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Fish Go Deep | |
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Origin | Cork, Ireland |
Genres | House, deep house, Chicago house |
Occupation(s) | DJ, producer, remixer |
Years active | 1988–present |
Labels | Go Deep, Ork Recordings |
Members | Greg Dowling Shane Johnson |
Website | fishgodeep.com |
Fish Go Deep are an Irish production duo consisting of Greg Dowling and Shane Johnson from Cork city. [1] They have been releasing house records under this name since 1997 and in 2006 reached number 1 on both the UK dance chart and indie chart and also reached number 23 in the singles chart with their track "The Cure and the Cause", with singer and co-songwriter Tracey K.
Both Dowling and Johnson played an integral part in the emergence of house music in Cork City between 1988 and 2001, and ran the "Sweat" night at Sir Henrys, which attracted acts such as Kerri Chandler, Arnold Jarvis, Laurent Garnier, DJ Deep, Jerome Sydenham, Roger Sanchez, Glenn Underground, Boo Williams, Cajmere, Gemini, Derrick May, Kevin Yost, Migs, Rasoul and Fred Everything.
Year | Title | Label |
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2004 | Lil' Hand | Ultrasound Recordings |
2012 | Draw the Line | |
2021 | This Bit of Earth |
Year | Title | Label | Notes |
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1994 | "In Motion" | Red Records | under Fishgotech alias |
1995 | "Silver" | ||
1997 | Vol. 1 | Eventual Records | as Fish Go Deep |
2000 | "Flying Funk" | i! Records | |
2001 | "Half Step" | Brique Rouge | |
"Let's Go Back" | Chez Music | ||
"Music's Got Me" | Gourmet Recordings | ||
"Set the Night On" | i! Records | ||
"There for Me" | |||
2002 | "How Do You Feel?" | Elevation Recordings | |
"No Big Deal / Dollface" | Brique Rouge | ||
"The Jazz" | i! Records | ||
"Sin’s I’ve Lost" | Imperial Dub Recordings | as DSP | |
2003 | "3 Miles" | Attic Space | as Fish Go Deep |
"Nights Like These" | Inspirit Music | ||
"The Layback" | i! Records | ||
Sound Scapes: Ireland | Deep House Network Records | ||
2004 | "2 Dings / Andavar" | Gourmet Recordings | |
"Hey Mr California" | Blusoul Music | ||
2005 | "Culture Bug" | Ork Recordings | |
"The Cure and the Cause" | Go Deep | ||
"Battery Man" | Ultrasound Recordings | ||
2006 | "Soul" | Ork Recordings | |
"Chemical God" | Go Deep | ||
"Wurk" | Ork Recordings | ||
2007 | "Disco / ESL" | ||
2008 | "Battery Man" | Go Deep | New mixes of the live classic. |
2009 | "Final Tide" | Go Deep | as Fish Go Deep |
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