About this episode
Tiga discusses his new album HOTLIFE and reflects on his career and personal challenges in a rare interview.
Electroclash icon Tiga talks about the manosphere, the currency of cool and his first album in 10 years, HOTLIFE. Canadian producer Tiga—born Tiga Sontag—has navigated the peaks and valleys of electronic music for over three decades. A key architect of the electroclash explosion in the early 2000s, Sontag reigned supreme over the indie sleaze era of the dance floor during the 2010s. But eventually, that momentum stalled. Sontag, one of the scene's most charismatic figures, found himself contemplating retirement while battling a health crisis that threatened to derail his career entirely. In this rare interview, Sontag talks to RA editor Gabriel Szatan about those lost years. Rather than retracing his anthemic hits ("You Gonna Want Me," "Sunglasses At Night"), the pair discuss why, after stepping back from the public eye for over a decade, Tiga is entering a new chapter he describes as "all answers, no questions." His upcoming LP, HOTLIFE, unpacks personal demons alongside his takes on everything from Elon Musk and the manosphere to the "pornographic" repetition of the music industry's relentless churn. It's out April 17th via Turbo Recordings and Secret City Records, and features…
People in this episode
Host: Gabriel Szatan
Guests: Tiga, Tiga Sontag
Topics covered
- electronic music
- Tiga's career
- manosphere
- music industry
- personal demons
- new album
Keywords
- Tiga
- HOTLIFE
- electroclash
- music industry
- Elon Musk
- manosphere
- dance floor
- health crisis
- indie sleaze
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Turbo Recordings, Secret City Records
Books & works: HOTLIFE
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