Shirazinia,(Dubfire), grew up in the Washington, DC area, where he spent much of his youth playing the guitar in school bands and listening to mostly classic Hip-Hop, jazz/rare groove, dub reggae, new wave and industrial. Shirazinia was also influenced by the local punk scene and the music of the hometown bands, like Fugazi and Minor Threat. Members of these bands also worked at a local record store called Yesterday And Today Records, and here Shirazinia fell in love with some of the sounds of artists like Kraftwerk, Ministry, Jesus & Mary Chain, Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound and Einsturzende Neubauten. Throughout this heavy industrial influence, with the sound of Chicago's famed Wax Trax! label, Shirazinia discovered the Chicago house scene and what labels like Trax Records and D.J. International Records were releasing.
Shirazinia's eclectic sound differ from those of Deep Dish. His production I Feel Speed, which is a cover of an obscure Love & Rockets song, features his own vocals. Shirazinia also sings in In Love With a Friend on Deep Dish's debut album.
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