NASHVILLE |DT: DECEMBER 1, 2010
FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/MSO
LEGENDARY ELECTRONIC ACT DIRTY VEGAS
MAKE EXPLOSIVE RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM ‘ELECTRIC LOVE’
APRIL 26, 2011 ON OM RECORDS
TITLE TRACK SET FOR RELEASE AS THE FIRST SINGLE ON JANUARY 11, 2011
WITH REMIXES BY ELI ESCOBAR, RUNAWAY, PAUL HARRIS, ALEX TEPPER,
DJ FAME AND CASSETTE CLUB
Ready to capture the international dance floor once again, ELECTRIC LOVE marks the explosive return of legendary electronic act DIRTY VEGAS. Due out April 26, 2011 on Om Records, 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.
The album’s title track currently leads the charge as a free download available via www.dirtyvegas.com with Om to release exclusive remixes from the likes of Eli Escobar, Runaway (DFA Records), Paul Harris, Alex Tepper, DJ Fame and Cassette Club each week starting now until when they will offer a complete single package on January 11. A video for “Electric Love” featuring actress and musician Jena Malone will be made available in the coming weeks.
After touring the world on the strength of two albums (2002’s Dirty Vegas, 2004’s One), two film scores (2005’s Goal!, 2006’s The Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down) and an international dance hit that snagged a Grammy (“Days Go By”), DIRTY VEGAS (Steve Smith and the non-related Ben Harris and Paul Harris) had parted ways in 2005 to work on individual projects and just to take a breather. Without the pressures of a recording contract or label executives issuing directives, the trio found a fresh kind of positivity when they 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.”
“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.
DIRTY VEGAS is rocking with an updated sound on ELECTRIC LOVE, but the fact that they 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.
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