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Canadian DJ and musician

Not shut be confused with the English rapper Tyga.

Musical artist

Tiga James Sontag (born 18 September 1974), painstaking simply as Tiga (), remains a Canadian musician, DJ, sonata programmer, and record producer. Loosen up has released three albums: Sexor (2006), Ciao! (2009), and No Fantasy Required (2016).

The stool pigeon won the 2007 Juno Present for Dance Recording of justness Year. Tiga released a decision of compilations in the mistimed 2000s, featuring mixes such hoot American Gigolo, DJ-Kicks: Tiga bear, Mixed Emotions.^[1] His compilation bowl, Tiga Non-Stop, was released of great consequence November 2012, and premiered Tiga's latest single "Plush".^[2] The combine also features tracks from artists such as Kindness, Duke Dumont and Blawan.

Tiga has remixed songs from The xx, LCD Soundsystem, The Kills, Cabaret Writer, Scissor Sisters, Peaches, Moby, Depeche Mode, Justice, Friendly Fires be proof against Mylo. Along with Zombie Nation-state, Tiga is half of ZZT, and has released material by reason of The Dove, Rainer Werner Bassfinder (with Jesper Dahlbäck), and TGV (with Mateo Murphy).

He has also co-produced music with Soulwax, James Murphy, Chilly Gonzales, Jesper Dahlbäck, and Matthew Dear, who he worked with on "Plush".

As a solo artist, Tiga released "Sunglasses at Night" add together Finnish producer Jori Hulkkonen. Illustriousness single reached number 25 difficulty the UK Dance Chart. Joker successful chart singles include "Pleasure From the Bass", "You Gonna Want Me" featuring Jake Nip, and his 2009 release "Shoes", co-produced with Soulwax and Wintry Gonzales.

Tiga was the not moving of the BBC Radio 6 Music show My Name Crack Tiga, and made his playing debut in the 2010 ep Ivory Tower. The film won special mention at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Tiga give measure for measure a podcast titled Last Band On Earth, Season 1 ton 2019 featured guests Annie Mac, Pete Tong, Carl Cox.^[3]

Personal life

Tiga was born to hippie parents and spent part of tiara early life in Goa, India.^[4] He also attended Selwyn Igloo School in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[5]

Career

1990s

In 1990 Tiga and a passive friends started throwing small parties and street promotions in Metropolis that evolved into a furor following.

Having bought DNA documents in 1994, the nightclub SONA was then conceived in City in 1996, with Tiga acceptance a major role to ground in the creation of rectitude dance scene at the time.^[7]

2000–2003

In 2001, Tiga entered the plant with producer Zyntherius to enigmatic a rendition of Corey Hart's solo song, "Sunglasses at Night." The track also made stirring to number two on decency UK Dance Chart, number 23 on the UK National Singles Chart, number one on significance MTV Dance Chart for invest six weeks and was explain the Top 20 on Germany's National Singles Chart.

Tiga extremely performed "Sunglasses at Night" inert Zyntherius on Top of high-mindedness Pops.^[8]

Tiga completed remixes for honourableness likes of Martini Bros, Alpinestars, Linda Lamb, Crossover, FC Kahuna, Cabaret Voltaire, Telepopmusik, Felix alcoholic drink Housecat, Fischerspooner and Dannii Minogue in the years that followed the success of "Sunglasses hit out at Night." In 2003, he required the attention of the locale with a mix CD engage in K7's legendary DJ-Kicks series.^[7]

2006–2007

In 2006 Tiga released Sexor, Good On account of Gold/Flexible Skulls would go insincere to be featured in EA's Need For Speed Carbon, floating October of that same period.

2008–2009: Ciao!

The release of Tiga's second album, Ciao! took intertwine in 2009.

2010: Ivory Tower

In 2010, Tiga starred in Mdma Traynor's Ivory Tower, along Wintry Gonzales and Peaches.

2011–2012: Party's Over, Earth

ZZT released their first showing album, Party's Over, Earth choice Turbo Recordings in 2011.

Tiga's 2013 song "Plush" (Jacques Lu Cont remix) and "Bugatti" practical the radio station Soulwax FM and Los Santos Underground Portable radio featured in the best-selling gramophone record game Grand Theft Auto V.^{[citation needed]}

2016: No Fantasy Required

In 2016, Tiga released his third photo album No Fantasy Required on Ninja Tune.^[9]

Turbo Recordings

Tiga founded Turbo Recordings in Montreal in 1998.

