Deep Dish is a duo of DJ and house music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, DC 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 mix of De'Lacy "Hideaway", a club classic in 1995. 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.

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 they have released a number of genre-defining mixed CDs. However, what catapulted Deep Dish to prominence was the release of their debut album, Junk Science, released on the now defunct UK label DeConstruction and a dismal state side release through Arista 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).

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 of 2007. The two's May 2005 Essential Mix at Maida Vale was voted the best 2005 Essential Mix of the Year. 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 of 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 D.C., 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.

* 1 Touring
* 2 Discography
o 2.1 Artist Albums
o 2.2 Singles/EP's
o 2.3 DJ Mixes
o 2.4 Productions
o 2.5 Co-Productions
o 2.6 Remixes
* 3 Chart positions
* 4 Awards
o 4.1 Other Rankings
* 5 References
* 6 External links

Touring

Main article: Deep Dish Tour

Sharam (Deep Dish) will be spinning live in Boston, MA at Rumor Nightclub on May 21st 2008 in observance of Rumor's 4th Year Anniversary Party.

Discography
Artist Albums

* 1998 Junk Science
* 2005 George Is On

Singles/EP's

* 1994 "Chocolate City (Love Songs)"
* 1994 "High Frequency" (Pres. Quench DC)
* 1994 "The Dream" (Pres. Prana)
* 1995 "Sexy Dance" (Pres. Quench DC)
* 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 Is Over"
* 2003 "Global Underground: Toronto [12" Single]
* 2004 "Flashdance"
* 2005 "Say Hello"
* 2006 "Sacramento"
* 2006 "Dreams" (with Stevie Nicks)
* 2007 "Come Back"


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[2] - 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 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