1995–2004: Deep Dish As Deep Dish, Sharam and his musical partner Dubfire released their debut album,
Penetrate Deeper in 1995. Three years later came
Junk Science, featuring a collaboration with
Everything But The Girl's
Tracey Thorn. This track, called "Future of the Future (Stay Gold) debuted on the UK charts at #37. Between 1999 and 2003, Deep Dish released six DJ mix compilations including:
Cream Separates,
Yoshiesque,
Global Underground Moscow,
Yoshiesque 2, and
Global Underground Toronto.
2004–2006: George Is On On July 12, 2005, Deep Dish released
George Is On, which became their last album together for years. The album was proceeded by the single, "Flashdance," which went to #3 in the UK, and remained in the Top 10 for four weeks in 2004. Two other singles, "Say Hello" and "Dreams" with
Stevie Nicks both debuted at 14 in the UK.
George Is On and its singles were nominated for three Grammy Awards including Best Electronic Album, Best Single for "Say Hello" and Best Remix (David Guetta's remix of "Flashdance").
2006–2009: post-Deep Dish Sharam split from Dubfire and Deep Dish in 2006, and launched his solo career with the release of his own Global Underground mix compilation
Dubai GU29 on October 17. Sharam toured North America prior to the street date of
GU29. That same year, Sharam also released “P.A.T.T. (Party All The Time),” a cover of the
Eddie Murphy and
Rick James hit from 1985. His version contained vocals by
P. Diddy. The track became the most sought-after record of 2006
Winter Music Conference in Miami, as well as one of the biggest club records of the year. It debuted in the UK national charts at #8 on New Year's Eve 2006, stayed in the top 10 for 3 weeks and remained in the top 40 for 8 weeks.
2009–2014: Get Wild and Night & Day On May 5, 2009, Sharam's single, "She Came Along", led off his solo album,
Get Wild which hit stores February 17, 2009. The song, featuring American hip-hop recording artist
Kid Cudi, became a Top 20 international hit. and rose up the US club charts. Its release coincided with an international tour which took Sharam to locations such as Australia. Next, from his Mach EP series, a series of tracks were released, the two most notable being “M.I.T.T.” with
Shakira and “Fun” written by
Chris Martin of
Coldplay.
2014–2016: Deep Dish reunion, Spinnin' Deep and Retroactive In 2014, Sharam and Dubfire reunited Deep Dish, playing gigs in selected cities and recording new material, at the same time maintaining their solo work. Their first, new joint release in eight years was the single, "Quincy," which came out March 31, 2014 and musically reflected the diverse paths these two took in their hiatus. Two years later, Sharam released his next solo album,
Retroactive. Originally entitled
A Warehouse, with its new title, the album debuted on the
iTunes Dance Top 10 on its release day June 10, 2016. The single, "August House" was released 2015 on
Spinnin' Deep Records, with "August Dub" superseding it that month. In conjunction with his new album, Sharam hit the road for the "Retroactive Tour," beginning in San Diego in June and finishing in San Antonio at the end of August. Planned stops also include Mexico and Canada and is followed by a show in Ibiza, Spain.
2017: Collecti In 2017, Sharam released
Collecti, an album that marked a return to his techno-influenced roots. The album was released throughout the summer as three separate EP's each containing four original tracks, followed by a full album with a DJ mix version and bonus content in October.
Collecti debuted in the Top 20 on
iTunes Dance chart and showcased a total of fifteen original tracks, some of which were compiled from previous releases but most of which were created for the album. Sharam said of the album's creation: "These records are my dance floor experiments, my secret weapons, tracks that have been driving my sets." and a free master class at Los Angeles's IO Academy, where Sharam talked with students about the creation and production of some of the tracks on
Collecti. Of
Collecti Billboard wrote: "
Collecti (Part 3) consists of four pulsating cuts that lean more Detroit than Berlin and exhibit hypnotic percussion patterns alongside head-bobbing grooves."
Mixmag said that the album's track "Melodi" was, "a sophisticated, swelling tune that bounces from stripped back rises to bass-driven breakdowns." ==Discography==