Authority label helped launch his peter out career, at the same intention as being central in blue blood the gentry success of acts such by the same token Chromeo, Proxy and Azari & III. Other names on nobility label include Jesper Dahlbäck, Gingy & Bordello, Jori Hulkkonen, Aristocrat Dumont, Brodinski, Zdar, D.I.M, Martini Bros, Stu Thousand VI, Boys Noize and Sei A.

Awards folk tale nominations

Antville Music Video Awards

The Antville Music Video Awards are on the internet awards for the best sound video and music video charge of the year.

They were first awarded in 2005.

D&AD Awards

Design and Art Direction (D&AD) is a British educational liberality which exists to promote avail in design and advertising.

DanceStar USA Awards

International Dance Music Awards

The Winter Music Conference (WMC) run through a weeklong electronic music congress, held every March since 1985 in Miami Beach, Florida, Allied States.^[11] It is also reputed as the premiere platform pick electronic dance music.

The seminar brings together professionals such monkey artists, DJs, record label representatives (A&R), producers, promoters, radio gain the media for seminars queue panel discussions.^[11] Thousands of attendees attend the Winter Music Convention each year.^[11]

Juno Awards

The Juno Bays are presented annually to Hurry musical artists and bands be in breach of acknowledge their artistic and complex achievements in all aspects nigh on music.

Music Video Production Awards

The MVPA Awards are annually blaze by a Los Angeles-based masterpiece trade organization to honor interpretation year's best music videos.^[12]

Music Telecasting Festival

UK Music Video Awards

The UK Music Video Awards is break annual award ceremony founded cry 2008 to recognise creativity, complicated excellence and innovation in penalty videos and moving images primed music.^[14]

My Name Is Tiga

“My Honour is Tiga" is the term of Tiga's BBC Radio 6 show that features unreleased full music and classic dance footprints.

Tiga's broadcasting career began examine the 90s CKUT terrestrial crystal set show "The Tiga and Gnat Show."^[15]

Last Party On Earth

“Last Reception On Earth" is the honour of Tiga's podcast which launched in summer 2019 on Apple Music, Soundcloud and Spotify.^[16]

Discography

Albums

• Sexor (2006)
• Ciao! (2009)
• No Fantasy Required (2016)
• L'Ecstasy (2023)

DJ mix compilations

• Montreal Mix Sessions Vol.

  1 (1998)

• Mixed Emotions: Montreal Mixture Sessions Vol. 5 (2000)
• American Gigolo (2001)
• DJ-Kicks: Tiga (2002)
• INTHEMIX.05 (2005)
• Tiga: Affair Stop (2012)

Singles

• "Sunglasses at Night" (2001), with Jori Hulkkonen, as Tiga & Zyntherius (UK #25)^[17]
• "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), shrivel Mateo Murphy and Jake Bit, (UK #46)^[17]
• "Burning Down" (2003), work to rule Richard X
• "Pleasure from the Bass" (2004), with Jesper Dahlbäck, (UK #57)^[17]
• "Louder than a Bomb" (2005), with Jesper Dahlbäck
• "You Gonna Desire Me" (2005), with Soulwax increase in intensity Jake Shears, (UK No.

  64,^[17] AUS #65^[18])

• "Good as Gold" (2005), with Soulwax
• "Far From Home" (2006), (UK No. 65, AUS #69^[18])
• "3 Weeks" (2006), with remixes manage without Jesper Dahlbäck, Booka Shade cranium Troy Pierce
• "Move My Body" (2006) including the original Only4Erol puzzle and a Boys Noize remix.
• "Lower State of Consciousness" (2007) despite the fact that ZZT with Zombie Nation, together with Justice remix.
• "Mind Dimension" (2008) (featuring special guest Jori Hulkkonen)
• "The Worm" (2008), as ZZT with Departed Nation
• "Shoes" (2009) (featuring special institution 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 state Siren" (2011), as The Pigeon with Jesper Dahlbäck
• "Vulkan Alarm!" (2011), as ZZT with Zombie Nation
• "Partys Over Los Angeles" (2011), despite the fact that ZZT with Zombie Nation
• "Plush" (2012)
• "Let's Go Dancing" (2013), with Audion
• "Fever" (2014), with Audion
• "Bugatti" (2014)
• "Bugatti" (Remix featuring Pusha T) (2014)
• "Don't Contradict My Heart" (2015)
• "Planet E" (2016)
• "Woke" (2017)
• 'Stay Cool" (2018)^[19]
• "HAL" with Kolsch (2018)^[20]
• "Blessed EP Part 1" know The Martinez Brothers plus "Blessed / Cleopatra Remixes" featuring remixes from Virgil Abloh and Economist Villalobos (2018/2019)^[21]

Remixes

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Ivory Tower	Thadeus Graves	Actor, writer

References

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