Also known as Ali Shirazinia
Ali Shirazinia (), commonly known by his stage name Dubfire, is an Iranian American house and techno DJ and producer. Prior to his solo career, Dubfire made up half of the duo Deep Dish. Dubfire's style is noticeably different from that of Deep Dish, consisting of techno rather than progressive house.
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Dubfire (aka Ali Shirazinia)--one half of the Grammy Award winning and four-time nominated electronic music duo Deep Dish--has joined forces with Global Underground for the April 10 release of his first solo mix album Dubfire GU31 – Taipei. The 2-CD mix set is a sweeping change from anything you would have previously expected to hear from the Deep Dish member and it features the finest in house, electro, techno, and even industrial music. Growing up in the Washington <a href="https://www.last.f
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Ali Shirazinia (), commonly known by his stage name Dubfire, is an Iranian American house and techno DJ and producer. Prior to his solo career, Dubfire made up half of the duo Deep Dish. Dubfire's style is noticeably different from that of Deep Dish, consisting of techno rather than progressive house.
==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. 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.
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dubfire.com →From pioneering commercial success as Deep Dish, to equal global acclaim within the underground scene, Dubfire is an artist whose drive, talent and intuition have placed him in the top ranks of electronic music for 3 decades. While 2017 marked the tenth anniversary of his groundbreaking solo career as well as his revered SCI+TEC imprint, Dubfire is, by all accounts, a future-forward visionary, ready to take on the next decade and beyond with the same unrelenting work ethic and determination to innovate, evolve and entertain. From solo performances at many of the world’s most influential clubs and festivals, to his remarkable story (documented in the Above Ground Level documentary film), running the iconic SCI+TEC label, the recent EVOLV album, or simply exploring the boundaries of audio and visual technology with his HYBRID and EVOLV shows , he is in a class of his own. Born in Iran and raised in the U.S. from the age of seven, Ali ‘Dubfire’ Shirazinia first developed his skills playing in bands and at local clubs in the Washington, D.C. area. He was introduced to Sharam Tayebi through a childhood friend in 1990, and soon after they formed Deep Dish; a production and DJ duo that went on to conquer the world of electronic music, picking up a prestigious Grammy (2001) in the process, in addition to a vast array of other awards and accolades; and helping to pave the way for the current electronic music boom. Yet at the height of their success, both opted to take a step back and pursue solo careers, with the Dubfire alias allowing Ali to express his deep love for underground house and techno. With a rapid arsenal of innovative new music, he quickly integrated himself into the minimalist scene, and produced several key releases that cemented him as a true visionary and a force to be reckoned with; early tracks like ‘RibCage (2007)’, ‘Emissions (2007),’ ‘Roadkill (2007), not to mention his iconic remixes of Plastikman’s ‘Spastik (2007)’ and Radio Slave and Danton Eeprom’s ‘Grindhouse (2008),’ – now widely considered a bona fide classic – ushered in a new era within the vast techno genre. Then there were his onslaught of remixes for such diverse acts as Nitzer Ebb, UNKLE, System 7, Paperclip People, Joseph Capriati, Stephen Bodzin, Audion and Tiga amongst a host of others. Further displaying his versatility, he co-produced two tracks on Underworld’s Barking album (2010) as well as collaborating with France’s Miss Kittin on the acclaimed ‘Exit (2014)’ and ‘Ride (2016)’ singles. Seldom satisfied with the status quo, Dubfire reinvented the concert experience in 2015 with his critically acclaimed HYBRID show. The two-year world tour that followed would prove the inspiration for the retrospective album, HYBRID – A Decade of Dubfire (2017), compiling ten creatively explosive years with the bulk of his best tracks and remixes. And that wasn’t the only projects he delivered over this period; marking the eight year anniversary of his collaboration with Germany’s Oliver Huntemann, the dynamic duo released the Retrospectivo 2008 – 2016 album (2016), followed by the SCI+TEC ’10’ album (2017) which also marked the mighty labels’ decade-long journey. The latter spawned a new collaborative alliance between Dubfire and the imaginative DubLab team from Portugal, culminating in a series of visually arresting label events world-wide, and carrying over into his upcoming EVOLV show which will pick up where HYBRID left off. More recent collaborations with Carl Craig, Flug, Kölsch and Luke Slater, along with remixes for Chris Liebing, Kazuya Nagaya, Kevin de Vries, Moscoman, Stephan Bodzin and Luke Slater’s revered Planetary Assault Systems project sees the techno stalwart’s mastery of tackling multiple genres with ease and grace. And further refusing to be boxed in, Dubfire’s work with VOLVOX Labs for the musically and visually arresting Museum of Modern Art’s MetLiveArts project at the The Met Cloisters in New York saw him steer his sound towards a mo
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