While it's soul and hip-hop backbone is cohesive with Menert's existing catalogue, this new LP is a standing testament to it's creator's musical prowess and ability to seamlessly incorporate a variety of influences. Without regard to custom or trends, Michal Menert shows us what new realms of possibilities open up when we reach for the stars. See more at: http://menertmusic.com

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from Pretty Lights to Eliot Lipp to Paul Basic to SuperVision to Michal Menert to Break Science to Half Color to Krooked Drivers, Late Night Radio, JK Soul & beyond..

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written by Dan Hacker // Grant Kwiecinski
produced by Grant Kwiecinski
guitar Dan Hacker
vocals Dan Hacker // Grant Kwiecinski

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This album will be available for free download 12/10 at www.PrettyLightsMusic.com

The Remixes collection is a full-length re-imagination of "A Color Map of the Sun." Derek Vincent Smith – aka Pretty Lights – invited producers from a wide stylistic spectrum to remix the tracks from his latest album. Derek produced "A Color Map of the Sun" with no intention of having it be an album of dance floor bangers, but rather a collection of music that can be enjoyed anyplace, anytime, all the time.

These 'Remixes' are other artists’ interpretations of his compositions and self made vinyl samples. The tracks are mostly intended to be hard hitting, but they are also just very different. See the track list below for all artists involved in the Pretty Lights’ "A Color Map of the Sun Remixes."

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Press Pause (Free n Losh Remix)

Done Wrong (Opiuo Remix)

2013 Resident Mix of the Year goes to 'Coldcut meets The Orb - The Return Trip', which was the first show to properly kick off our 25th Anniversary year..............

Recorded on the anniversary of JFK's assassination and 21 years after their historic '92 New Year mix on Kiss 100 FM, Coldcut meets The Orb inna Uptown Youth House for the Return Trip. Matt Black and Jonathan More alongside studio accomplice Dor Wand got suitably enhanced with Dr LX Paterson and Youth for a multi-player late night jam session lasting over 3 hours. They then entrusted the multitracks of the set to DJ Food who heroically edited, condensed and massaged the sprawling swamp of sound into a tight - but also loose - 2 hour Solid Steel session.

Swimming through the mix are Lee Perry, Killing Joke, Sun Ra, William Burroughs, Teebs, Ry Cooder, Actress, Prince Jammy, Iggy Pop, Monty Python, Hank Williams and Hal 9000. Alongside unreleased dubs from the players themselves, remixes and versions of tunes old and new, the complete track listing for this marathon set may never be fullly disclosed. It's 2 hours, 10 minutes of sonic secrets to melt your mind, probably best listened to in headphones late at night with all suitable facilities for the full effect. Enjoy this trip.

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PART 1 + 2  -	Coldcut meets The Orb	- The Return Trip	
				
