Dubfire
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| Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Dubfire |
| Origin | Washington, D.C., USA |
| Genre(s) | Electronica Progressive house House Minimal |
| Years active | 1992 – Present |
| Label(s) | Deep Dish Records, Yoshitoshi Records, Shinichi Records |
| Associated acts | Deep Dish |
| Website | http://www.deepdish.com |
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| Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia | |
Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia is half of the Grammy Award-winning and four-time nominated electronic music duo Deep Dish.
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[edit] Biography
Shirazinia grew up in the Washington, DC area, 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 Einsturzende 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[1]. 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.
[edit] Discography
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 Enemie
- 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
[edit] Awards & Nominations
- Won for Best Minimal Artist - Beatport Music Awards[2]
- Won for Best Techno Artist - Beatport Music Awards
- Nominated for Best Single of 2007 - Emmisions - Beatport Music Awards
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Beatport Music Awards: Best Minimal Artist 2008 |
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Beatport Music Awards: Best Techno Artist 2008 |
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