DJ Kicks - Tiga (Mixed By Tiga)

Tiga

Genre: music4me > Dance > Dance

Format: CD Album

Released: Sat 1 May 2010

Catalogue Number: K7142CDX

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Description:
When he gained a surprise hit in Europe with his jokey cover of "Sunglasses at Night" (produced with Jori Hulkkonen, as Tiga & Zyntherius), Tiga began receiving the kind of attention most techno producers don't want: mainstream attention. The campaign to rescue his underground reputation began with this edition in the increasingly essential DJ-Kicks series. His third mix album, it doesn't have much in common with the mimimalist techno and electro of Mixed Emotions (on his own Ultra label) or the throwback American Gigolo (another favor to the Gigolo label he'd blessed with its biggest hit single in five years of business). Tiga spends his time on DJ-Kicks digging deep into the dance underground, staying far away from the type of crossover electro that soon became more about fashion spreads than phono jacks, and quickly halted the momentum of true artists like Felix da Housecat, Christopher Just, and DJ Hell. An understated blend of tech-house with streamlined electro and occasionally a synth-pop nugget, DJ-Kicks aims for the mind instead of the gut and deftly hits its target: to avoid the present tense of contemporary musical trends and simply exist as great music. Easing the way are remixes from a trio of artists with the same viewpoint as Tiga's on the existence of electro as a blessing and a curse -- Detroit neo-electro heroes Adult. and Mo' Wax survivors Playgroup and DFA (the latter with a crucial version of Le Tigre's "Deceptacon"). Still, listeners will have to wait nearly an hour for the best (remix, that is), of Märtini Brös' "The Biggest Fan" by Black Strobe. By making sure any commercial impulses are subverted to the will of musical excellence, he's ensured he won't be forgotten by the fans; bring on the Tiga & Zyntherius cover of "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"! John Bush.

Details:

Distributors: Republic Of Music, Universal Music
Discs: 1
Release Year: 2008

Track Listing:

1.	Radio Jolly (Adult de-Funked Remix) - Jolly Music
2.	You're So Gangsta (Playgroup Instrumental) - Chromeo
3.	Ich und Elaine (2raumwohnung Club Mix) - 2raumwohnung
4.	Big Fake - Traffic Signs
5.	Hot in Herre
6.	You (Vocal) - Tutto Matto
7.	Shemale (Black Strobe Remix) - Sir Drew
8.	Deception (Dfa Remix) - Le Tigre
9.	So - Soft Cell
10.	Dubby Disco - Antonelli Electronics
11.	Sacrifice - Break 3000
12.	Dying in Beauty - Tiga & Zyntherius
13.	Time Has Changed - Codec & Flexor
14.	Devices - Finlow, Carl A.
15.	Rather Be - Crowd Pleaser & St. Plomb/Selfish in Bed
16.	Shake a Leg - Crowd Pleaser & St. Plomb
17.	Unconditional Discipline of the Bastard Prince - Volga Select
18.	Lowrider - Offpop
19.	Home Again - Mandy
20.	Mispent Years - Schatrax
21.	Man Hrdina (DJ Kicks Track)
22.	Ikea - Swayzak
23.	Bang Bang Lover (Dance Mix) - Manier, Charles
24.	Biggest Fan (Black Strobe Mix) - Martini Bros.
25.	Madame Hollywood (Tiga's Mr. Hollywood Version)