The Orb 	_	Hold Me (Interlude) (feat. Lee Scratch Perry) 	_	Dub Temple
OICHO 	_	Buried 	_	Workhousedigital
Gaudi & The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry 	_	I Start To Pray 	_	unreleased
Youth vs Brother Culture 	_	Bubble Up 	_	unreleased
Mulatu Astatke 	_	Yegelle Tezeta (My Own Memory) 	_	Mochilla
Coldcut 	_	Isotoke 	_	unreleased
Sun Ra 	_	Astro Black 	_	Impulse
John Coltrane 	_	So What solo 	_	Columbia
Arthur Russell 	_	Lets Go Swimming 	_	Logarhythm
Gene Kelly 	_	Singing in the Rain 	_	Decca
Derek Scott 	_	Sounds Unusual 	_	Music De Wolfe
Nitty Gritty 	_	Use To Be My Dubber 	_	Uptempo 
Yabby You 	_	Heads A Roll Dub 	_	Profit 
The Orb 	_	Man In The Moon (Instrumental) 	_	Cooking Vinyl
Manuel Gottsching / Ash Ra Temple 	_	Pluralis 	_	Kosmiche Musik
Moondog 	_	Dance Rehearsal 	_	Prestige
Delta Uniform Bravo 	_	A Stooges Lament 	_	unreleased
Steve Hillage 	_	Rainbow Dome Music 	_	Virgin
Killing Joke 	_	Exorcism (Youth dub)	_	unreleased
William Burroughs 	_	Ah Pook Is Here 	_	Giorno Poetry Systems
Delta Uniform Bravo 	_	On & On (Skewed Version) 	_	unreleased
The Animated Egg 	_	Sock It My Way 	_	Alshire Records
Bonnie Dobson 	_	Bird of Space 	_	Prestige
Monty Python 	_	The Rhubarb Tart Song 	_	Charisma
Ry Cooder 	_	Paris Texas 	_	Warner Bros
The Amorphous Androgynous 	_	Guru Song 	_	Artful Records
Overture 	_	Orchestra 	_	Varese Sarabande
Killing Joke 	_	European Super State (Youth dub remix) 	_	unreleased
Pole 	_	Berlin 	_	Kiff
Master Musicians of Bukkake 	_	Tainted Phenomena 	_	Southern Records
Coldcut & The Orb 	_	Countdown intro feat. JFK	_	unreleased
Popol Vuh 	_	Through Pain To Heaven II 	_	Egg
Nicodemus 	_	Mad Over Me	_	Black Joy Records
Prince Jammy 	_	Shielded Approach 	_	Jammy’s Records
Gil Scott-Heron 	_	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [Early Version] 	_	Flying Dutchman
The Upsetter 	_	Lover's Skank 	_	Spangler’s Clapp
Coldcut 	_	Space Brother No.1 	_	unreleased
Augustus Pablo 	_	Don D Special – Dub 	_	Rockers International
Youth vs Brother Culture 	_	People Love The Music (Dub) 	_	unreleased
Coldcut & The Orb 	_	Shadow jam 	_	unreleased
Actress	_	Shadow From Tartarus  	_	Honest Jon's Records
Coldcut & The Orb 	_	Guru / Witches jam	_	unreleased
Delta Uniform Bravo 	_	Bullnose Step 	_	unreleased
Celtic Cross 	_	Hicksville 	_	Liquid Sound Design
Osho 	_	I Celebrate Myself	_	unknown
Charanjit Singh 	_	Raga Kalavati 	_	Bombay Connection
Coldcut & The Orb 	_	Beats Working jam	_	unreleased
Youth & Penny Rimbaud 	_	And If I Lust 	_	unreleased
Ry Cooder 	_	She's Leaving The Bank 	_	Warner Bros
Teebs 	_	While You Dooo 	_	Brainfeeder
Killing Joke 	_	Eighties (Youth dub) 	_	unreleased
Delta Uniform Bravo 	_	Mad Don The Kebab Killing 3 	_	unreleased
The Orb 	_	Pluto Calling (Twinkle) 	_	Malicious Damage
Youth & Jake 	_	106 Degrees Far Out 	_	unreleased
Celtic Cross 	_	Jade Garden 	_	Liquid Sound Design
White Noise 	_	Love Without Sound 	_	Virgin
Hal 9000 / Jacob Miller 	_	Knocking Version (Dub) 	_	Greensleeves
Iggy Pop 	_	Mass Production 	_	RCA
Coldcut & The Orb 	_	HAL 9000 jam	_	unreleased
MONTY PYTHON 	_	Finland 	_	Charisma
Elliot Goldenthal 	_	Estrella Oscura feat Lila Downs 	_	Frida soundtrack
John Bonham 	_	Drum outtakes	_	Unknown
Skatilites 	_	Guns of Navarone 	_	Trojan
Celephais 	_	Zodiac Free Arts Club 	_	Permanent Vacation
Robag Wruhme 	_	Thora Vukk 	_	Pampa Records
Rootmasters 	_	Fade 2 Blue 	_	unreleased
Hank Williams 	_	Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (DJ Yoda mash)	_	Unthugged Classics

Solid Steel Radio Show 20/12/2013 Part 1 + 2 - Coldcut meets The Orb

Mount Kimbie remix of "Jerk Ribs", taken from the Kelis album 'Food', released 21 April 2014 on Ninja Tune.

