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As the son of a DJ, Tiga has always been around electronic music, touring with his father around Goa, India, in the 80s. Beginning to DJ in Canada in the 90s, Tiga saw that there was little to offer in regards to the rave scene, deciding to take matters in his own hands and organized his own parties, taking credit as one of the first people to throw Canada’s first proper rave. Tiga took things further, starting the techno-oriented record store, DNA, as wells the Turbo label, along with DJ Mark Dillon.
It was not until the 2000s that Tiga began to produce his own music, releasing the successful mixtapes, “American Gigolo” and “Mixed Emotions.” He also found a hit with his collaboration with Jori Hulkkonen, on a reinterpretation of Corey Hart’s “Sunglasses at Night,” as the duo, Tiga & Zyntherius, reaching number 23 on the UK Singles Chart. Tiga continued with his remixes and relentless touring, helping to keep him at the top of his game. A successful contribution to the K7 series of mixes, DJ Kicks, came out in 2003, making a big contribution to the current trends in the scene.
In 2006, Tiga released his debut album, "Sexor," which went on to win at the 2007 Juno Awards for 'Dance Recording of the Year.' "Ciao!" followed in 2009, again released to critical and commercial success, from both the underground and mainstream press. Tiga's duo with German techno producer, Zombie Nation, ZZT, released their debut record, "Party's Over Earth" in 2011, helping to expand Tiga's output. A new mix, "Tiga Non-Stop" followed in 2012, premiering his new single, "Plush," to great fanfare. As well as his solo output, Tiga is also the host of the popular BBC 6 Music show, "My Name is Tiga," to which he plays the hottest tracks in electronic music.
Alexander Ridha started producing and DJing at a young age. He supported Felix Da Housecat and DJ Hell under his previous pseudonym, Kid Alex. He was awarded the Independent Music Award in 2010 as well as the Best Electronic Artist award on Beatport for three consecutive years. His sound is unique and different, crossing over hip-hop with disco, as well as house.
It was in 2004 that Ridha released his first EP entitled “The Bomb/Boy New” under International Deejay Gigolo Records but shortly after, decided in later releases to maintain his freedom and establish his own label in 2005. He released his first full-length studio album, “Oi Oi Oi” in September 2007, and his sophomore album entitled “Power” between October 1st and October 17th 2009 in various countries from Japan to the UK, Belgium to the USA and Canada.
He was always gaining the attention of artists and new fans, building up his following over time, especially from remixes of works by David Lynch, N.E.R.D, Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk and more. He also had the opportunity to work with Kelis, Kano, The Black Eyed Peas and BIGBANG. It was his third studio album; “Out of the Black” released on October 16th 2012 that featured international superstar Snoop Dogg on the track “Got It”.
He broadened his horizons further embarking on a collaborative project with New York band, Scissor Sisters. He also formed a side project with Skrillex called Dog Blood. They performed at the 2013 Miami Ultra Music Festival.
In 2014, he did a composition for a German movie called Who Am I – No System Is Safe. He also released a remix album of “Out of the Black”.
Anna Lunoe is a perfect example of how electronica musicians need to be multi-talented if they want to survive. While making her living as a DJ, producer, singer and songwriter would be far more than most could handle, she's also spent time as a radio DJ and is a consummate live performer, having cut her teeth in numerous club slots in her native Australia. By the mid-2000's, she was making a name for herself in Australia, Europe and the U.S, and in 2009, Ministry Of Sound asked her to be the first woman to curate one of their mixes. The record ended up being “The Clubbers Guide To 2010”, and as if to ask why it took the Ministry so long to ask a woman to curate a mix of theirs, it was certified Gold in a matter of weeks.
In 2011 she started releasing her own original productions, and in 2012, she relocated from Australia to Los Angeles, California full time, and released her debut EP “Real Talk” soon after she arrived. The title track ended up being a number one hit on the Beatport Indie Dance chart for four months straight, and support slots with Diplo, Disclosure and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs followed among many others. To this day, Lunoe remains a hugely acclaimed artist by both her peers and critics alike, with acclaimed festival slots at Electric Forest to Coachella and sold out tours the world over to boot. She's set to be a major player in the world of electronica very soon, and for that, she comes highly recommended.
Hailing from Bangor, Wales, born, Alexander Paul Coe on September 4th 1969, is DJ Sasha. He stumbled across electronic dance music at an establishment called The Haçienda in Manchester. He naturally gravitated to the sound of acid house, with it’s raw sound. He would make regular trips to Manchester, and eventually moved to Disley just outside of the city. It was around this era that he began to teach himself how to mix. It was a gradual rise to success for Sasha, as he struggled financially, whilst trying to maintain his career performing at low paid gigs. Fortunately, he landed a residency at the Hacienda, but decided to move on to a club named Shelly’s Laserdome in Stoke-on-Trent. His music was growing, in popularity and musically, drawing influences from Italian piano and acid house. Through his efforts, he landed a recording contract.
