freely shared by Colorado producer Derek Vincent Smith. Nearly four hours of this Pretty Lights sound is available for free on his website. It’s a vivid collage of continuity, enriched with robust beats, eloquently laced vocal samples that range from nostalgic to serene, both compelling and entertaining, with a diverse selection of instruments all aimed towards enjoyment.

All about the good vibes.
Pretty Lights - Solamente
Pretty Lights - Maybe Tomorrow
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Posted by Kyle on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 under electronic, experimental, hip-hop.

20 Responses to “Pretty Lights”

  1. Buga said on March 5th at 6:03 pm :

    Great tunes! Congrats on making good music, very funky, chill, nice in general.

    Keep it UP!!!

  2. Joseph Cartaphilus said on March 6th at 12:45 pm :

    Thank you very much. Next time I´ll use the contact link to suggest something. I think this is a magical place but I haven´t told you yet

  3. Chris said on March 7th at 8:38 pm :

    Perfect tunes for just chillen. Does he have any other projects?

  4. Mussiqa Music said on March 8th at 11:53 am :

    Nice tunes you make me feel fine
    Thanks

  5. ThisMusicSucks said on March 9th at 1:31 pm :

    Amazing layering of samples, sounds somewhat like Blockhead. Good Stuff.

  6. TechPaparazzi said on March 10th at 11:01 am :

    visited this site for first time……..exploring it…..wondering why this to[ blog was not in my list….

  7. Kyle said on March 10th at 11:13 am :

    @Chris, his personal myspace talks about musicians he’s worked with and a band he’s in:

    http://www.myspace.com/derekvincentsmith00
    http://www.myspace.com/listencrew

  8. Kc Curay said on March 12th at 5:48 am :

    Hey! Cool blog! I just stumbled upon it and now I am a dedicated reader. You might also want to check out andy rogers song in your free time.thanks!

  9. Jergas said on March 12th at 9:13 pm :

    this is fuckin´incredible, awesome post

  10. alli said on March 19th at 5:24 pm :

    i just saw pretty lights 3 times this past weekend (opening for sound tribe in madison and chicago, and at a sound tribe after party in chicago) and it was off the hook. i danced holes in my socks and blisters on my toes.

  11. jammy said on March 31st at 5:07 pm :

    muchas gracias for this! i went to his website & grabbed all the free treats - been grooving to them non-stop ever since…

    one of my favorite moments in the ‘Solamente’ cut comes at right about 2:20 - he drops a heavy piano bassline into it & it just starts to smolder! then at 2:59 the guitar starts snapping & the hands start clapping & & you can just FEEL everyone raise their hands in the air, waving them around like they just don’t care!

    thrills up & down my spine, i’m tellin’ ya…

  12. joey said on April 7th at 10:59 pm :

    yeah I got turned on to them at an STS9 after party earlier this year.. and I think they’ve become my most listened to artist in my itunes.

    Glad to see people talking about these guys

  13. javejavor said on April 17th at 3:03 am :

    organic, nice, smooth, uptempo, chilling, multilayered samples, groovy: amazing!

  14. Ortega said on April 18th at 6:33 pm :

    wow, Wow, WOW!!!! Need I say more?

  15. Dan said on May 17th at 11:24 pm :

    Great chillout jams. Really high quality stuff. That clap sound in Solemente is like the widest clap sound I’ve ever heard! haha quite a trip

  16. Derek said on May 27th at 10:56 am :

    Just downloaded all 3 albums on his website. Amazing. My wife and I listen to this when we cook, clean, smoke (hookah), …everything. This is our sound - what we’ve been looking for. Thank you!!!

  17. Skillet said on June 13th at 3:20 pm :

    Live at Loyal Earth.
    http://www.iclips.net/content.php?content_id=25137
    Atleast 6 unreleased tracks in this set if you can’t wait for the new album.

  18. Erma Benedetto said on August 17th at 11:19 am :

    Pretty Lights Music Helps Me See and Feel

  19. Tony Cabrera said on October 21st at 3:07 am :

    just archived from the last few months of aurgasm last week, and randomly heard this two days ago on my ipod. now i can’t stop rockin out to solamente

  20. john st.john said on November 28th at 2:59 am :

    pretty lights is my favorite, im curious as to why these two songs were picked though. although they definately show the chill side of pretty lights i think EVERYONE needs to hear “More important than michael jordan” and “Hot like Sauce” and what i always feel like is their signature song “Finally moving Remix”

    go and see the pretty lights!

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