Dubfire
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = Hands_Dubfire_Photo.jpg
| name = Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|19}}
| image_size = 220px
| birth_name = Ali Shirazinia
| alias = Dubfire
| origin = Mashhad, Iran
| genre = Techno, tech house, minimal
| years_active = 1991–present
| label = Sci+Tec Digital Audio
Deep Dish Records
| associated_acts = Deep Dish, Sharam
| website = {{url|www.Dubfire.com}}
}}
Ali Shirazinia ({{langx|fa|علی شیرازینیا}}), commonly known by his stage name Dubfire, is an Iranian American house and techno DJ and producer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dummymag.com/Lists/the-10-best-techno-tracks-over-10-minutes-long-according-to-dubfire|title=The 10 best techno tracks over 10 minutes long, according to Dubfire|last=Staff|first=Dummy|website=www.dummymag.com|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bullittbookings.com/artists/default.asp?artist_id=2|title=Dubfire Biography|website=www.bullittbookings.com|access-date=2016-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152144/http://www.bullittbookings.com/artists/default.asp?artist_id=2|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}} Prior to his solo career, Dubfire made up half of the duo Deep Dish.{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?year=2001|title=Past Winners Search|website=The GRAMMYs|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/the-complete-list-of-grammy-nominations.html|title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominations|date=2005-12-08|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/2001-grammy-award-nominees/375029|title=2001 GRAMMY AWARD Nominees {{!}} Mixonline|website=www.mixonline.com|date=February 2001 |access-date=2016-06-27}} Dubfire's style is noticeably different from that of Deep Dish, consisting of techno rather than progressive house.{{Cite web|url=http://thebullittagency.com/dubfire-live-hybrid/|title=Dubfire:Live Hybrid {{!}} The Bullitt Agency|website=thebullittagency.com|access-date=2016-06-27}}
Biography
Dubfire was born in Iran and moved to the United States at the age of seven with his father, mother and brother for his father to attend an American university. Growing up in the Washington, D.C., area, Dubfire spent much of his youth playing the guitar in school bands and listening to heavy doses of classic hip hop, jazz/rare groove, dub, new wave and industrial and was also influenced by the local punk scene and the music of Washington DC–based bands including Fugazi and Minor Threat.{{Cite web|url=http://geniushiphop.com/artist/Dubfire|title=Dubfire {{!}} Genius Hip Hop - The Internet's Home for Conscious Rap {{!}} Positive Streaming Music-Video & Hip Hop Radio Station|last=Jodacame|website=geniushiphop.com|access-date=2016-06-27}} He frequented a local record store called Yesterday And Today Records, where he became acquainted with the sounds of artists like Kraftwerk, Ministry, Jesus & Mary Chain, Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound and Einstürzende Neubauten.{{Cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/dubfire-6383726|title=Dubfire|last=Castillo|first=Arielle|date=2010-04-22|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dubfire.com/#!/news/76/dubfire-live-HYBRID---Interview-with-Adrian-Sherwood|title=Dubfire Official website|website=www.dubfire.com|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuvo.net/nuvo/deep-dish-dubfire/Content?oid=1230881|title=Deep Dish Dubfire|last=Smith|first=Lisa|website=NUVO|date=25 April 2007 |access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/young-star/390957/dish-fire-under-control|title=Dish fire is under control|website=The Philippine STAR |access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://djmag.com/news/bts-opus-discovery|title=BT'S OPUS OF DISCOVERY|website=DJMag.com|access-date=2016-06-27|date=2015-12-14}}
In 1991, Shirazinia and fellow DC resident Sharam Tayebi formed Deep Dish, a DJ and production duo that became notable for their productions and DJ sets.{{Cite web|url=http://djtimes.com/sound-vision-dubfire-details-revolutionary-livehybrid-concept/|title=Sound & Vision: Dubfire Details Revolutionary Live:HYBRID Concept|work=The Nexus of All Things DJ |date=2015-05-01|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://togetherboston.com/dubfire-technohouse-impression/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428053440/http://togetherboston.com/dubfire-technohouse-impression/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 28, 2015|title=Dubfire: Techno/House Impression {{!}} Together|date=2012-03-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-27}} Deep Dish released acclaimed dance classics beginning with the 1995 remix of De'Lacy's "Hideaway", and went on to work with an eclectic array of names in pop, rock and electronica.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/DeLacy-Hideaway/release/8360|title=De'Lacy - Hideaway|website=Discogs|date=21 August 1995 |access-date=2016-06-27}} Sharam and Dubfire established Deep Dish Records, and they went on to win a Grammy in 2002 for their remix of Dido's "Thank You" along with many other high-profile awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/43373-Deep-Dish-Records|title=Deep Dish Records|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-06-27}} Following their successes as Deep Dish, both Sharam and Dubfire began to produce and DJ individually claiming "[they] got bored doing the same thing. [They've] always been separate producers and separate DJs who have just collaborated together for all these years."{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/779|title=Sharam interview: Is Deep Dish finished?|access-date=2016-06-27}}
