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HIGHER GROUND: A Deeper Look Inside ‘Dual Fusion Unity’, The First Pretty Lights Studio EP In A Decade [B.Getz on L4LM]

October 18, 2024October 20, 2024 B.Getz Alvin Ford Jr., Borahm Lee, Check Your Vector, Chris Karns, derek vincent smith, dual fusion unity EP, michal menert, PLM, pretty lights, pretty lights 2024, pretty lights comeback, pretty lights ep, pretty lights music, soundship spacesystem

A gift for the culture Pretty Lights helped create, geared specifically toward the dedicated minions waiting quasi-patiently for his first collection of original studio music in roughly a decade.

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Searchlight Swirling: Pretty Lights’ Soundship Spacesystem Comeback Tour Hits The Warfield in SF [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 21, 2023November 24, 2023 B.Getz Alvin Ford Jr., analog synth, anti-alias, Borahm Lee, Chris Karns, derek vincent smith, DJ, EDM, edm hip-hop, electronic music, Greg Lazershark Ellis, hip hop, jamband, jamtronica, Lazershark, Mammoth Music Group, michal menert, modular synth, pretty lights, pretty lights comeback, Pretty Lights Live, san francisco, SF music, soundship spacesystem, soundship spacesystem tour, suwannee hulaween, The Warfield

Twenty-four shows into a comeback nearly five years in the making, Pretty Lights’ Soundship Spacesystem tour is smashing preconceived notions wherever they may roam.

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Upful Life is at The Rabbit Hole.

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Second Saturday night, I felt called to wander off the proverbial beaten path of Jazz Fest shows. Fortunately, we got word Charlie from legendary electronic duo SOUL CLAP was throwin' down the untz type-proper at Rabbit Hole. So a few of us found our way over there for a coupla hours 'round midnight. I love me some House Music ; once Lonely C of Soul Clap commandeered the DJ decks, the sh*t was ... See MoreSee Less

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