Deep Dish (duo)


Deep Dish are an American electronic music duo, consisting of Iranian-American artists Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi.
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Biography

Based in Washington, D.C., they are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous artists such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Cher, Stevie Nicks and Gabrielle, and for its live DJ sets. Their collaborations and remixing abilities first came to attention with their seminal 1995 remix of De'Lacy's "Hideaway". Deep Dish's album Junk Science was released in 1998. The duo won a Best Remixed Recording Grammy for their remix of Dido's "Thank You". They were also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording in 2006 for their song "Say Hello". In 2006, the DJs disbanded and moved to solo careers. They regrouped in 2014, releasing a new single "Quincy".
In August 2009, Sharam was featured on the Essential Mix and his mix was subsequently voted the best of 2009.
Deep Dish briefly reunited in 2014 to release the single "Quincy" and perform at the Ultra Music Festival. On March 22, 2014, Deep Dish reunited for their first Essential Mix since 2008.. However, it wasn't until 2024 that the duo announced a permanent return to the studio and the touring circuit with their "The Future" tour.
In 2025, they released "Midnight," their first original single in over a decade, featuring Eynka and Wrabel. This release was accompanied by a string of sold-out residencies at venues such as The Cause and fabric in London.
They continue to tour as a duo in 2026.

Discography

Albums

Singles/EPs

  • 1994 "Chocolate City "
  • 1994 "High Frequency"
  • 1994 "The Dream"
  • 1995 "Sexy Dance"
  • 1995 "Come Back"
  • 1995 "Wear The Hat"
  • 1996 "Stay Gold"
  • 1997 "Stranded"
  • 1998 "Stranded "
  • 1998 "The Future of the Future "
  • 1999 "Mohammad Is Jesus…"
  • 1999 "Summer's Over"
  • 2003 "Global Underground: Toronto"
  • 2004 "Flashdance"
  • 2005 "Say Hello"
  • 2006 "Sacramento"
  • 2006 "Dreams"
  • 2006 "Be the Change", a musical work dedicated to Anousheh Ansari's space flight as she became the world's first female private space traveler
  • 2014 "Quincy"
  • 2025 "Midnight"

DJ mixes

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

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 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 for P. Diddy's "Let's Get Ill"
  • 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"
  • Grammy Award 2001 "Remixer of The Year"

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 its music awards of 2001
  • Number 10 in DJ Magazines 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