Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. It Comes from Inside (Inside-Apella) - Gay Joy, The Low End Specialists
2. I Try - Francois Dubois
3. Myself - BarbQ
4. Sun Is Rising [Ruff Mix] - Boryka, Lance Jordan
5. Swimming Places [Sebastian Ingrosso Re-Edit] - Julien Jabre
6. Finest Dream [Silicone Soul Remix] - And If
7. In White Rooms - Booka Shade
8. Hustler - Simian Mobile Disco
9. Remember Me - The Ballroom
10. Afterlife - Deetron, Paris the Black Fu
11. DJ, The Music & Me [Peace Division Remix] - Lula
12. My House - DJ Marotta, DJ Simi
13. What U Du [Markus Shulz Remix] - Yoshimoto
14. I Feel Speed [Club Mix] - Dubfire
15. Kill 100 [Carl Craig Remix] - Rob Harvey, X-Press 2

Disc 2:

1. First Rebirth [FX DJ Tool] - Angel Lopez
2. Control I'm Here [Dubfire's Jamrock Remix] - Nitzer Ebb
3. Sax Track - U & K,
4. Lucky Heather [Dubfire's Lucky 13 Remix Parts 1 + 2 - ¡Tunes Edit] - Nic Fanciulli
5. My MTV [The Dolphins Remix] - Le Noir
6. Float Away [Dubfire's Casaplex Remix] - Robbie Rivera, Robbie Rivera
7. You - DJ Vibe, Ithaka
8. Die Rumpelkammer - Len Faki
9. Everything Counts [Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub] - Depeche Mode
10. Related - Emanuel Heinstein
11. Can You Relate - Samuel L. Session, Samuel L. Sessions
12. Satellites - Emanuel Heinstein
13. Start Chasing [Extrawelt Remix] - Barca Baxant, Alexander Kowalski
14. Jet [Paul Kalkbrenner Remix] - Ellen Allien, , Apparat

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #178097 in Music
• Released on: 2007-06-05
• Number of discs: 3

Amazon.com
Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia answers Deep Dish co-conspirator Sharam's recent solo Global Underground release (GU29: Dubai) with one of his own: Taipei. The journey starts with a mellow house vibe that has both atmospherics and funk in plentiful supply. Francois Dubois's "I Try" greets the listener with a shimmering organ line, Myself's "Barbeque" gives an idea of what it might be like to hear a ghost talking through a vocoder, and the lilting string section of Julien Jabre's "Swimming Places" will melt the ice in your drink. The direction changes with the molten electro of Booka Shade's "White Rooms," and from there it's off to the races. Disc 2 hits the ground running, as the industrial menace of Nitzer Ebb's "Control I'm Here"--which comes off as even creepier than the original--sets the stage for an unforgiving trip through the darker provinces of dance music. While a number of tracks such as Nic Fanciulli's "Lucky Heather" are inescapably engaging, others, like Robbie Rivera's "Float Away" (with its barely passable lyrics) don't fare as well. Taken as a whole, Dubfire fans will be happy that the DJ has pulled no punches, though it's likely that listeners who love the first disc will find the second a little punishing for their taste. Perhaps this is the price of eclecticism. --Brent Kallmer

Customer Reviews

An unexpectedly bright flare delivered by Dubfire
Listeners everywhere will look the latest Global Underground release from Dubfire several times over with a shrewd magnifying glass, looking for hints of similarity with Dubfire's Deep Dish counterpart's GU mix, Sharam's Dubai. Such relentless scrutiny is in vain, however; Taipei releases into the Underground a dirty, relentless and brooding mélange of thickly-lain bass and dance-floor jarring beats which manage to generate the feeling of literally being underground. Dubfire, however, deftly provides precious breaths of fresh air with expertly mixed upbeat tempos riding distinctly along the slow, pedantically grooving basslines.

