SchizoMusic: Pretty Lights - Passing By Behind Your Eyes

Pretty Lights is the music moniker of one Derek Vincent Smith. I was recently made aware of him as an artist (I had seen the moniker floating around for the last couple years, and have seen the name listed at a ton of festivals both this summer and last), and I have to say... I am an instant fan!

ALL of his music is available for free download with links on both his website, and his Myspace, but donations are encouraged (and once you hear how sick this cat is, I think you'll want to donate a little coin to the cause as I did).

My roommate described the sound as "DJ Shadow/RJD2 meets The Glitch Mob", and while I wouldn't say EVERYTHING he does sounds like that, it's quite an accurate description. Derek's music is emotive, deep and intelligent electronic music, straddling multiple genres and winning new fans with every listen.

This is the album that has stuck out from the hundred of MB's of downloads available on his site (for me at least), but DEFINITELY check at least this one out, if not all of them. Then, about an hour later when you're thinking how awesome his music is, you should hit that Paypal button and donate a little bit of $ for what you're listening to. :)

WEBSITES:

http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/#/home

http://www.myspace.com/prettylights