Tayebi" Artist's role to entertain
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From Iran, with love
Sharam Tayebi, one half of successful Iranian-American DJ duo Deep Dish coming to Israel for show at Tel Aviv's ZiZi club, just do not ask him about politics
These days, putting the words 'Iran'
and 'Israel'
together in the same sentence does not usually bode well yet it appears that there are exceptions.
Sharam Tayebi, one half of the successful Iranian-American DJ duo Deep Dish is coming to Israel for a show at Tel Aviv's ZiZi club. Speaking to Yedioth Ahronoth he says he has many good friends in Israel and that coming here is always an experience.
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He noted that he had not visited Tel Aviv in quite some time and that he couldn't wait to reconnect with his fans.
At a time when a large number of artists have been calling for a boycott on Israel Tayebi has a more pragmatic view, saying that it was an artist's role to entertain other people and that people were not the ones usually responsible for the global situation.
He added that when you meet people you realize that everyone is equal and that everyone just wants to live and have a good time.
Tayebi and his family escaped the Islamic Revolution when he was 14 and headed to the US. He says that he remembers the confusion after the revolution and the fact that western music was scarce and seeing a movie was impossible. He noted that one of his favorite activities was finding underground movies and music.
Tayebi and his partner in Deep Dish Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia parted ways at the height of their success in 2005, but he says they are still friends and may work together again in the future. Since then Sharam put out a number of records and is working on his newest album. He also continues touring and performing.
In Brazil he even performed for 10 hours straight and stated that people are used to someone coming and leaving relatively quickly. After the audience understood I had no plans to leave, they were excited and enthusiastic."
Asked whether he believed a war would soon break out between Iran and Israel Tayebi said that while he read about the regional developments, he tried not to get into it claiming that he does not know much about politics and added that he hoped everything would work out in the end.
