Deep Dish

This article is about the band. For the a cappella ensemble, see [Deep Dish (a cappella)]. For the food, see Chicago-style pizza. For the book, see Deep Dish (novel).

Deep Dish
Origin	Washington, D.C., USA
Genres	Electronica Techno House
Years active	1992–Present (on hiatus)[1]
Labels	Yoshitoshi Records deConstruction/Arista/BMG Records
Website	http://www.deepdish.com
Members
Ali Dubfire Shirazinia Sharam Tayebi

Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle, and for their live DJing sets. They often collaborate with DC artist Richard Morel and produced a dance hit with his song "True (The Faggot is You)". Their remixing abilities first came to attention with their seminal 1995 remix of De'Lacy's "Hideaway," a club classic. Other collaborations include "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" with British group Everything But the Girl, which appeared on Deep Dish's artist album Junk Science, which was released in 1998.

History

The duo first met in DC around 1991 when they were accidentally double-booked at a club. Soon after, they formed Deep Dish Records and their work captured the attention of Danny Tenaglia and TRIBAL America Records, which put out the duo's first progressive-house compilation, Penetrate Deeper, in 1995. Over the years the duo has released a number of genre-defining mixed CDs. However, what catapulted Deep Dish to prominence was the release of its debut album, Junk Science, released on the now-defunct UK label deConstruction and a dismal US release through Arista/BMG Records.

Deep Dish have remixed tracks by artists such as Dido ("Thank You" and "Stoned") and the collaboration between Timo Maas and Kelis ("Help Me"). The duo won a Grammy Award for their "Thank You" remix. Deep Dish have also collaborated with Danny Howells to remix the Eminem track "Without Me" (as a bootleg). In July 2005, their second artist album, George Is On, was released. It featured their Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart hit "Flashdance" (which features Anousheh Khalili) (also their biggest UK hit, peaking at number 3), as well as a remake of the classic Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams", for which Stevie Nicks provided new vocals. "Say Hello", the second single released from the album, hit number one on the dance chart in September 2005, becoming their second dance chart-topper (their first being the collaboration with Everything But the Girl in 1998). They also made a successful remix of Justin Timberlake's song "Like I Love You" back in 2003. Although it only charted in the US, it was even more successful than the original version of the song (which only charted at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100) and became their very first #1 in the US, which propelled them to popularity in a country where they had never previously had any chart placing at all: indeed it was only the fourth song (and the fourth chart anywhere that they had had a single in) that had charted anywhere.

In 2005 the film It's All Gone Pete Tong included Raul Rincon's remix of "Flashdance". Deep Dish has appeared as the featured artist on the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix on several occasions. Their most recent appearances took place in 2008, on the 28th of March, when their set from the Winter Music Conference was broadcast live on the show. Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia was featured on the Essential Mix in September 2007. Deep Dish is also well-known for their progressive house compilation albums in the famed Global Underground series. The latest Global Underground album, by Dubfire, was released in April 2007.

They also own and run dance music record labels Deep Dish, Yoshitoshi Shinichi, and Yo. In addition, they owned and operated a retail store (also named Yoshitoshi) in the Georgetown area of DC, which sold dance records and clothing. The store closed in 2003, although their labels continue to release music, mostly on the 12 inch single vinyl format.

In August 2009, Sharam was featured on the Essential Mix and his mix was subsequently voted the best of 2009.^[2]

Discography

Albums 1998 Junk Science 2005 George Is On Singles/EPs 1994 "Chocolate City (Love Songs)" 1994 "High Frequency" (Pres. Quench) 1994 "The Dream" (Pres. Prana) 1995 "Sexy Dance" (Pres. Quench DC) 1995 "Come Back" (Pres. DC Deepressed) 1995 "Wear The Hat" 1996 "Stay Gold" 1997 "Stranded" 1998 "Stranded (In Dub)" 1998 "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" (with Everything But The Girl) 1999 "Mohammad Is Jesus…" 1999 "Summer's Over" 2003 "Global Underground: Toronto [12" Single] 2004 "Flashdance" 2005 "Say Hello" 2006 "Sacramento" 2006 "Dreams" (with Stevie Nicks) "Be the Change", an eclectic musical work dedicated to Anousheh Ansari's space flight as she became the world's first female private space traveler