Shirazinia used his long-time stage name "Dubfire" for his solo productions. His solo sound differs noticeably from that of Deep Dish, consisting of minimal, techno, and house{{Cite web|url=https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/interview/dubfire/|title=Dubfire - Attack Magazine|date=2013-09-30|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-27}} rather than the predominantly progressive house sound of Deep Dish. His production I Feel Speed, which is a cover of an obscure Love & Rockets song, features his own vocals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/5059|title=Review: Dubfire - I Feel Speed|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-I-Feel-Speed/release/1410424|title=Dubfire - I Feel Speed|website=Discogs|date=17 July 2008 |access-date=2016-06-27}} Dubfire also sings in In Love With a Friend on Deep Dish's debut album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Deep-Dish-George-Is-On/release/3988212|title=Deep Dish - George Is On|website=Discogs|date=18 July 2005 |access-date=2016-06-27}} I Feel Speed has appeared in the advertisement of the Volkswagen Eos.{{Citation|last=Dubfire|title=VW Eos Ad Using 'I Feel Speed'|date=2009-06-04|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlVJBA50on8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/WlVJBA50on8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{cbignore}}
In 2007, Dubfire announced the launch of his new record label, Science + Technology Digital Audio, also known simply as SCI + TEC.{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=26530_0_2_0_C |title=Deep Dish member announces launch new label - news at |publisher=Side-line.com |date=1999-02-22 |access-date=2013-08-06}} He set the label up as an outlet to release his new music and began quietly unleashing a string of remarkable tracks. In 2007, he released electro-tech track "Roadkill," while the stripped-back 'RibCage' became the first ever release on Loco Dice's Desolat label.{{Cite web|url=https://desolatmusicgroup.de/en/release/ribcage.html|title=RibCage - Desolat|website=desolatmusicgroup.de|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Roadkill/master/104716|title=Dubfire - Roadkill|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-06-27}}
Dubfire followed up with a number of releases on some of electronic music's big labels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Loco-Dice-Ten-Years-Cocoon-Ibiza/release/1876097|title=Dubfire + Loco Dice - Ten Years Cocoon Ibiza|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Richie-Hawtin-EnterIbiza-2015/release/7429222|title=Richie Hawtin - Enter.Ibiza 2015|website=Discogs|date=31 July 2015 |access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/track/fratello-dubfire-remix/7615841|title=Fratello (Dubfire Remix) by Joseph Capriati, Dubfire on Beatport|website=www.beatport.com|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/track/exposed-dubfire-remix/6218732|title=EXposed (Dubfire Remix) by Plastikman, Dubfire on Beatport|website=www.beatport.com|access-date=2016-06-27}} Richie Hawtin, who signed Dubfire's "Emissions" to his Minus label, also released Dubfire's rework of 'Spastik' (the track that Hawtin produced in 1993 under his Plastikman alias) as an official re-work.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/release/nostalgik-3/320259|title=Dubfire, Guido Schneider, Plastikman New Releases: Nostalgik.3 on Beatport|website=www.beatport.com|access-date=2016-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/release/expansion-contraction/81396|title=Plastikman, Heartthrob, Dubfire, Gaiser, Marc Houle, Troy Pierce, JPLS, Tractile, Ambivalent New Releases: Expansion / Contraction on Beatport|website=www.beatport.com|access-date=2016-06-27|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818125643/https://www.beatport.com/release/expansion-contraction/81396|url-status=dead}} Soon thereafter, Sven Vath's Cocoon Records took notice and released some of Dubfire's music as well.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cocoon.net/node/7502|title=Dubfire {{!}} cocoon.net|website=www.cocoon.net|access-date=2016-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815125716/http://www.cocoon.net/node/7502|archive-date=2016-08-15|url-status=dead}}
He continued to release more productions. He had two top 10 tracks in Resident Advisor'
In 2008, Dubfire produced a remix of Radio Slave's "Grindhouse" featuring Danton Eeprom.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Radio-Slave-Featuring-Danton-Eeprom-Grindhouse-Remixes/release/1394841|title=Radio Slave Featuring Danton Eeprom - Grindhouse (Remixes)|website=Discogs|date=18 July 2008 |access-date=2016-06-27}}DJ Magazine called it "jet-black, polished chrome techno".{{Cite web|url=https://desolatmusicgroup.de/en/artist/dubfire.html|title=Dubfire - Desolat|website=desolatmusicgroup.de|access-date=2016-06-27}}
