this is in response to the thursday, december
17 letter with respect to the
piece which was written about us in amazon.com and later displayed
in the pages of iranian.com. the letter, titled 'deep
crap', was unbelievably negative in tone. we get press clips sent/e-mailed
to us everyday. some are less insightful than others. we refrain from responding
to them directly. but none have been as humorous and ignorant as this recent
comment so we just couldn't resist. bruce bahmani writes:
Wow just what we needed, more Disco! I'm sorry, "House"!
well it may not be what YOU need. care to enlighten us with your idea
of just exactly what lifts your skirt? (no pun intended).
I tried. I really tried. Maybe I'm getting old. But I just can't
accept another slick-packed Iranian DJ duo as legitimate music. Sorry,
Deep Dish is too predictable, from the name, right down to their black
background website!
excuse us for asking, but what other 'slick-packed iranian DJ duo's'
do you know of and moreover, which ones, if any, make 'legitimate' music?
i don't really know how informed or qualified you are about anything remotely
to do with 'legitimate' music but being unpredictable and original is how
we came to land a lucrative recording contract with deconstruction (UK)
and arista (USA) and enjoying the fruits of our labor in the form of a
highly successful and critically acclaimed remixing/producing discography.
not to mention being awarded the best international DJ award at this year's
muzik magazine award ceremony in london where the likes of noel gallagher
(oasis) were presenting. oh, and we also run a successful record company
called yoshitoshi.
Maybe in the U.S. east coast this is considered a novelty. I have
heard that east and west coast Iranians have developed somewhat differing
scales of what is considered culture.
why are you bringing 'culture' into this? yes, we are iranian and yes
we are proud to be iranian, but our music comes from our experiences living
as we do among other second-class citizens. yes, there is a difference
between east coast and west coast persians and persians living in germany,
the netherlands, switzerland, etc. what are you trying to say? are you
trying to express your own inadequacies as an iranian and better yet as
a human being? well, let us help you get over your grief: NASLEH BAD NEEKO
NAGARDAD, CHONKEH BONYADASH BAD ASST.
Here in the west coast, we have a lot of Iranian "House"
DJ's. All the music sounds the same and while it makes for a fun night
out with friends, I wouldn't call yet another assemblage of pre-recorded
stock loops and drum machines, art.
YOU don't define art and there is no basis for a true definition of
exactly what is or isn't considered to be 'art.' it's all a matter of personal
taste, of which you obviously have very little. and just for your info,
we don't use drum machines or stock loops. If you had done your homework
before running your mouth, you would find that we are one of the few dance
acts in the WORLD that construct everything from scratch. Even the loops.
fadat, get your facts straight.
Get a guitar, hit the keyboard, grab the mike and let's see what
you can do! But don't use a mouse, some cheap software, slap it on a $200
CD-burner and expect me to bring it into my "House"!
well, we did grab the guitar AND hit the keyboard AND grab the mike
(though we soon gave it to our singer, richard morel, 'cause we definitely
can't sing) and landed ourselves in various magazines around the world
such as spin and many, many others; i don't know where you get off on assuming
that we use 'cheap software' (cubase audio actually, so go and check the
price tag if you really care) but let me give you some advice: it's not
WHAT you have, it's HOW you use it. and we do have a CD burner but how
that pertains to the manufacturing of our product by a major record company
just don't see...
not to toot our own horns or anything but carving out a successful non-traditional
music career for a couple of persian guys living in the US should amount
to something no less than a terribly significant and groundbreaking feat
for both ourselves and our people. i don't know what your beef with us
is brotha (or sista) but that negative karma will just come back and make
your life less pleasant. next time you decide to vent for personal reasons,
do so in an informed, logical and civilized manner or just hit the gym
and do something POSITIVE with your sad and lonely existence. see you at
the top (well not YOU).
Deep Dish
AKA Ali 'Dubfire' Shirazinia & Sharam Tayebi
deepdish@earthlink.net
PS:
MARI, TO KE HAR-KERA BEBEENI, BEZZANY
YA BOOM, TO HAR-KOJA NESHEENY, BEKANI
TA TAVANI, BEGHORIZ AS YAREH BAD
YAREH BAD, BAD-TAR BOOVAD AS MAREH BAD
MAREH BAD, TANHA TO RA BAR JAN ZANAD
YAREH BAD, BAR JANO BAR EEMAN ZANAD!!!
