Thursday, April 15, 2010

Pretty Lights


Dub step lovers if you are have not seen Pretty Lights yet you should because you are missing out:

Pretty lights puts on one amazing light show that dazzles the eye and makes you foam at the mouth while you dance to his heavy bass lines and his tinkering highs. Just listening to Derek Smith's music alone does not do justice to the level of a performance that you get when you see him live. If you enjoy any of the Pretty Lights albums, which can be downloaded for free at the website prettylightsmusic.com, then you are missing out on Pretty lights mind blowing show when you see them live.
For Pretty Lights Portland show Derek set the stage with his tables in the center and drummer Cory Eberhardt, to the left. Instantly the two got the crowds attention when the lights were turned off and Derek and Cory walked on stage to and already hyped crowd. They could not have started the show any better by playing Lonesome Street. Matching his light show with the pixilated screen that was placed as the back drop Pretty Lights performed a show for one to remember pushing them into my personal top 5 live shows to see. It appeared that the light show was carefully matched with the video that was played showing Derek's ability to pay attention to small details to create the best show possible. Along with his phenomenal light show Derek put down many of his better tracks like: At Last I am Free, Cold Feeling, Fly Away Another Day Take the Sun Away as well as songs off his newest album "Making Up a Changing Mind," I Can See it in Your Eyes and Future Blind. Beyond that Pretty Lights put together an amazing set list and left the crowd pleading for more but it was well after curfew and they ended the show playing, More Important Than Michael Jordan and there could not have been a better track to end such a mind blowing night.
Performing a show very professionally with a incredibly detailed light show and the ability for Derek to feel the crowd by selecting the best songs possible, Pretty Lights may set your standards very high in comparison to other live shows. Though Derek was very professional throughout his performance he was also able to act very casual and smoke on stage when the opportunity granted him the chance. I can not see anything that would make me say that Pretty Lights is a bad show, simply because of the brilliant performance that Derek and Cory put on; if Pretty Lights happens to be playing near you I would recommend seeing that show because you will not be let down.

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