Buy 'Food' now:
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Jerk Ribs

Kelis - 'Jerk Ribs' (Mount Kimbie Remix)

In hour 2 it's Jabru from the west country and one half of Bruh Jackman (along with Hackman).  Musically it's across the spectrum with hip hop from Lootpack, Saul Williams and Ghostface Killah, before moving up into house territory with Hackman, the Paul Woolford rework for T Williams and classic UK Garage from Wookie. We take it down again with Digital Mystikz and Roberta Flack, then Turbulence into DJ Food, Outkast and ending with the beautiful Get Thy Bearings by Donovan. All this plus his own tracks Glass Floor from the first Sound Of The Cosmos EP (the VIP featured in the mix can be downloaded from XLR8R), Whiteboard Jungle which is going to be on JD Twitch (Optimo)'s Bucky Skank label later in the year and look out for the Calling Card EP coming soon on his own Paradise Club Recordings.

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PART 3 + 4  -	Jabru		https://twitter.com/JabruMusic
https://www.facebook.com/jabrumusic   https://soundcloud.com/jabrumusic
				
Jabru	_	Rebel Assault	_	White
Lootpack	_	Answers	_	Stonesthrow
Lucy Pearl	_	Without You (Jay Dee Remix)	_	Virgin
Kenny Dope	_	Supa	_	Big Beat
Saul Williams	_	Elohim (1972)	_	Big Dada
Slum Village	_	Eyes Up	_	Wordplay/Source
Ghostface Killah	_	Daytona 500	_	Razor Sharp
DJ Shadow	_	Number Song (Cut Chemist Remix)	_	Mo Wax
Harrell & Sharron Lucky	_	The Body Clap	_	Stonesthrow
Busta Rhymes	_	Thank You ft. Q-Tip	_	Cash Money 
Alicia Myer	_	I Want To Thank You (Jabru Edit) 	_	MCA
Galt McDermot ‘s First Natural Hair Band	_	Let The Sunshine In	_	Kilmarnock
Hackman	_	Forgotten Notes	_	PTN
Concept Neuf	_	The Path (Jabru Edit)	_	CAM
Jabru	_	Church ft. Joel Culpepper	_	White
Hodge	_	Renegade	_	White
T.Williams	_	Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq)	_	Local Action
Wookie	_	Battle ft. Lain Gray	_	S2S Recordings
Snow Ghosts	_	Secret Garden (Matthew Herbert’s Wash It All Away Remix)	_	Houndstooth
Jabru	_	Blind Profits	_	White
Digital Mystikz	_	Education	_	DMZ
Jabru	_	Whiteboard Jungle	_	Bucky Skank
Roberta Flack	_	Sunday and Sister Jones	_	Atlantic
Turbulence	_	Notorious	_	THC Muzik
DJ Food	_	Scratch Yer Head (Squarepusher Remix)	_	Ninja Tune
Jabru	_	Glass Floor VIP	_	Sound of The Cosmos
OutKast	_	Elevators (Me & You)	_	LaFace
Jabru	_	Tartarus 8.08 (Solid Speech Mix)	_	White
Donovan	_	Get Thy Bearings	_	Epic

Solid Steel Radio Show 31/1/2014 Part 3 + 4 - Jabru

Gritty funky track I've been hanging on to for a bit, hope you enjoy. Free download.

Mastered by Finality Mastering
Artwork by Garret Meyer

This Side

Pretty Lights - "Lost and Found (ODESZA Remix)" from 'The Hidden Shades' Record Store Day '14 release compiled of four b-sides from the Grammy nominated 'A Color Map of the Sun' and four remixes of those tracks. 

Listen to the original Pretty Lights track at: https://soundcloud.com/prettylights/lost-and-found

Lost and Found (ODESZA Remix) - The Hidden Shades

"Lost and Found" is a b-side from Pretty Lights' GRAMMY nominated album A Color Map of the Sun. It is part of a special Record Store Day release entitled The Hidden Shades, with four unreleased b-sides from ACMOTS, plus four remixes. 

Released April 19th 2014 as a limited edition double 10″ vinyl set for Record Store Day.

Download the full length Grammy nominated album ACMOTS at no cost at: www.prettylightsmusic.com/music.

Watch the making of ACMOTS documentary at:http://youtu.be/Xpcs0Caq9A0


Lost and Found - The Hidden Shades

Never Gonna Know

Alchemy Resonance

"New Moon Same Dark" is a b-side from Pretty Lights' GRAMMY nominated album A Color Map of the Sun. It is part of a special Record Store Day release entitled The Hidden Shades, with four unreleased b-sides from ACMOTS, plus four remixes. 

