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MUSIC REVIEW
Band: Dirty Vegas
Album: "One"
Label: Capitol Records
Growing up in Kent and South London, drummer/singer Steve Smith, DJ Paul Harris and guitarist Ben (no relation) Harris were active in various components of the London club scene. Ben completed dance tracks and played in several bands, Paul worked in clubs mixing and making songs and Steve worked as a session's player with different musicians and in clubs as well. When the three men met, they clicked and started to make music together which resulted in the Top Ten hit "Days Go By" and the debut album. As they came from different musical backgrounds and points of view, the songs the band creates melds its influences from rock, club and songwriting.
"When it makes the hair stand out on your neck and you just get a feeling you know you're done," Ben Harris told me on a tour stop this week. "A song like 'Home Again' took about 15 minutes to put together while 'Human Love' took eight or nine months to complete."
The band has certainly gained from its early popularity that sent them off on a tour for a year and a half. Dirty Vegas had been formed from a club level and has now evolved to a greater musical level. This second album, One, is luscious and romantic. It is not very club-infused as some might expect. This time around there is less mixing and more straight on pop/rock and softer, gentler stylings.
"It's not one style-- we incorporate as much as you can. Coming from a live background, it seemed natural for us to pick up guitars and keyboards on the live tour for the first album"
Harris admits that fans in England recognize the new album as a reflection of the band's live performance. When the band took its last club-y album out on tour, the trio decided to utilize instruments to augment the music. It wasn't just a two turntables and a microphone.
"Some songs are hard to replicate. We change them and approach it perhaps completely differently than it is on the album. During a live gig you hear the songs come to life because we do try to change it up from the record. There's an element of surprise to what someone expects versus what they have."
And living in a small country filled with all different types of cultures, you have to constantly be changing your approach and style or you will be left behind.
"Things are always moving (in England/London) and you're always moving on and it's healthy."
Dirty Vegas is now on tour and the album One is out on Capitol Records.
By Amy Steele
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