About Tiga
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
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ORIGIN
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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GENRE
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Dance
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BORN
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Based in Montreal, Tiga is a DJ/producer who has effectively worked the
underground and the mainstream with his wry brand of campy electro and
stark techno. Born in Montreal, Canada, Tiga's first exposure to his
future came from touring the Goa area of India with his DJ father
throughout the '80s. Following in his father's footsteps, Tiga began
spinning in Montreal's cooler clubs in the early '90s, bringing the acid
house sound to Canada. Seeing as how there weren't any events like the
Goa parties he had attended, the DJ made his own and later was credited
with throwing Canada's first proper rave. The events continued as Tiga
opened one of the earliest techno-only record stores, DNA, and he also
started the Turbo label with fellow DJ Mark Dillon. The DJ was
comfortable playing and releasing other people's music and didn't
seriously concentrate on creating his own tunes until the 2000s. After
spinning Miss Kittin & the Hacker's version of Eurythmics' "Sweet
Dreams" at a club, Tiga had the idea to record some kind of cover
version with Finnish DJ and friend Jori Hulkkonen. A day in the studio
yielded a disappointing version of Prince's "When Doves Cry" and a
better version of U2's "New Years Day," but it was their version of
fellow Montreal resident Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night" that the duo
decided to release in 2001 under the name Tiga & Zyntherius. It was
a huge hit and Tiga rounded out the year with two successful mix CDs,
American Gigolo and Mixed Emotions. Interviews, remixes, and touring
kept the DJ busy until he helmed an edition of K7's successful mix CD
series DJ Kicks. In the DJ Kicks tradition, he recorded one new track,
"Man Hrdina," for the album, which the label released as a single. Most
DJs chose the single's B-side, an electro version of Nelly's "Hot in
Herre," and both the single and the mix CD were re-released to feature
the surprise smash hit. The relentless schedule of a successful DJ meant
Tiga's debut full-length album didn't come until 2006. Sexor, which
featured co-productions by Soulwax and Jesper Dahlbäck and had an
obvious nod to Bryan Ferry on the cover, won the 2007 Juno Award for
Dance Recording of the Year despite its relative lukewarm critical
reception. It was around this time that Tiga began to collaborate with
the Munich-based producer Zombie Nation, working as a duo under the name
ZZT. They would put out a steady stream of EPs on Tiga's own Turbo
imprint over the next few years, the first of which, "Lower State of
Consciousness," was a maximal update of Josh Wink's "Higher State of
Consciousness" and was treated to a Justice remix on the B-side.
Returning to his solo work in 2009, Tiga's second album Ciao!, also on
his own Turbo label, fared rather better than his debut, and boasted
James Murphy on the songwriting and production credits of two tracks. No
Fantasy Required, his third solo effort, emerged in 2016 and
significantly upped the ante in terms of guests, featuring long-time
collaborator Jori Hulkkonen as well as acid purists Paranoid London,
Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters, Matthew Dear, and — as heard on the
ominously trippy lead single "Planet E"
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