American Gigolo

• Artist: Tiga
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• Release Date: November 27, 2001
• Type: Mix-album
• Genre: Electronica

Review

The release of Turbo's joint project with International Deejay Gigolo records, American Gigolo, comes at a rather opportune time. Almost all of the label's artists picked up considerable steam in 2001 when audiences found a renewed interest in electro-funk, from Bambataa and Fad Gadget to new players like Adult. and Fischerspooner. The aesthetic of each artist is tight, keeping the '80s' styles close in tow and its technology even closer. American Gigolo is Montreal DJ Tiga's mixed disc of releases from DJ Hell's neo-new wave stalwart International Deejay Gigolo label. And unsurprisingly, Tiga delivers a consistent block of highbrow, low-tech bleeps and bloops melded in such a way that you can only imagine the set being mixed in a London superclub circa 1984. Like the records on his own Turbo label, Tiga maintains his fascination with analog flutters and stark beats. But here he has almost totally forgone the Detroit techno rhythms that he often favors -- partly because IDG's first love is electro-pop. Along with Tiga's own cover of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night" are a few tracks from IDG's biggest successes, the trash-chic Miss Kittin & the Hacker and Fischerspooner. These additions are hardly used as a selling point for the label itself. Instead, they are woven skillfully between numbers by DMX Krew, the Advent, Tuxedomoon, and Dopplereffekt, soundtracking an eerie journey through the past and into the data-encoded future. ~ Ken Taylor, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Hot Roon [Tiga Remix]	Linda Lamb	Linda Lamb	(4:57)
Electric Day	Trike	Audiomatic, Trike	(2:53)
What Use [Ectomorph RMX]	Blaine L. Reininger, Peter Principle	Tuxedomoon	(2:03)
Cold Heart, Pt. 2	Ed DMX	DMX Krew	(1:17)
Pornoactress	Rudolf Klorzeiger	Dopplereffekt	(2:07)
Talk Back	Trike	Trike	(1:04)
Boing Bun Tschag		DJ Naughty	(1:33)
Sunglasses at Night	Corey Hart	Tiga, Zyntherius	(4:44)
Shylight	Kevin Ross		(2:28)
Communicate [Classic Mix]		Fillippo Moscatello	(5:44)
Frank Sinatra [2001]	Michel Amato, Caroline Herve	Miss Kittin	(1:58)
Vicious Game	David Carretta	David Carretta	(1:30)
I'm a Disco Dancer (And a Sweet Romancer)	Christopher Just	Christopher Just	(2:47)
Elektronisches Zeitechno	Heinrich Müller		(3:27)
You Prefer Cocaine	Pascal Arbez	Vitalic	(4:41)
Soul on Soul [The Hacker Remix]	Ferry Corsten, Marc Almond	Marc Almond, System F	(5:47)
In Range	Cisco Ferreira	The Advent	(1:59)
Gratin Dauphinois	Michel Amato, Caroline Herve	Miss Kittin	(2:26)
Stock Exchange	Michel Amato, Caroline Herve	Miss Kittin	(5:09)
Poney, Pt. 1	Pascal Arbez	Vitalic	(2:14)
Theme from "2000"	Jeff Mills	Jeff Mills	(2:15)
Out in the Space	Terence Fixmer	Terence Fixmer	(2:21)
Aspiration	David Carretta	David Carretta	(:26)
Metal Disco Class	David Carretta	David Carretta	(5:00)
Emerge (Lyrics)	Warren Fischer, Casey Spooner	Fischerspooner	(3:18)

Credits

Casey Spooner (Producer), Benno (Design), Jori Hulkkonen (Producer), Trike (Producer), Lizzy Yoder (Vocals), Tiga (Producer), Ed DMX (Producer), Louis Dufort (Mastering), Tuxedomoon (Performer), Tiga (Remixing), Linda Lamb (Producer), Jeff Mills (Producer), Marc Almond (Performer), Tiga (Compilation), Terence Fixmer (Producer), Caroline Herve (Producer), Tiga (Direction), Audiomatic (Performer), DJ Naughty (Performer), Matt Murphy (Remixing), The Advent (Performer), DMX Krew (Performer), Christopher Just (Producer), Benno (Graphic Design), Benno (Realization), System F (Performer), Stefan Betke (Mastering), Ectomorph (Remixing), Rudolf Klorzeiger (Producer), David Carretta (Producer), Warren Fischer (Producer), Pascal Arbez (Producer), Michel Amato (Producer), Dopplereffekt (Performer), Tiga (Mixing), Tiga (DJ), Kevin Ross (Producer), Cisco Ferreira (Producer), Fischerspooner (Performer)