Deep Dish - Global Underground: Toronto

THESE limited edition Afterclub CDs from Sharam and Dubfire are bonus to their main Toronto mix set and give the Deep Dish duo room to take a more personal approach. Wide-ranging, yet cohesive, they’re individual halves of the Deep Dish sound – the music both past and present that makes up their musical whole.

Afterclub’s loose agenda lets Sharam and Dubfire stretch the musical boundaries a little further. For Dubfire, these limited-edition, personalised mixes aren’t just a chance to stretch the musical agenda. They’re also about letting vintage dance-floor anthems prove themselves against current favourites. "We wanted to incorporate some of the classics we were brought up with," he says. "We decided to incorporate some of the classics into the newer tracks and show how these tracks are timeless." His opener, Korsakov’s "Deep In Space", is a track so drunk in dub it can barely walk. Then comes a forgotten diamond. Love Quartet’s "Kiss Me (Don’t Be Afraid)" is a sexy, sinewy deep house classic from pioneering early 90s Italian label Heartbeat. Underworld’s mix of St Etienne’s "Cool Kids of Death" provides another golden moment, shimmering with blessed melodies and shaking with dubwise rhythms.

But Dubfire has as many modern moments as he has classics. And the sleek, hypnotic, reggae-disco Deep Dish remixes of Timo Maas’s Kelis team-up, "Help Me" make an excellent counter-point. He’s firing on all cylinders by the time we reach the two closing numbers from Deep Dish’s Yoshitoshi label: Anarcrusan’s throbbing, techno-driven "In My Mind" and Morel’s pulsating "Cabaret" with its weirdly echoed vocal. Both conclude Dubfire’s Afterclub party on a delirious high Album Description

Deep Dish Minus Sharam?

As a great bonus for GU025: Toronto both Sharam and Dubfire released their own Afterclub mixes. The one reviewed here is Dubfire's.

I had a hard time trying to distinguish what made this an afterclub mix. The set overall has a little more energy than the sets mixed at afterclubs I've been to in the past. Regardless, this is a nice little bonus and was very much appreciated as a freebie. Worth buying on its own for those of you not lucky enough to get it as part of GU025: Toronto? I think so.

Overall 5/5 stars. April 2, 2007

NICE

This is album is hard to classify because it starts off so soft. By track 7, it is booming with trance. It is definitely my favorite Deep Dish album thus far, after purchasing George Is On, mainly because of Dreams. Recommended is Toronto #025, but only the second disc is great. July 14, 2006

trexcellent!

My favorate of the Deep Dish albums, easily the best of the Global Underground 25 Toronto set! February 15, 2005

Finally

I couldn't beleive it when I first heard this CD. For about 5 years now, I've followed DD around the Eastern Seaboard, and Europe, most recently in Dubai. I was very disappointed in the GU toronto CD, because it sounded nothing like what they are like live, or at least what they used to be. As a big fan of Yoshiesque 1 and 2, In House We Trust 1 and 2, and Penetrate Deeper, I can safely say that Ali has gone back to the groovier, funkier DD sets; back to his deeper, sexier, hat frenzied style that he has always been known for. I am very happy with this compilation, and I think its about time to go back to this sound, since they did it best. December 20, 2003

FLAWLESS

It is rare that I pick up a prog. house CD and LOVE it from the first listen. These artists are so crafty at what they do, that it sometimes takes a few listens to able to digest completely what they are doing. I'v had the pleasure of seeing this duo perform live several times at Club Space in Miami....Huge Deep Dish fan and I think they are paving the way (along with Steve Lawler) as to where music is going. This mix is as sexy and flawless as anyting you'll hear from them. And it keeps getting better with each listen. If you're a Deep Dish fan, do yourself a favor and pick this up..It wont disappoint. Has a good pace and never dies out. So many DJ's today make the mistake of building it up and up until the peak, then die out from there. The rest of the mix is a throaway. THIS IS NOT THE CASE HERE. Eevery track works together perfect and the flow is seamless. I do agree that I wasnt too thrilled either with the Timo Maas track, but the rest of the set outshines that minor blunder.....Stop reading and GET THIS NOW!!!

We know these GU albums are not mixed live..GU never claimed that. These albums are a "peek" into the artists time in that city. And contrary to what some may think, they are mixed by the DJ or DJ's themselves in a studio with all the bells and whistles. How else are you gonna get that sound quality. Read the sleeve notes. That does not take away from the fact that these are great mixes....

(...) December 13, 2003

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