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This should make Tiga a huge star !, 8 May 2009

"Ciao !" is the second Tiga full length release, following 2006's "Sexor", and really should propel his creator as the Prince of Electro.

Like its predecessor, it creaks with potential hit singles, and has an incredible cast of collaborators (Jesper Dahlback or the Dewaele brothers from Soulwax and 2 Many DJs, and newbies LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy or Jason "Gonzales" Beck). "Beep Beep Beep", "Luxury" and the first single "Shoes" (which does NOT feature backing vocals by Madonna, unlike web rumours suggested) are all designed to drive dancefloors crazy, while "Mind Dimension" or "What You Need" are more harsh bleep house electro efforts. The songwriting element has been… Read more

A "Closer" for the hip hop generation, 3 Jan 2009

First and foremost, I'd like to express my exasperation at hearing or reading people moaning at some - currently successful - black artists (Kanye West being one of them), accusing them of having betrayed the so-called "original true spirit of hip hop". These, behaving like self-proclaimed guardians of some private temple, seem to forget that hip hop, like every other form of art, is a mean not an end.

I also recall the great Mos Def was once asked, a few years ago, what he thought of his peers parading in videos with lavish ladies and expensive cars instead of providing supposed conscious statements in their music. His answer has baffled me for years (and still does): he said… Read more

Four astonishing live cuts plus three worthy remixes , 4 Nov 2008

Yeah, unlike the tracklisting published might suggest, only the first four tracks from this EP are live recordings, originally released through iTunes. It seems it must have been quite some kind of success for the Lord of perfectly-crafted dark moody electro, as it's now released on CD through Poker Flat, Anders Trentemoller's usual label, augmented by 3 bonus remixes.

Still, the main attraction is the live renditions of four classic cuts from 2006's "The Last Resort" LP, recorded at last year's Roskilde Festival, and they all sound awesome and very different from their studio original versions; only accompanied by guitarist Mikael Simpson and drummer Henrik Vibskov, Anders… Read more