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Tiga biography

Tiga () is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag (born 1974). His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.

Career

Before producing music, Tiga was involved in the promotion of rave parties in his native city during the early 1990s. Tiga was also a key figure in the creation of the world-renowned after-hours club SONA. In 1994, he opened a record store called DNA Records, and in 1998, founded his own label, Turbo Recordings.

Tiga is widely known for his remixes: Tomas Andersson's "Washing Up", Scissor Sisters' "Comfortably Numb" and Felix da Housecat's "Madame Hollywood", as well as his covers of Nelly's "Hot in Herre" and Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night". He produces his own material, but has also worked with Zyntherius, Richard X and Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters. He has frequently collaborated with Jesper Dahlbäck, who co-produces many of Tiga's remixes. Tiga is also good friends with Stephen and David Dewaele from Soulwax, who produced several tracks on Tiga's debut album Sexor and his second album, Ciao!.

In 2009, he released his second album, Ciao!, with production from Soulwax, James Murphy, Jesper Dahlbäck, and Chilly Gonzales.

Tiga also produces music in collaboration with Zombie Nation under the pseudonym ZZT. Their debut album, Partys Over Earth, was released on Turbo Recordings in November 2011.

Albums

  • Sexor (2006)
  • Ciao! (2009)

DJ mix compilations

  • Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 1 (1998)
  • Mixed Emotions: Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 5 (2000)
  • American Gigolo (2001)
  • DJ-Kicks: Tiga (2002)
  • INTHEMIX.05 (2005)

Singles

  • "Sunglasses at Night" (2001), with Jori Hulkkonen, as Tiga & Zyntherius (UK #25)
    • "TGV EP" (2002), as TGV, with Mateo Murphy
    • "DJ-Kicks Promo" (2002), with Mateo Murphy
    • "Running out of Time EP" (2003), as TGV, with Mateo Murphy
    • "Hot in Herre" (2003), with Mateo Murphy and Jake Shears, (UK #46)
    • "Burning Down" (2003), with Richard X
    • "Pleasure from the Bass" (2004), with Jesper Dahlbäck, (UK #57)
    • "Louder than a Bomb" (2005), with Jesper Dahlbäck
    • "You Gonna Want Me" (2005), with Soulwax and Jake Shears, (UK #64, AUS #65)
    • "Good as Gold" (2005), with Soulwax
    • "Far From Home" (2006), (UK #65, AUS #69)
    • "3 Weeks" (2006), with remixes by Jesper Dahlbäck, Booka Shade and Troy Pierce
    • "Move My Body" (2006) including the original Only4Erol mix and a Boys Noize remix.
    • "Lower State of Consciousness" (2007) as ZZT with Zombie Nation, including Justice remix.
    • "Mind Dimension" (2008) (featuring special guest Jori Hulkkonen)
    • "The Worm" (2008), as ZZT with Zombie Nation
    • "Shoes" (2009) (featuring special guests Soulwax & Gonzales)
    • "What You Need" (2009)
    • "Beep Beep Beep" (2009)
    • "Sex 'O Clock" (2010)
    • "ZZafrika" (2010), as ZZT with Zombie Nation
    • "Hands Up" (2010), as Massimo Massivi with Jesper Dahlbäck
    • "Girl at a Party with Siren" (2011), as The Dove with Jesper Dahlbäck
    • "Vulkan Alarm!" (2011), as ZZT with Zombie Nation
    • "Partys Over Los Angeles" (2011), as ZZT with Zombie Nation