A potential caveat to the skeptic out there: Dubfire uses vocals; do not let this deter the purchase of this mix, or even a listen. The distinctive DJ makes use of vocals so sporadically that they almost seem not to exist, and for the most part being completely overridden by the music. And this actually poses a problem, because the vocal trance in this case is really enjoyable. Most of the vocals sound as if they were being chanted beneath the surface of water - sounds and reverberations which jive well in accordance with the deep bass. They add a fundamentally different edge to the mix; his relatively conservative use of drab, and complete absence of pop, lyrics distinguishes his style from Sharam's. Placed side-by-side, Sharam's Dubai and Dubfire's Taipei are polar opposites, illustrating the duality that lies within the collective name "Deep Dish," and I dare to remark that the difference between the two DJs has never been able to be fully appreciated until their solo mixes for Global Underground - Dubai and Taipei in particular - were released. If I were forced to, I would definitely tout Taipei as a superb mix of John Digweed's GU: Hong Kong and Dubfire's GU: Toronto. Initially sound incompatible? Give it a listen.

Conservative regarding "mass appeal", Dubfire somehow manages to incorporate fairly commercial songs into the flow successfully and many of them plod along at a decisive pace, although the first mix is actually more quickly-paced than one would expect from a mix of such depth. In fact, the first mix is stylistically dark but remains entirely danceable. What's surprising about it is its consistency: Disc one "goes somewhere" without really ever "going somewhere," a remarkable feat I have seen few other DJs accomplish. The second mix starts off with a spooky and transcendental aura similar to that of Nick Warren's Reykjavik mix. I think Dubfire meant to be so playfully deceptive; by the minute-and-a-half mark, the thickest, hardest beat rattles the organs exercises the heart with its intensity. Riding the second mix is an offroad journey of *deep* underground house; certainly more what one would expect from the second disc of any Global Underground release, but once the pace picks up at the two-minute mark, looking back is futile - you're in for the long-run, which does not imply it will be unbearable. In fact, the second mix is one of the better "clubbier" GU albums released amongst the past thirteen or fourteen GU mixes. In a heartily-crafted nutshell, imagine a handful of Dubfire's better tracks from his Toronto mix and expand upon that depth of sound and character. I did, and I discovered a (surprisingly) sophisticated dance album reflective of both dutiful insight and soulful abandonment.

~Lex

Dubfire throws everything at you but the kitchen sink.
The second half of Deep Dish finally gets his turn in the solo spotlight, with GU's 31st release, and the second of the year (which already surpasses last years output and we're only in April). I mentioned in my review of GU29 that Dubfire would have his work cut out for him in topping Sharam's Dubai, and he certainly was up to the challenge, going the all encompassing route, and including just about every genre possible that can heat up dance floors around the world: house, electro, tech house, deep house, tribal house, acid house, minimal, techno, and even some trance. A very keen track selection by Dubfire.

As I felt Sharam's best part of his set was the latter half of Disc 2, the strong point here is definitely the first half of Disc 1, with some luscious deep house melodies, and tracks 3-5 being a stellar sequence of tracks. I felt the flow tapered off in the middle, with a few tracks that brought the tempo way down, but thankfully picked right back up again. Dubfire stays on the more on the tech and electro side of house for disc 2, for a very steady flow of tracks, barring the MTV track, and ending with a Paul Kalkbrenner techno remix of Ellen Allien and Apparat's track Jet.

If you are looking for a more standard house sound, check out Sharam's Dubai, and you won't be disappointed, however if you are looking for a mix incorporating all genres of the current house scene, you will reap the rewards with Dubfire's mix. You can't go wrong with either one, and if I had to choose, I would give the slight edge to Sharam, only because out of his two discs I only skip 1 track, and in this one, I skip 2.

Dubfire is the man
I've listened to both discs twice now, and have gotta say I'm not loving the first. The second, however, comes with some very hard tracks that sound great out of a good system. Reminds me of a bassier version of GU: hong kong.
As far as the 'progressive' aspect, it's there, more notably on the second disc. Also the discs ring true to Dubfire's style.

It was worth the money