In anticipation for this Friday's Pretty Lights' concert with
NiT GriT &
Big Gigantic at the
Pavilion in Boston, MA, today's song of the day is and oldie but goodie, coming from his 2008 release,
Filling Up The City Skies. This double disc, sophomore album served as my introduction to the works of Derek Vincent Smith, and included such great songs as "
Hot Like Sauce," "
Finally Moving Remix," and "
The Time Has Come." Pretty Lights recent rise to fame has paralleled the growing popularity of electronic music over the last few years. From his start as a relatively unknown Colorado-based producer, collaborating with fellow PLM artist
Michal Menert on his debut album,
Taking Up Your Precious Time, over the last four years Pretty Lights has grown tremendously both as a project, and as a label.
Pretty Lights Music, Smith's record label, now boats an impressive roster of six amazingly talented artists including the prodigious drummer/producer
Adam Deitch, former collaborater
Michal Menert, and beatsmith Alex B (formerly of Pnuma Trio) as
Paper Diamond. Looking at the transition from "
Finally Moving" to "
I Know The Truth," Smith's style has clearly evolved, as has his performance style, shifting from Monome to analog synths, and his
presentation. However all of the music on Pretty Lights Music is, and will always be,
free to download.
Pretty Lights - Summer's Gone
*Image Courtesy of Pretty Lights Music
