Tiga

Tiga (pronounced /ˈtiːɡə/) 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

He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount. Before producing music, he was involved in the promotion of rave parties in his native city during the early 1990s, also Tiga was involved in the creation of world renowned afterhours club SONA. In 1994, he opened a record store named 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" but also for 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 Mateo Murphy (with whom Tiga forms the duo TGV) and Jesper Dahlbäck, who had produced many of Tiga's newer remixes. Tiga is also good friends with Stephen and David Dewaele from Soulwax, who produced about half of the tracks on Tiga's debut album Sexor. His song "3 Weeks" has received repeated airplay in night clubs. Soulwax are currently producing Tiga's second album. His song "You Gonna Want Me" is featured on CTV's So You Think You Can Dance Canada commercial.

As of late 2008, Tiga has continued to produce music in collaboration with Zombie Nation under the pseudonym ZZT; Two 12" releases have resulted from the collaboration.

Discography

Albums

• Sexor (2006)
• Ciao! (2009)

DJ Mix Compilations

• Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 1 (1998)
• Mixed Emotions: Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 5 (2000)
• American Gigolo (2002)
• 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)

Remixes

Tiga has also mixed a DJ-Kicks compilation album and appeared on Richard X's album Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 and Jori Hulkkonen's Different. He has provided remixes for artists such as Bran Van 3000, Depeche Mode, Dannii Minogue, Scissor Sisters, Peaches, Felix Da Housecat, Cabaret Voltaire, Soulwax, LCD Soundsystem, FC Kahuna, Télépopmusik, Märtini Brös. and FPU.

• 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 - 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)
• Alex Kid - 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)

External links

• Tiga's Official Website
• Official Website for Turbo Recordings
• Official Tiga Youtube Channel
• Tiga at Discogs
• Tiga Biography on Allmusic