Dubfire Hybrid: A Decade Of Dubfire

They say time flies when you’re having fun, and if you ask Dubfire
whether the last ten years of his career feels that long, it’s clear
that he’s been having too much of a ball to notice. It’s only fitting,
though, to celebrate this milestone with a comprehensive retrospective
of his work: A Decade Of Dubfire.
Cast your mind back to 2007. Electro house was already beginning
to implode in on itself, crushed by the weight of excess and
formulas. Hard techno had fallen out favour after years of relentless
intensity. Straight up house was sounding somewhat stale.
‘Minimal’ was increasingly the word on everyone’s lips, and in the
wave of forward-thinking, boundary-pushing minimal techno
producers came the birth of Dubfire’s solo career. Hugely
successful as one half of Deep Dish - undisputedly one of the
greatest house acts of all time - the man otherwise known as Ali
Shirazinia was always fascinated by techno, but it was this new
stripped-back approach that sucked him into its path.
His knack for combining a sense of minimalism and succinctness
with a tough edge and sonic theatrics stood him out from the
crowd and gave his tracks serious big room appeal, his productions
instantly becoming firm favourites of every A-list DJ worth
their salt. Over the years he increasingly fused his love for ‘80s
synth pop and electro into his sounds, continuing his lineage of
intensely electronic music with raw emotion at its heart. This
compilation spans the breadth of his sounds, and is a timely
reminder of just how many intense dancefloor moments he has
soundtracked.