Ali Shirazinia
, more commonly known as Dubfire
or Ali Dubfire
, is an Iranian-American house and techno DJ and producer. Dubfire and Sharam are members of the four-time nominated and Grammy Award-winning duo Deep Dish. Dubfire's style is noticeably different than Deep Dish or Sharam, consisting of dark house and techno instead of progressive house.
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Biography
Shirazinia was born in
Iran and later moved to the
Washington, DC area,
[1] where he spent much of his youth playing the
guitar in school bands and listening to mostly classic
Hip-Hop,
jazz/
rare groove,
dub reggae,
new wave and
industrial. Shirazinia was also influenced by the local
punk scene and the music of the hometown bands, like
Fugazi and
Minor Threat. Members of these bands also worked at a local record store called
Yesterday And Today Records, and here Shirazinia fell in love with some of the sounds of artists like
Kraftwerk,
Ministry,
Jesus & Mary Chain,
Depeche Mode,
Nitzer Ebb,
Adrian Sherwood of
On-U Sound and
Einstürzende Neubauten. Throughout this heavy industrial influence, with the sound of
Chicago's famed
Wax Trax! label, Shirazinia discovered the
Chicago house scene and what labels like
Trax Records and
D.J. International Records were releasing.
Shirazinia's eclectic sound differ from those of
Deep Dish. His production
I Feel Speed
, which is a cover of an obscure
Love & Rockets song, features his own vocals. Shirazinia also sings in
In Love With a Friend
on Deep Dish's debut album.
I Feel Speed
has appeared in the advertisement of the
Volkswagen Eos.
In 2007 Ali Shirazinia announced the launch of his new digital label, Science + Technology Digital Audio or SCI + TEC
[2]. The label will act as an exclusive outlet for Dubfire's original productions and will be a home for up and coming artists from around the globe.
Dubfire's single
Roadkill
has been nominated as
Club Banger Of The Year by the
Club World Awards.
Discography
Singles/EP's
- 2007 Emissions
- #6 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2007 RibCage
- #1 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2007 Roadkill
- 2007 Roadkill (Remixes)
- 2007 I Feel Speed
- 2008 Diablo
(With Oliver Huntemann)
- 2008 Dios
(With Oliver Huntemann)
- 2009 Rabid
- 2009 Fuego
(With Oliver Huntemann)
Compilations
- 2003 Global Underground: Toronto: Dubfire
[Afterclub Mix'' - #1 Top Electronic Albums, #20 Top Independent Albums, #29 Top Heatseekers
- 2007 Global Underground: Taipei
- #16 Top Electronic Albums
2009 "Berlin - Afterhour"
Remixes
- 1994 Elastic Reality - Cassa De X
- 1994 Watergate - Lonely Winter
- 1994 Prana - The Dream
- 1995 De'Lacy - Hideaway
- 2006 Nitzer Ebb - Control I'm Here
- 2006 Robbie Rivera - Float Away
- 2007 Axwell Feat. Max'C - I Found U
- 2007 Meat Katie & D. Ramirez - Stop The Revolution - #99 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2007 DJ Yellow - No More Enemy
- 2007 Plastikman - Spastik - #26 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2007 Nic Fanciulli - Lucky Heather
- 2007 Christian Smith & John Selway - Transit Time
- 2008 System 7 - Spacebird - #7 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2008 UNKLE - Hold My Hand
- 2008 Radioslave - Grindhouse (Dubfires Terror Planet Remix)
- 2008 Booka Shade - Charlotte (Dubfire Remix)
- 2008 Gregor Treshor - A Thousand Nights (Dubfires Quiet Storm Remix)
- 2008 Minilogue - Jamaica (Dubfire Dreadmill Remix)
- 2008 Paul Ritch - Split the Line (Dubfire Mega Remix)
Awards and nominations
- Won
for Best Minimal Artist - Beatport Music Awards [3]
- Won
for Best Techno Artist - Beatport Music Awards
- Nominated
for Best Single of 2007 - Emissions - Beatport Music Awards
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References
- "Deep Dish:Full Biography". ''MTV''. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- Deep Dish member announces launch new label
- http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/beatport-music-awards-nominees?utm_campaign= http://www.beatport