Tune in and experience select hand-picked improvised “Flips,” culled from our 2016 journeys from Episodic Festival stops, and shows from our West and California runs.

Derek on “Flips”…

“We ended up devising something we call ‘flips.” We’ll start with a produced song, and everyone has a philosophy for playing on top of the produced songs. Alvin has acoustic drums that he’ll play on top of it, and we also have drum triggers for electronic drum sounds so we can get a produced sound from the live kit. When I call a ‘flip’ everyone knows that I’m about to filter out the produced track. When the produced music disappears, the live musicians completely switch their sound to something that’s more electronic. Borahm will drop into a synth bass, Alvin will switch to an electronic kick and an electronic snare. It’s like a quick crossfade. It allows us to go from the produced track, with the band accentuating it, to a fully live band without losing something…It’s completely improvised but we’ve put a lot of time into making sure they know, stylistically, where the bounds are.”

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Pretty Lights :: Flips

Flip -- Looking For Love (But Not So Sure) - 11/11/16 - San Jose, CA

Funk II (Flip) - 08/06/16 - Gilford, NH

Funk (Flip) - 08/06/16 - Gilford, NH

Out Of Time (Flip) - 10/08/16 - Nashville, TN

Pretty Lights Flips :: Telluride

Exodus Flip

Pretty Lights Flips :: Okeechobee

Color Of My Soul Flip

Highschool Art Class

// FUNK + SOUL + FUTURE + INNOVATION //
Presenting: Through The Hourglass. Our first full length album release. 11 months of meticulous sample searching, late night recording sessions, & seemingly endless production & mixing hours. Culminating in a pure representation of our sound & vision. We hope you enjoy...
- With love, Martin, Will, & Alec

Credits
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* All tracks written, arranged, & produced by Martin Esser, Will Loftus, & Alec Powell
* Brett Coper - Bass Guitar (2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11)
* Daniel Gilbert - Trombone (4,5,6)
* Evan Lane - Trumpet (3)
* Derry Maulana - Album & single artworks
* Barry Gardner - Master engineer

SPOTIFY

Beyond The Clouds (feat. Artifakts)

Bread & Butter

2018-08-11 Pretty Lights Live @ Red Rocks

Download Album

Dark As The Sky > Flip

2017-08-18 Pretty Lights Live @ Chicago

How We Do

Tune in and experience select hand-picked improvised “Flips,” culled from our 2016 journeys from Episodic Festival stops, and shows from our West and California runs.

Derek on “Flips”…

“We ended up devising something we call ‘flips.” We’ll start with a produced song, and everyone has a philosophy for playing on top of the produced songs. Alvin has acoustic drums that he’ll play on top of it, and we also have drum triggers for electronic drum sounds so we can get a produced sound from the live kit. When I call a ‘flip’ everyone knows that I’m about to filter out the produced track. When the produced music disappears, the live musicians completely switch their sound to something that’s more electronic. Borahm will drop into a synth bass, Alvin will switch to an electronic kick and an electronic snare. It’s like a quick crossfade. It allows us to go from the produced track, with the band accentuating it, to a fully live band without losing something…It’s completely improvised but we’ve put a lot of time into making sure they know, stylistically, where the bounds are.”