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Biography

distinguish2|the American rapper Tyga Refimprove|date=February 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Tiga| image = Tiga (3).jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = Tiga James Sontag| alias =| Born = 1974| death_date =| origin = Montreal , Quebec , Canada | instrument =| genre = Tech House , Electro house , Acid House ,| occupation = Record producer|Producer , Disc jockey|DJ | years_active = 2001–present| label = Turbo Recordings, PIAS Records|PIAS Recordings | associated_acts = Tiga & Zyntherius, The Dove, TGV, Rainer Werner Bassfinder, ZZT, Massimo Massivi| website = http://www.tiga.ca| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Tiga (IPAc-en|icon|'|t|i?|g|?) is the stage name of Montreal -bornJeffries, David. "Allmusic|class=artist|id=tiga-p365073/biography|pure_url=yes Tiga: Biography", Allmusic . Retrieved December 4, 2010. Disc jockey|DJ / Record producer|producer Tiga James Sontag (born 1974). His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year|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 cover version|covers of Nelly 's " Hot in Herre " and Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart 's " Sunglasses at Night ". He produces his own material, but has also worked with Jori Hulkkonen|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 Soulwax|Stephen and David Dewaele from Soulwax , who produced several tracks on Tiga's debut album Sexor and his second album, Ciao& #33; (Tiga album)|Ciao! . His song " 3 Weeks (song)|3 Weeks " has received repeated airplay in night clubs. His song "You Gonna Want Me" was featured on CTV's So You Think You Can Dance Canada commercial.

In 2009, he released his second album, Ciao& #33; (Tiga album)|Ciao! , with production from Soulwax , James Murphy (electronic musician)|James Murphy , Jesper Dahlbäck , and Montreal native Gonzales.

In February 2010, his remix of Boys Noize 's "Transmission" was released on Boys Noize Records .

Tiga also produces music in collaboration with Zombie Nation (band)|Zombie Nation under the pseudonym ZZT. Their debut album, PARTYS OVER EARTH, was released in November 2011.

Tiga performed at the Field_Day_(Sydney_festival)|Field Day music festival in Sydney , Australia on New Years Day 2012 http://fuzzy.com.au/coming-up/252/info.

Discography


Commons category|Tiga

Albums


  • Sexor (2006)

  • Ciao& #33; (Tiga album)|Ciao! (2009)


    • DJ mix compilations


  • Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 1 (1998)

  • Mixed Emotions: Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 5 (2000)

  • American Gigolo (album)|American Gigolo (2001)

  • DJ-Kicks: Tiga (2002)

  • INTHEMIX.05 (2005)


    • Singles


  • "Sunglasses at Night" (2001), with Jori Hulkkonen , as Tiga & Zyntherius ( UK Singles Chart|UK #25)cite book

    • | first= David
    | last= Roberts
    | year= 2006
    | title= British Hit Singles & Albums
    | edition= 19th
    | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
    | location= London
    | isbn= 1-904994-10-5
    | page= 559
  • "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 (duo)|ZZT with Zombie Nation (band)|Zombie Nation , including Justice (French band)|Justice remix.

  • " Mind Dimension " (2008) (featuring special guest Jori Hulkkonen)

  • "The Worm" (2008), as ZZT (duo)|ZZT with Zombie Nation (band)|Zombie Nation

  • " Shoes (Tiga Song)|Shoes " (2009) (featuring special guests Soulwax & Gonzales)

  • "What You Need" (2009)

  • "Beep Beep Beep" (2009)

  • "Sex 'O Clock" (2010)

  • "ZZafrika" (2010), as ZZT (duo)|ZZT with Zombie Nation (band)|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 (duo)|ZZT with Zombie Nation (band)|Zombie Nation

  • "Partys Over Los Angeles" (2011), as ZZT (duo)|ZZT with Zombie Nation (band)|Zombie Nation


    • 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 remix es for artists such as Bran Van 3000 , Depeche Mode , Dannii Minogue , Scissor Sisters , Peaches (musician)|Peaches , Felix Da Housecat , Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire , Soulwax , LCD Soundsystem , FC Kahuna , Télépopmusik , Märtini Brös. and Peter Benisch|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 (band)|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 (band)|FPU - Ocean Drive (Tiga's White Linen Vox)

  • Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag (Tiga & Zyntherius Radio mix)

  • Alpinestars (band)|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 (band)|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 (band)|Crossover - Phostographt (Tiga's Revenge)

  • Märtini Brös. - Big and Dirty (Tiga Remix)

  • Peaches (musician)|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 (musician)|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 (musician)|Robert Owens - Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Tiga Mix)

  • The Killers - Bones (The Killers song)|Bones (Tiga Mix)

  • Alter Ego - Gary (song)|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)


    • References


    Reflist

    External links


  • http://www.tiga.ca Tiga's official website

  • http://www.turborecordings.com Official website for Turbo Recordings

  • http://www.youtube.com/officialtiga Official Tiga YouTube channel

  • Discogs artist|artist=Tiga|name=Tiga

  • http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx? csid1=80& csid2=778& fid Tiga Interview May 2006

  • http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Tiga Tiga on RCRD LBL


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