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05.07.11 DIRTY VEGAS (LIVE Sound System) Electric Love Tour"Saturday" at Mezzanine::
OM Records Album Release Party with TALL SASHAChristian
Pineiro, Mirza Party, Rhythm Ethics, Sol Y Luna & Trend VIP present
"Grammy Award Winning Artist" DIRTY VEGAS (LIVE) at Mezzanine.
Opening Set by TALL SASHA!
Dev E
VIP BALCONY HOSTED BY DONOVAN
Hosts: 7Production, PrivilegeSF, SFHouseMusic, SFNiteOut, Addicted SF, DavidBui, Leah Hutt.
DIRTY VEGAS:Ready
to capture the international dance floor once again, ELECTRIC LOVE
marks the explosive return of legendary electronic act DIRTY VEGAS.
After
touring the world on the strength of two albums, two film scores, and
an international dance hit that snagged a Grammy, the trio (Steve Smith
and the non-related Ben Harris and Paul Harris) parted ways in 2005 to
work on individual projects and just to take a breather.
“Being
in a band is like a heavy relationship, and we just needed that big
break,” explains Steve Smith. “We also needed to take time to become
music fans again and send each other music and get excited about
things.”
Without the pressures of a recording contract or label
executives issuing directives, the trio found a fresh kind of positivity
when DIRTY VEGAS reformed four years later. What started as a single
experiment in the studio soon blossomed into something more profound and
special than a second wind: A brand-new beginning, and a first taste of
true musical freedom, the hard-to-articulate, but easy-to-feel sound
that pulses throughout ELECTRIC LOVE.
“It was just purely about
getting in the studio and making music,” enthuses Smith. “It brought
back so many good memories about starting out, because it took all the
expectancy out of the equation. We never fell out or anything so this
was one of the best times we’ve ever had. We made close to 40 songs of
what we felt like we wanted to make.”
ELECTRIC LOVE finds that
elusive sweet spot between the slickly polished electronic sounds of
their past and a more decidedly rock edge, deftly balancing beats and
guitar-led melodies set aloft with the pleasing tones of Smith’s vocals.
The results are versatile enough, whether it’s playing at a bar in
Brooklyn or blasting at an Ibiza beach party.
“Pressure” was the
first song recorded after DIRTY VEGAS got back together and is perhaps
the most buoyant effort on the album, with a propulsive tribal groove
that slams like the group never left. Guitar riffs and twittering synths
flirt like natural bedfellows on songs such as “Little White Doves” and
“Emma,” while “Electric Love,” with its bass-heavy dance floor stomp,
is a fitting choice for the single and title track.
With Ben
Harris and Paul Harris still based in London, but Smith now located in
New England, ELECTRIC LOVE was recorded via Internet collaborations. The
long-distance working process actually led to a new level of cohesion
when it came down to creativity as they felt more comfortable critiquing
each other online.
“Because you’re not in the same room
together,” says Smith, “you don’t mind cutting to the core of
critiquing. So we just got to the good stuff quicker than ever before!”
The
band is rocking with an updated sound, but the fact that DIRTY VEGAS
are game-changers is nothing new; just ask anyone in the music business
who deals with the worlds of licensing for film and television. The
band’s debut single “Days Go By,” originally released in 2001, appeared
on a television advertisement for Mitsubishi. The revived single, and
its wonderfully magnetic original video, not only catapulted to Grammy
success (for Best Dance Recording in 2003), but was a huge benchmark
that helped set a whole new model for the marketing of music. The band
also won three DanceStar Awards and was even named Electronic Artist of
the Year by Playboy.
“It was an electronic song that really
connected with people,” says Smith of “Days Go By.” “It went from
selling a few copies on import to winning a Grammy, which was amazing
for us to experience as a band. Many bands since then have gone on to
use TV and commercials as a launch pad.
“We’ve always wanted to
do a lot of different styles, whether it’s a commercial pop hit or an
eight-minute experimental dance track,” he continues. ”And electronic
music is where you can do it all. We’re just always excited to try
different things. There are club tracks, there are indie rock tracks,
and there’s everything that we’re into and everything we wanted to write
about. With this new record, we were not on anyone’s watch, so we could
just do what we wanted to do!”
Dirty Vegas’ Electric Love will be released April 26, 2011, on Om Records.
21+ 9pm - 3am @ Mezzanine - 444 Jessie Street.
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