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Dubfire's more recent work has seen him co-produce tracks with British electronic music act Underworld,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/underworld-are-barking-on-new-album-30342|title=Underworld are 'Barking' on new album|access-date=2016-06-27}} release a two-disc compilation with Loco Dice for Cocoon, additional remixes of Plastikman material, and a collaborative project with producer Oliver Huntemann.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2334262-Dubfire-Oliver-Huntemann|title=Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-06-27}}
Discography
=Singles/EPs=
- 2007 Emissions - #6 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2007 RibCage - #1 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2007 Roadkill{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Roadkill/master/104716|title=Dubfire - Roadkill|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2007 I Feel Speed{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-I-Feel-Speed/master/71807|title=Dubfire - I Feel Speed|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2008 Diablo (With Oliver Huntemann){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Cocoon-Compilation-H/master/33672|title=Various - Cocoon Compilation H|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2008 Dios (With Oliver Huntemann){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Oliver-Huntemann-Dios/master/430481|title=Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann - Dios|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2009 Rabid{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Rabid/master/434263|title=Dubfire - Rabid|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2009 Fuego (With Oliver Huntemann){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Oliver-Huntemann-Dubfire-Fuego/release/2252393|title=Oliver Huntemann & Dubfire* - Fuego|website=Discogs|date=April 2010 |access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2010 Rejekt (Cocoon J){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Rejekt/release/2573119|title=Dubfire - Rejekt|website=Discogs|date=November 2010 |access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2012: Slowburn
- 2012: Octvs{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Octvs/release/3728446|title=Dubfire - Octvs|website=Discogs|date=July 2012 |access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2012: Debris
- 2014: Exit (featuring Miss Kittin){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Feat-Miss-Kittin-Exit/master/739669|title=Dubfire Feat. Miss Kittin - Exit|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2014: Agua (With Oliver Huntemann ft. Xenia Beliayeva){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dubfire-Oliver-Huntemann-Feat-Xenia-Beliayeva-Agua/master/746928|title=Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann Feat. Xenia Beliayeva - Agua|website=Discogs|access-date=2016-09-30}}
- 2022: Algorithm
- 2022: Rampat
=Compilations=
- 2003: GU025 Global Underground: Toronto - Afterclub Mix - #1 Top Electronic Albums, #20 Independent Albums, #29 Top Heatseekers
- 2007: GU31 Global Underground: Taipei - #16 Top Electronic Albums
- 2009: SCI+TEC: Past / Present / Future
- 2009: Dubfire's Digital Dreams
- 2009: Ten Years Cocoon Ibiza
- 2013: Transmission
=Remixes=
- 1993: Angela Marni – Slippin' & Slidin'
- 1994: Watergate – Lonely Winter
- 2006: Nitzer Ebb – Control I'm Here
- 2006: Robbie Rivera – 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 – More Enemy
- 2007: Plastikman – Spastik - #26 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2007: Nic Fanciulli – Lucky Heather
- 2007: Christian Smith & John Selway – Time
- 2008: System 7 – Spacebird - #7 Resident Advisor Top 100 all-time charted tracks
- 2008: UNKLE – Hold My Hand
- 2008: Radio Slave – Grindhouse
- 2008: Booka Shade – Charlotte
- 2008: Gregor Tresher – A Thousand Nights
- 2008: Minilogue – Jamaica
- 2008: Paul Ritch – Split the Line
- 2011: Paperclip People – 4 My Peepz
- 2011: Davide Squillace, Guti – That Ginger Ponytail
- 2015: Plastikman – Exposed
- 2015: Hot Since 82 & Habischmann – Leave Me
- 2016: Joseph Capriati – Fratello
Awards and nominations
- Won for Best Minimal Artist – Beatport Music Awards{{cite web |url=http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/beatport-music-awards-nominees |title=Beatport Music Awards nominees – Beatport News |publisher=Beatportal.com |date=2008-03-05 |access-date=2013-08-06 |archive-date=2012-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824070643/http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/beatport-music-awards-nominees/ |url-status=dead }}
- Won for Best Techno Artist – Beatport Music Awards
- Nominated for Best Single of 2007 – Emissions – Beatport Music Awards
References
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External links
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- [http://www.dubfire.com Dubfire official website]
- [http://www.scitecdigitalaudio.com Sci+Tec Digital Audio official website]
{{Deep Dish}}
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Category:Iranian emigrants to the United States
Category:American electronic musicians
Category:American house musicians
Category:Iranian electronic musicians
Category:Musicians from Washington, D.C.
Category:Musicians from Mashhad
Category:Progressive house musicians
Category:Musicians of Iranian descent