Moving on, in 1993 he crossed paths with John Digweed another DJ on the circuit. Together they released “Renaissance – The Mix Collection”. The single “Be as One” which he produced with Maria Nayler on vocals, peaked at 17 in the UK Singles Chart. Sasha eventually came to the attention of Ministry of Sound, who released the album “Northern Exposure 2”, this earned the Sasha and Digweed an international tour, which notably cemented and crafted the sound of trance. They earned themselves a residency at Twilo nightclub in New York City. It was around this time that Sasha produced remixes of Madonna’s “Ray of Light”, and also went on to score the PlayStation games Wipeout 3 and Gran Turismo. This was now the age of “superstar DJs”.
Following further international tours, and a successful album, the 2000s saw Sasha part ways with Digweed, and continue working on his own success. He released his sophomore album of original material, entitled “Airdrawndagger” in August 2002. It was pursuing another style of music, a less heavy and more ambient project. “Involver” was his following project, released in 2004, which was debated amongst the Grammy committee as to whether it was up for an award; unfortunately it didn’t receive a nomination.
Sasha’s career took all sorts of twists and turns, especially with his September 8th 2008 release, “Invol2ver”, which was more of a progressive house record. He is always voted into the top 10 DJs in the world in the DJMag each year, achieving the top spot in 2000.
Absolutely phenomenal awe inspiring non stop dance. Smile on everyone’s faces. Happiness joy and movement everywhere. I’d see him every weekend!
Sound was fantastic at Vinyl. Not too many lights so you could focus on the music.
His set list is killer!
Also DD & Sonny Fedora got up together & played Duke Dumont “red light.”
It was insane!
Canadian DJ-producer Tiga (real name: Tiga James Sontag) has messed around with almost every subgenre of electronic dance music, but he’s perhaps best known for his work in electro. He’s been in the game a long time; long before electro, electro house, etc, had filtered into the mainstream. I held some of his early productions in the same high regard and some of the first Justice tracks, and his mix compilations in the early noughties were some of the best from that time, as were his remixes. Of course Tiga is an acclaimed and renowned performing DJ, but it’s always surprised me that he hasn’t had more mainstream recognition. Perhaps the semi-underground space that he inhabits suits him better. I first saw Tiga perform at XOYO in 2011. It was the first time I had ever been to the East End underground basement; this was before the refurb, so it was even dingier than it is now. This dark, gritty space was the perfect setting for his underground club music. Tiga’s set was more up-tempo and bass-y than usual; there was little in the way of vocal samples and points of it shunned melody all together in favour of harder techno beats. Of course, it was the funky electro cuts that got the best reception, but on this night Tiga proved that he was adept at toying with plenty of other genres. As a sidenote: upstairs in the completely empty bar area, Pariah and Blawan smashed out wicked sets, literally just before they blew up. Great night.
Alexander Ridha better known by his stage name Boys Noize is another example of the fantastic dance music currently coming out of Germany. The nation has always been an important player in the trance/electro scene and it is great to see this tradition continuing through the likes of Boys Noize. Since releasing his debut album in 2007 Alexander's reputation has simply exploded on the dance scene and he is now a frequent attendee of some of the best electro festivals and events around the world.
It is clear that his name is now well recommended by the large crowd who have gathered for his late night set. The man appears completely on his own to huge cheers from the crowds. There is no need for hype men or dancers this evening, Ridha's music and mixing abilities is more than enough to keep the crowd jumping and dancing along to the achingly cool beats. The techno keeps their arms raised for 'Push Em Up' before he throws in some of his remixes for The Chemical Brothers and Snoop Dogg for good measure. There is no doubt the future of German electro is safe in the hands of Boys Noize.
They were absolutely outstanding!!! Confidence Man absolutely brought the Party and had everybody bouncing off the walls on a Wednesday!!! Had them recommended by a mate and loved every second of their performance, would definitely see them again.
Had really high hopes for seeing Anna live, I love her Beats 1 show. This show was a complete let down, Nina Las Vegas, opened and she has zero talent it was hard staying at the show through her set. If anybody is listening please drop her from the tour she sucks so bad and has no business being on stage. I'all keep listening to Anna on beats radio but no more live shows for me. We left early the set lacked energy and good music.
Pedro Winter, aka. Busy P, is a huge name in the music production and management world, as well as being a fantastic DJ himself. As manager of Daft Punk from 1996 to 2008, he has a vast scope of experience in the electronic pop industry, and now manages Cassius on his own label.
Busy P has an awesome back calalogue of EDM and house tracks to his name, and I first started listening to his music when he released the EP Rainbow Man back in 2007. The tracks are funky and catchy, and the kind of not too heavy electronic music, and it just makes you want to dance. I’ve been following Busy P since then, and have loved everything he’s released, especially Still Busy, which is epic, especially with Thunderbird Gerard featuring on the tracks.
I was hyped to see him live, because I’d heard that he puts on an awesome show. I definitely wasn’t wrong there, from beginning to end without a moments break I was dancing along to the awesome tunes with my arms in the air. His stage presence is electric and he had everyone captivated by his skilful abilities on the decks. He’d put his arms in the air and get everyone clapping, and take his headphones off slightly to get a sense of the vibe in the venue. Great DJ, and a great performer, something the industry needs more of.