A Color Map of the Sun is a double-disc album by American electronic music artist Pretty Lights, released July 2, 2013 on 8 Minutes and 20 Seconds Records. The album is the first of Smith's to be composed from his own originally produced music in its entirety. Smith's recordings were pressed as samples to vinyl and then mixed using modular synthesis. In describing why he chose this requirement, Smith has stated: "I was trying to think of something that would be a massive challenge for myself and just a really cool project. I wanted to also prove to myself I could do it." A Color Map of the Sun is the first album Smith released as a physical product at the same time as the digital copy. Double vinyl and CD copies are to be released. The second disc of the CD features an additional 13 live studio recordings of the new music produced for the album. A documentary was filmed during the making of the album and was released the same day as the album. A Color Map of the Sun is a double-disc album by American electronic music artist Pretty Lights, released July 2, 2013 on 8 Minutes and 20 Seconds Records. The album is the first of Smith's to be composed from his own originally produced music in its entirety. Smith's recordings were pressed as samples to vinyl and then mixed using modular synthesis. In describing why he chose this requirement, Smith has stated: "I was trying to think of something that would be a massive challenge for myself and just a really cool project. I wanted to also prove to myself I could do it." A Color Map of the Sun is the first album Smith released as a physical product at the same time as the digital copy. Double vinyl and CD copies are to be released. The second disc of the CD features an additional 13 live studio recordings of the new music produced for the album. A documentary was filmed during the making of the album and was released the same day as the album. false 2023-12-17 14:56:01 A Color Map of the Sun 2013 2013-07-02 2013-07-02 86 Electro Electronic Hip Hop Trip Hop Instrumental Hip Hop 120285 2164857 979d642a-1e10-4422-9d65-7053b672cf9f 3a07764c-7cc5-42e9-8205-3de7532f4771 d162aaf2-dfd2-44d9-8246-857e8f99e5c2 /media/data/media8/Music/Pretty Lights/A Color Map of the Sun (2013)/folder.jpg Pretty Lights AlbumArtist Pretty Lights Artist Pretty Lights Pretty Lights 1 Color of My Soul 06:08 2 Press Pause 04:49 3 Let's Get Busy 03:52 4 Around the Block 04:13 5 Yellow Bird 05:39 6 Go Down Sunshine 05:05 7 So Bright 05:51 8 Vibe Vendetta 05:23 9 Done Wrong 06:34 10 Prophet 05:56 11 One Day They'll Know 06:59 12 Always All Ways 05:32 13 My Only Hope 04:52 14 Where I'm Trying to Go 05:49 15 All I've Ever Known 03:53 16 Sweet Long Life 05:33 Derek Vincent Smith (born November 25, 1981), known by his stage name Pretty Lights, is an American electronic music producer. Pretty Lights was originally a music project consisting of Smith and Michal Menert, who left after the release of their first album. Rick Rubin once described Pretty Lights as "the face and voice of the new American electronic music scene".