Deep Dish, the duo from DC, responsible for the remix of De'Lacy's Hideaway that made it a chart hit, graced Manchester with their presence for the first time recently in a joint venture between premier house night Golden and Jockey Slut.

The crowd pulled by this attraction was, as expected, smaller than Bugged Out and Golden that followed on the two proceeding nights, but those there were anticipating the prospective blend of deep house and techno from Sharam and Ali (aka Dubfire).

Elliot Eastwick preceded their entry, playing his choice of house, before Dubfire stepped up to play his part of the set. Sticking with similar stuff to that which Eastwick had played, Dubfire started the Deep Dish set with deep house grooves.

The duo swapped over half way through with Sharam pleasing the crowd with a switch to harder house and techno. Displaying some nifty EQing, the crowd responded as he showed the attraction of Deep Dish, namely their ability to appeal to both house and techno fans alike with a display of seamless mixing, evident also from his partner earlier in the night.

During Sharam's set I took the opportunity to ask Dubfire the whereabouts of their first long player. Initially the album, called 'Junk Science' (on deConstruction), was due for a December release, but as yet it hasn't made it to the shelves. Dubfire explained that they have had to retouch a few tracks and that it will now be released in June.

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