'Around The Block,' the first single from Pretty Lights' new album, A Color Map of the Sun, was released today as well as the accompanying video. The new album will be released July 2, 2013, at Pretty Lights Music, for free, as has been the case with all of his catalog. Talib Kweli lends some help with vocals on the new track, and the video was directed by Anthony Dickenson.
Derek Vincent Smith had this to say about his new album,
"I began work on this album/project/experiment in February of 2011 and spent a year creating my own vinyl collection of everything I needed to produce the album I heard in my head. I spent the next year producing songs with homemade vinyl samples and a big crazy analog synth I built just for this album. It is truly Analog Electronica. It's soulful electro hip-hop that went back in time to learn from the life of its smooth ass grandparents.
Music will always continue to evolve. On A Color Map of the Sun I challenged myself to evolve my own sound and style by looking to the past and paying respect to all the ways in which music can yield immense power; emotionally, kinetically, and as I see it, inspirationally. Basically, I tried to make an album that could make you feel your soul, move your body and maybe even stir up new ideas. I put my whole self into this album and it put itself back into me."
Again, A Color Map of the Sun will be available July 2nd as a free download, or there will also be physical copies of the album available, on vinyl or cd. Several packages are listed on the website for pre-order. So check out the first single, 'Around the Block,' head over to the site and download it for free, and check out the different packages you can purchase, and be sure to come back July 2nd to download the full album!
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