Tiga

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Tiga (2007)

Tiga (* 1974 as Tiga Sontag ) is an international DJ and music producer in the field of electronic music ( electro , techno and house ) from Montreal , Canada .

He became known in Germany in 2001 for his remake of the 1980s hit Sunglasses at Night (original by Corey Hart ), as well as his remix of Nelly's song Hot in Herre . Tiga has its own record label called Turbo and has been a DJ since the early 1990s. He lived abroad for some time, including a long time in Goa (India). After his return to Montreal, his declared aim was to revitalize and internationalize the electronic scene in his home country.

Life

Tiga spent a long time with his father in Goa (India) in the 1980s, where he worked as a DJ . In the early 1990s he made his first own appearances as a DJ in Montreal. At that time he mostly played acid house. At the age of 18 he organized the first major raves in his home country and a concert by the artist Moby in Montreal. In the 1990s he ran his own club in his city called Sona. He had a regular radio show at CKUT, a University of Montreal radio station. Together with his artist colleague DNA, Tiga opened a record shop for techno and, with DJ Mark Dillon, he founded his label Turbo in 1998. Own compositions and productions followed only from the year 2000. The first production was a remake of the track When Doves Cry by Prince , the second a remake of New Years Day by the band U2 . Both these two productions and his first cover hit Sunglasses at Night from 2001 were produced together with the Finn Jori Hulkkonen , who also works under the name Zyntherius. Fashion icon Amanda Lepore can be seen in Sunglasses at Night's music video . Sunglasses at Night became an international hit with over 200,000 units sold and top ten placement in the German charts. His remix of Hot in Herre by the artist Nelly is also one of his better-known works.

Current activity

Tiga's label Turbo now works with 25 artists and has ten to 15 releases per year, both on CD and as records . He is touring around the world as a DJ and by 2006 had more than 1,000 appearances in 20 countries and 50 cities. According to him, the most profitable activities for him are mainly appearances as a guest DJ and also selling his own compositions. Together with the German music producer Zombie Nation , he founded the music project ZZT .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	Sexor	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 6, 2006
2009	Ciao!	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 27, 2009
2016	No Fantasy Required	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 4, 2016

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2002	TGV	as TGV feat. Mateo Murphy
2003	Running out of time	as TGV feat. Mateo Murphy

Mix tapes

• Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 1 (1998)
• Mixed Emotions: Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 5 (2000)
• American Gigolo (2001)
• DJ-Kicks: Tiga (2002)
• INTHEMIX.05 (2005)
• Sex O'Clock Remixes (2010)
• Tiga: Non Stop (2012)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2001	Sunglasses at Night	DE24 (14 weeks) DE	AT45 (7 weeks) AT	-	UK25 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 19, 2001 with Zyntherius
2003	Burning Down	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 24, 2003
	Hot in Herre	DE65 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 25, 2003
2004	Pleasure From The Bass Sexor	-	-	-	UK57 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 12, 2004
2005	Louder Than A Bomb Sexor	-	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 11, 2005
	You gonna want me sexor	-	-	-	UK64 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 2005
2006	Good As Gold Sexor	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 2006
	(Far From) Home Sexor	-	-	-	UK65 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 24, 2006
	3 Weeks Sexor	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 27, 2006
	Move my body	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 2006
2008	Mind Dimension Ciao!	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 2008
2009	Shoes Ciao!	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 3, 2009
	What You Need Ciao!	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 18, 2009
	Beep Beep Beep Ciao!	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 2009
2012	The Picture	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 27, 2012
	Plush	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 17, 2012
2013	Trust your body	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 23, 2013 with Jori Hulkkonen
	Let's go dancing	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 25, 2013 vs. Audion
2014	Fever	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 24th, 2014 with Audion
	Bugatti	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 5, 2014

Remixes

Tiga made remixes for Depeche Mode , Märtini Brös , Felix Da Housecat , Soulwax , LCD Soundsystem , Bran Van 3000 , Dannii Minogue , Scissor Sisters , Cabaret Voltaire , FPU , FC Kahuna , Télépopmusik and was remixed for the Pet Shop Boys commissioned with whom he toured in 2002.

Web links

• Tiga's homepage
• Tiga at Discogs (English)
• Gigolo Records - Tiga
• Tiga at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US