    Remixes

    Tiga has provided remixes for artists such as Depeche Mode, LCD Soundsystem, Pet Shop Boys, The xx, Scissor Sisters, Peaches, Felix Da Housecat, Cabaret Voltaire, and Soulwax.
    • Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in L.A." (Tiga, Mateo and Delage's Sinking In LA Dub)
    • Märtini Brös. - "Flash" (Tiga's Acid Flashback mix)
    • Komma 8 Komma 1 - "Popmusic" (TGV Vocal mix)
    • The Devils - "Come Alive" (Tiga Swears Lies Remix)
    • LCD Soundsystem - "Beat Connection" (Tiga Edit)
    • FC Kahuna - "Machine Says Yes" (Tiga's Unreleased Mix)
    • Felix Da Housecat featuring Miss Kittin - "Madame Hollywood" (Tiga's Mister Hollywood Version)
    • FPU - "Ocean Drive" (Tiga's White Linen Vox)
    • Cabaret Voltaire - "Nag Nag Nag" (Tiga & Zyntherius Radio mix)
    • Alpinestars - "Snow Patrol" (Tiga TGV Disco Patrol dub)
    • Dannii Minogue - "Put The Needle On It" (Tiga's Cookies Dub Edit)
    • Linda Lamb - "Hot Room" (Tiga remix)
    • FPU - "Race Car" (TGV Join The Race Remix) / (TGV Dub)
    • Alexkid - "Come With Me" (Tiga vs Etoy Acideathravefuckinglive mix)
    • Scissor Sisters - "Comfortably Numb" (Tiga remix) / (Tiga Dub)
    • Märtini Brös. - "Flash" (Tiga's Unholy Trinity Mix)
    • Télépopmusik - "Breathe" (TGV Remix)
    • The Neon Judgement - "TV Treated" (Tiga's Recovered Vox) / (Tiga's Dub for Ivan)
    • Crossover - "Phostographt" (Tiga's Revenge)
    • Märtini Brös. - "Big and Dirty" (Tiga Remix)
    • Peaches - "Shake Yer Dix" (Tiga's Where Were You in '92 Remix) / (Tiga's Where Were You in '92 Instrumental mix)
    • Seelenluft - "I Can See Clearly Now" (Tiga Remix)
    • Drama Society feat. Turner - "Crying Hero" (Tiga Remix)
    • Junior Jack feat. Robert Smith - "Da Hype" (Tiga remix)
    • Drinking Electricity - "Breakout" (Tiga edit)
    • La Oreja de Van Gogh - "Bonustrack" (Tiga's Vocal Mix)
    • Soulwax - "E Talking" (Tiga's Disco Drama remix)
    • Tomas Andersson - "Washing Up" (Tiga's Na Na Na Na Na Remix)
    • Zdar - "Don't U Want" (Tiga remix)
    • LCD Soundsystem - "Tribulations" (Tiga's Out Of The Trance Closet mix)
    • The Kills - "The Good Ones" (Tiga Remix)
    • Mylo - "Muscle Car" (Tiga remix)
    • Depeche Mode - "Shake The Disease" (Tiga Remix)
    • Moby - "Where You End" (Tiga's All That I Need Is To Be Sampled mix) / (Tiga's All That I Need Is To Be Dubbed mix)
    • Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well" (Tiga Remix)
    • Pet Shop Boys - "Minimal" (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L Remix) / (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L Dub)
    • Coldcut ft. Robert Owens - "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" (Tiga Mix)
    • The Killers - "Bones'' (Tiga Mix)
    • Alter Ego - "Gary" (Tiga's Italia 90 Mix)
    • Fever Ray - "Triangle Walks" (Tiga's 1-2-3-4 Remix)
    • Miike Snow - "Black & Blue" (Tiga Remix)
    • The Prodigy - "Thunder" (Tiga Remix)
    • Boys Noize - "Transmission" (Tiga Remix)
    • Jamie Lidell - "I Wanna Be Your Telephone" (Tiga's Party Like It's 19909 Remix)
    • The xx - "Shelter" (Tiga Remix)
    • LCD Soundsystem - "I Can Change" (Tiga Remix)
    • Friendly Fires - "Blue Cassette" (Tiga Remix)
    • Azari & III - "Reckless (With Your Love)" (Tiga Remix)
    • Footprintz - "Dangers of the Mouth" (Tiga Remix)

    References

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