We’ve already covered the basics in another blog, but here’s a quick recap for you: Pretty Lights is the moniker of electronic musician Derek Vincent Smith. His hugely popular performances utilize major RGB LED lighting installations that are programmed to respond to and synchronize with his bombastic, dub step-and-sample-based songs. No matter what you think of the music, his show is a highly entertaining visual treat, to say the least. And now, it’s gotten even better, thanks to a new color-changing LED lights display, which includes illustrative design and brighter lights with even more highly-saturated colors and depth.  From Hey Reverb,  “As his stage name suggests, Pretty Lights’ music is as much about the visual experience as it is about the auditory one. His incredibly syncopated lighting production spared no expense and was customized in an entirely new way for every track he played. Included were multidirectional lasers pouring into clouds of fog, flurries of strobes, a tiered throne for Smith and a city of LED towers spanning the length of the stage.” Pretty Lights is touring now throughout the United States—check the tour dates, and cap off your summer with some LED light-fueled music!

Photos by Ryan Dearth, heyreverb.com.