Electronic dance music artist Steve Smith whips up wicked beats

Electronic dance music artist Steve Smith whips up wicked beats

It’s been a decade now since the rise of Dirty Vegas and “Days Go By,” the international house music smash that jumped to renown thanks to its placement on radio and in a Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial. Dirty Vegas frontman Steve Smith calls Scituate home. It’s been a decade now since the rise of Dirty Vegas and “Days Go By,” the international house music smash that jumped to renown thanks to its placement on radio and in a Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial. But fans of cultishly beloved musical acts tend to have long memories, so when the British house trio plotted a much-anticipated comeback two years ago, the response was massive. “2011 was a crazy year,” Dirty Vegas frontman Steve Smith said. “We reformed the band, we put out an album (Electric Love) on Om Records, a West Coast label well known to electronic musicians. That was an amazing success – we hit Top 5 on the iTunes dance chart and we had songs from the album featured in everything from HBO shows to Lucasfilm productions and Heineken commercials. We toured the world again, too.” The last time we caught up with Smith, who’s lived in Scituate for the better part of