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A Color Map of the Sun - discussion thread

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SamColby
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If you follow Derek or anyone on PLM you probably have downloaded, or heard of Derek's new Pretty Lights album, "A Color Map of The Sun". If not, heres a great opportunity to discover new music. I streamed the album when it was available for stream a few days ago, but he also released a second album of all the live studio sessions, basically all the instrumentals that he sampled from. The whole album is a pretty amazing work of art, and he describes it as "analog electronic" or an electronic album made completely of original music of classic instruments. This is the first album release from him in two and a half years, and if you're a pretty lights fan, you probably have felt my pain of anticipation. In order to fully appreciate this album you should watch the short documentary about how it was made.



Enjoy.
Jul 2 2013 11:31AM
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Tikayt
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My ears are in love with his work. To me, it's genius eletronic music, I didn't find anything similar, he's got his own style and really masters it, he's pushing music way further than what anybody could think of.
Havn't listened his album yet. Would love to have in LP though !
Jul 2 2013 12:05PM
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.qzyxya
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I love it! Torrented it a few days ago since I couldn't make myself wait haha, but it's awesome. The only thing I'm wondering is if there will be an option to download a higher quality version (possibly lossless? flac wav etc)
Jul 2 2013 1:21PM
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.qzyxya
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Also I find it funny how all of these artists are being hipsters and going back to analog (daft punk and pl off the top of my head). It'd be cool to somehow hear a comparison of all digital vs the vinyl version.
Jul 2 2013 1:24PM
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SamColby
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Well...i wouldn't say they're being "hipsters" haha. I think Derek wanted to make something more complex, more original and raw. By going "back to analog" he was creating the source of his inspiration, in other words, rather than sampling, creating the records in which he sampled from.
Jul 2 2013 8:33PM
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.qzyxya
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Yeah haha, I just found it funny, how they seemed like those hipsters using typewriters and shit
Jul 2 2013 11:21PM
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SamColby
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Oh, yeah I know what you mean
Jul 3 2013 9:05AM
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B.Aussie
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It won't let me unzip the .zip file. Anyone have any ideas? I've tried 'Archive Utility' and Stuffit Expand.
Jul 4 2013 8:24AM
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SamColby
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Mac or pc?
Jul 4 2013 12:20PM
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B.Aussie
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Mac. It's working for other Zip files, just not this one for some reason.
Jul 5 2013 2:41AM
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Austin.ski
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i have always loved all of pretty lights music and this album has kept up with my standards for them
Jul 5 2013 12:14PM
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SamColby
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Just go into your downloads and double click the zip folder. It should unzip and the album folder will appear next to it
Jul 6 2013 12:00PM
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panojibber.
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I don't know if I'd necessarily call it hipster - its kind of like shooting film as opposed to digital. Film just naturally looks good, in the same way that analog naturally sounds good. Also, analog gear allows you to play an instrument, instead of just using a piece of software. There's something to be said for the level of tactile control and physical feedback you get from analog gear as opposed to digital.

Also, you wouldn't be able to hear a difference in the digital and vinyl versions because all the recording is being done digitally. A lossless version of a modern recording is going to sound just as good as the vinyl will, because both the digital and physical copies are being created from the same source files using the same sample rate.
Jul 6 2013 12:47PM
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oil.
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apparently at a show he threw a flash drive into the crowd featuring unreleased tracks, yet somehow someone lost it...
Jul 7 2013 10:49PM
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SamColby
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haha yeah that's what i heard....the janitor of that venue is one lucky mother fucker
Jul 8 2013 9:26PM
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nkmo.
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The Visual Project:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRI0bqhn-VeZS6eLLyckf-R2mAd11LGjm


Jul 9 2013 1:10PM
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.ZT.
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Amazing album, probably best album of all the new releases (Yeezus, Holy Grail, RAM etc.)

I think it's a step back for PL, and he has switched up styles, going back to his roots, while expanding on some of the newer styles in EDM.

The videos are awesome too! Check it!


Jul 9 2013 3:20PM
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SamColby
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I agree, I don't even think it could be compared to any new releases, it's on such a higher level of musical and creative talent than anything else. Also, it feels weird to classify pretty lights as EDM, putting pretty lights in the same genre as avicii or deadmau5 just feels degrading and wrong, Derek's music is so much more organic and complex...
Jul 9 2013 9:27PM
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.ZT.
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Mmmmmm, agreed. It's in a genre of it's own for sure. As are a lot of things that fall just beyond the genre of "EDM".
Jul 9 2013 11:05PM
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