DJ mixes 1995 Penetrate Deeper 1995 Undisputed 1996 DJ's Take Control, Vol. 3 1997 Cream Separates 1999 Yoshiesque 2000 Renaissance Ibiza 2001 Global Underground: Moscow 2001 Yoshiesque, Vol. 2 2003 Global Underground: Toronto 2006 Global Underground: Dubai (by Sharam) 2007 Global Underground: Taipei (by Dubfire) Productions 1992 Hex - Tricky Jazz 1996 Alcatraz - Give Me Luv 2002 Timo Maas - Help Me 2003 Various Artists - Slip 'N' Slide Ibiza 2 Co-productions 1996 The Unknown Factor - The Basic Factor Album

Remixes

1993 Scottie Deep featuring Toni Williams - Soul Searchin' 1993 Naomi Daniel - Feel The Fire 1993 Angela Marni - Slippin' & Slidin' 1993 BT - Relativity 1994 Elastic Reality - Cassa De X 1994 Prana - The Dream 1994 Joi Cardwell - Trouble 1994 Gena Bess - How Hard I Search 1994 BT - The Moment Of Truth 1994 Scott Taylor - Don't Turn Your Back On Me 1995 Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You 1995 The Shamen - Transamazonia 1995 Quench - Sexy Dance 1995 Ashley Beedle - Revolutions In Dub 1995 De'Lacy - Hideaway 1995 Dajae - Day By Day 1995 Paula Abdul - Crazy Cool 1995 e-N - The Horn Ride 1995 Gusto - Disco's Revenge 1995 Swing 52 - Color Of My Skin 1996 Everything But the Girl - Wrong 1996 The Beloved - Three Steps To Heaven 1996 Global Communication - The Deep 1996 Aquarythm - Ether's Whisper 1996 Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida É (That's The Way Life Is) 1996 Lisa Moorish - Mr. Friday Night 1996 Sandy B - Make The World Go Round 1996 All-Star Madness - Magic 1996 De'Lacy - That Look 1996 Victor Romeo - Love Will Find a Way 1996 Dangerous Minds - Live In Unity 1996 Dished-Out Bums - Lost In Space 1996 Kristine W - Land Of The Living 1996 Tina Turner - In Your Wildest Dreams 1996 Alcatraz - Giv Me Luv 1996 BT featuring Tori Amos - Blue Skies 1997 D-Note - Waiting Hopefully 1997 Adam F - Music In My Mind 1997 Sandy B - Ain't No Need To Hide 1997 Olive - Miracle 1997 Michael Jackson - Is It Scary

1998 Love and Rockets - Resurrection Hex 1998 Danny Tenaglia featuring Celeda - Music Is the Answer 1998 Eddie Amador - House Music 1998 DJ Rap - Good To Be Alive 1998 16B - Falling 1998 The Rolling Stones - Saint Of Me 1999 Brother Brown Featuring Frank'ee - Under The Water 1999 Eddie Amador - Rise 1999 Billie Ray Martin - Honey 1999 Slipknot - (Sic) 1999 J.D. Braithwaite - Give Me the Night 1999 Beth Orton - Central Reservation 2000 Amber - Sexual (Li Da De) 2000 Madonna - Music 2000 Gabrielle - Rise 2000 Morel - True (The Faggot Is You) 2000 Sven Vath - Barbarella 2000 Dusted - Always Remember To Respect and Honour Your Mother - Part One 2001 Dido - Thank You 2001 iiO - Rapture 2001 *NSYNC - Pop 2001 Planet Funk - Inside All the People 2001 Madonna - Impressive Instant 2001 Delerium - Innocente 2001 Depeche Mode - Freelove 2002 Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You 2002 Timo Maas featuring Kelis - Help Me 2002 Beenie Man featuring Janet - Feel It Boy 2002 Elisa - Come Speak To Me 2003 Dido - Stoned 2003 Whatever, Girl - Activator 2003 P. Diddy - Let's Get Ill 2004 Louie Vega & Jay 'Sinister' Sealée Feat. Julie McKnight - Diamond Life 2005 David Guetta - The World Is Mine 2005 Paul van Dyk - The Other Side 2006 Robbie Rivera - Float Away 2006 Coldplay - Clocks