Released April 19th 2014 as a limited edition double 10″ vinyl set for Record Store Day.

Download the full length Grammy nominated album ACMOTS at no cost at: www.prettylightsmusic.com/music.

Watch the making of ACMOTS documentary at: http://youtu.be/Xpcs0Caq9A0

New Moon Same Dark - The Hidden Shades

Im excited to share the first single "For Always" off my new album Soap Box coming out on Super Best Records June 10. Its a soulful feel good track, hope you enjoy.

Artwork: Someday K

Mastering: Finality Mastering

For Always

GALANTIS - You (Brillz Remix)

Escort-Cocaine Blues (Turbo Suit Remix)

Back On It feat. Dominic Lalli

"No Type" is from Rae Sremmurd's debut album #SremmLife, out now via Ear Drummer Records/Interscope .

Buy #SremmLife on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SremmLife

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Rae Sremmurd - "No Type" [Prod. By Mike WiLL Made-It & Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd]

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Liquid Stranger - Party Like Us

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Jump On

Movements 1 and 2 from Vivaldi cello sonata no 7 in a minor, RV44. Arranged and performed by Deryn Cullen

Vivaldi - Largo & Allegro Poco From Sonata VII

Wizard

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To celebrate reaching 1,000,000 total plays (holy shit sauce!) I'm unleashing mine and WBBL's remix of "Business Time" by Flight of The Conchords - this one's been a real highlight in my DJ sets recently, goes down a treat!

Remember to repost "↻" if you're digging it! :)

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Flight Of The Conchords - Business Time (WBBL & Father Funk Remix) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Aj Mera Jee Karda Marjaniya - Badlapur - Divya Kumar - (4songs.PK)

Asteroids

Planet Tomorrow (ft. Manic Focus & Jubee)

Low Orbit (ft. SuperVision & Keeplove?)

High Orbit (ft. Borahm Lee)

The Moon Bounce

Lightyears Apart (ft. Sam Goodman, Jordan Polovina, & DJ Fundo)

Michal Menert's debut solo album "Dreaming of a Bigger Life" is available for free at prettylightsmusic.com. 

Where Do You Go

DOWNLOAD ORIGINAL + INSTRUMENTAL MIX  AT: http://imfigure.net/blog/theaccident/

CasOne and I have been working on this song for a few months now… the goal being to to embody both of our styles while still looking forward from what each of us have done in the past.

This sound is something I’ve been so into lately. From those that got the sneak peak, feedback is that it still sounds like “Figure,” but with a different mask.

It’s a trip to play with MC vocals deep in production. I like it… and really want to know what you think of this collaboration. Put on a fresh set of ears and let me know what you think.

Another big up to my homie CasOne on the great lyrics. You can download the original and instrumental version below via email or in exchange for some help getting the word out. Soon we will be releasing the stems and acapella for any producers that want to give a remix a go. 

In the meantime, get familiar with this amazing MC and long-time friend. You can check out CasOne via http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cas-One/118290867580

=========  LYRICS ===========

this world is a monster and hollow as a heart, 
trying to piece the broken parts to ease our hopeless art
you wore me hard and burnt me out but kept me spinning,
this world I lived in was yours and I make believed and pretended,
acted so fucking passive in it like i loved you but actually didn't,
the past gets different when your liven it and actin indifferent,
and when you missing i give a shit instead of counting away minutes
pinning stories on the different women and killing it before it ended,
ain't that tragic when a person doesn't recognize that magic,
a trapeze act of sadness trying to re-spark old habits,
the has beens tend to amplify what happened
so  you put on that old mask again and become the accident 

you hate to be in love but love the way it feels,
fill the memories like poison as your body starts to wilt,
melt the wax on our wings in the house our ghost built,
while i hold you still and read your skin by the window seal,
like closed books those old looks that fold me onto meat hooks,
where the scene took pause and it dropped my jaw,
while I held your palm till dawn,
i felt so fucking gone and I fell apart a thousand times,
like time flies and I'm out my goddamn mind,
funny memories of symmetry that didn't exist before they were gone,
tricks our head play in the midst of medleys of boredom and alone,
the feeling of someone else at home but not recognizing the ghost,
and we're crazy but prideful patiently spiteful but incredibly  absent,
make up on the napkin took away the clown and smeared the passion,
so you put on the old mask again and become the accident. 

