As American leaders in the international dance music arena, Deep Dish have become one of the most revered names in dance music with accolades ranging from a Grammy Award, the American music industry's greatest honor, to international acclaim (Muzik magazine's choice for "Best International DJ") and high-level placement on DJ Magazine's World's Top 100 DJ's readers poll. With a new release, Deep Dish – Global Underground: Toronto,' their second for the Global Underground series pegged for summer 2003; DJ diaries booked up for months; remix offers that just keep coming; a flourishing business in DC consisting of three record labels (Yoshitoshi Recordings, its sister label Shinichi Records, and new offshoot YO! which they A&R), and a DJ agency, Bullitt Bookings, there seems to be no end in sight.

It was a chance meeting in 1991 that originally brought Washington DC's Ali `Dubfire' Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi together. At the time, the two were mastering their mixing skills at local DC parties and clubs when a booking mishap put them on deck duty at the same time. Ali and Sharam discovered that they had a great deal in common, mainly a distinct vision for bridging the gap between the varying styles of electronic music. The formation of Deep Dish Records eventually led to their DJ and production skills attracting the attention of then-pioneering Tribal America Records and culminated with Deep Dish mixing/appearing on the now classic Penetrate Deeper compilation. The doors for them flew wide open globally by 1995; with an anthemic remix of De'Lacy's "Hideaway" and numerous collaborations with old school friend Brian 'BT' Transeau, the name Deep Dish became synonymous with the flourishing `deep house' scene (a term which they helped expand the definition of).