Chart positions

Year	Singles	Chart positions[3]
		USA	CHE	NL	UK	BEL	FIN	IRE	GER	ITA	CAN	GRE	AUS	FRA	AUT
1996	"Stay Gold"	-	-	-	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"Stranded"	-	-	-	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	"The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" (with Everything But The Girl)	-	-	-	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	"Like I Love You (Deep Dish Zig Zag Remix)" (with Justin Timberlake)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	"Stoned (Deep Dish Remix)" (with Dido)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	"Flashdance"	36	89	5	3	25	-	14	63	43	-	-	14	33	55
2005	"Say Hello"	1	90	-	14	-	4	18	72	35	-	-	40	-	-
2005	"Sacramento"	-	-	-	-	-	9	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	"Flashing For Money" (with Dire Straits)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48
2006	"Dreams" (with Stevie Nicks)	26	-	18	14	42	6	22	-	39	-	-	27	-	-
2006	"PATT (Party All The Time)" (by Sharam)	-	-	36	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards

Won

• International Dance Music Award 2005 for Best House/Garage Track "Say Hello", Best Progressive/Trance Track "Say Hello" and Ortofon Best American DJ Award
• International Dance Music Awards 2005 for Best Underground Dance Track for "Flashdance"
• DanceStar USA Award 2004 for Best Compilation (US Releases) for Deep Dish - GU 025: Toronto and Best DJ
• Ibiza DJ Award 2004 for Best Set of the Season
• DanceStar USA Award 2002 Best Compilation for Deep Dish - GU 021: Moscow
• Grammy Award 2002 "Best Remixed Recording" for Dido's "Thank You"
• "Hot Duo", Rolling Stone, August 2001
• Muzik Magazine SAS Award 1998 "Best International DJ"

Nominations

• WMC Best American DJ, 2008
• DJ Awards for Best Tech-House / Progressive DJ, 2006
• Grammy Award 2005 "Best Dance Recording" for Deep Dish's "Say Hello"
• DanceStar USA Award 2004 for Best Remix (Worldwide DJ's) for P. Diddy's "Let's Get Ill" (Deep Dish Remix) (Bad Boy)
• DJ Awards for Best House DJ, 2003
• DanceStar USA Award 2003 Party 93.1 FM Award for Best Remix for Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You" (Deep Dish remix) (Jive)
• Grammy Award 2001 "Remixer of The Year" (NonClassical)

Other rankings

• Number 1 in the "Best Progressive DJ" category of BPM magazine's 2006 "America's Favorite DJ's" poll
• Number 2 in the "Best Dance/DJ Artist" category by the critics of Rolling Stone for their music awards of 2001
• Number 10 in DJ Magazine's World's Top 100 DJ's reader's poll for 2006, number 8 for 2005, number 10 for 2004, number 9 for 2003, number 16 in 2002, and number 10 in 2001
• Number 5 out of 50 of America's Favorite DJ's in BPM in 2005, number 12 in 2004 and number 9 in 2003 and 2002

References

1. ^ DJ Sharam at YouTube
2. ^ "Radio 1 - BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix - A Feature". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/essentialmixoftheyear/2009/. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
3. ^ Chart positions for Deep Dish

External links

• Official website
• Profile in Allmusic
• Deep Dish discography at Discogs
• Deep Dish on Myspace
• Deep Dish tracklisting archive