DOWNLOAD AT: http://imfigure.net/blog/theaccident/

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Figure & CasOne - The Accident (Original Mix)

Play It Funky

Flosstradamus- rollup ( Bauuer ft. Dj encore )

Download A Color Map of the Sun, including 3 bonus tracks and the companion album Live Studio Sessions From A Color Map of the Sun, at www.prettylightsmusic.com

This is the first time I am releasing an album as a physical product at the same time as a digital version. The second disc of the double CD set contains 13 additional tracks straight off the vinyl acetates that I composed and created in order to make legit sounding samples for A Color Map of The Sun.

Like always, the album is available in its entirety as a free download via prettylightsmusic.com. For the first time however, I encourage you to purchase a copy of the album. There are two honest reasons for this. The main reason is that as an artist I have always reinvested any success I have directly back into the music, the show and the art that goes along with it. Secondly, this isn't just an album; it is a massive collection of music beyond what is on the CDs that I will continue to put out after the album release. There is an insightful documentary film on the making of this project to be released alongside the launch of the album, as well as a music video for every song. They are all beautiful and uniquely unusual pieces of art.

This "album" is a multi-medium map of my mind and my self. It is personal and honest and I put everything into it. I have stayed on the path of being a completely independent musician and with the help of every supporter and friend, we have transformed a simple idea into a movement, a cultural beacon of light. If you can, I encourage you to purchase a digital or physical copy of A Color Map of the Sun. If not simply support by sharing the music and sharing the idea. If there is any success to be had from this album, it will go back into my rule bending, never ending quest to channel beauty and taste through music and art.

Either way, I made this music for everyone. Support this release and let's show the world how we do. The time is now. - Derek Vincent Smith

Color Of My Soul

Press Pause

Let's Get Busy

Yellow Bird

Management: jared@mammothmusicgroup.com

Anchor Bay, California based electronic music artist and producer Michal Menert draws breath from the world that surrounds him, transmuting daily inspiration into music that is singularly his own. 

“A synthesis of past, present, and future, elegantly woven together by the hands of Michal Menert.” – Huffington Post on Space Jazz

A youth steeped in a broad swath of both Eastern and Western musical traditions gives Menert a deep palate from which to draw; his passion for original analog sounds coupled with a vast knowledge of music history has given him a unique ability to pull from the global creative canon with ease. A multi-instrumentalist, he incorporates live guitar and keys into his final production for a full sound and rich feel. 

As Menert co-produced the chart topping Pretty Lights album Taking Up Your Precious Time it was natural that he was the first artist to join Pretty Lights Music. His debut solo album Dreaming of a Bigger Life was released in 2010, followed by 2012’s mega-LP Even If It Isn’t Right. In winter of 2015 Menert released the highly anticipated Space Jazz, followed by fall 2015’s debut release by his band Michal Menert & the Pretty Fantastics, 1. His next release is expected in winter 2018.

In the live realm, Menert supplied sound design for Dead & Co tours in 2016 and 2017. Additionally, he supplied sound design on Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum rerelease in Fall 2016. Building on that relationship, Menert in both a featured performer and co-producer on Hart’s next studio record, slated for release in the fall of 2017.

Menert’s reputation as a live performer continues to grow, as he brings his music to fans nationwide via both his septet, Michal Menert & The Pretty Fantastics, and his 22-piece all-star ensemble the Michal Menert Big Band. His collaborations have led to the formation of myriad ongoing side projects including Manic Menert (with Manic Focus), Half Color (with Paul Basic) & Club Scouts (with Mux Mool). Over the years Menert has shared the stage with a number of musical luminaries including STS9, Bassnectar, Umphrey’s McGee, and more, and played legendary venues including the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, The Gorge in Washington and the Red Rocks Amphitheatre (twice in 2016 alone.)

Committed to a community driven approach to collaborative creativity, Menert works hand in hand with producers he chooses for his own record label, Super Best Records. A dynamic and ideological producer, collaborating and working closely with a new generation of hip-hop & EDM producers, Menert is dedicated to bringing a new musical vision to life free from limitation.

Contact: michalmenertmusic@gmail.com