EX.792 Tiga

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4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

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 contributions from Boys Noize, Maara and Priori and more. Listen to the episode in full.

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0:00.0	RA Exchange
0:03.0	Welcome to Resident Advisor.
0:05.0	I'm the Exchange's Senior producer, Chloe Lula.
0:25.5	In this episode, we're joined by an artist who has long prioritized creative momentum over
0:31.1	quiet modesty. Canadian producer Tiga, born Tiga Sontag, has navigated the peaks and valleys of electronic music for over
0:39.3	three decades. He was a key architect of the Electro-Clash explosion in the early 2000s
0:45.3	and reigned supreme over the Indies' dance floors of the 2010s. But eventually, the momentum stalled.
0:53.1	One of the scene's most charismatic figures found himself contemplating retirement while battling a health crisis that threatened to derail his career.
1:01.0	In this rare interview with RA editor Gabe Satan, Sontag addresses those missing years head-on.
1:07.6	They discuss why. After stepping back from the public eye for over a decade, he's
1:12.1	entering a new chapter he describes as all answers, no questions. His upcoming LP Hot Life arrives next
1:21.0	month. It's an album that unpacks personal demons alongside his takes on everything from Elon Musk and the Manosphere to the quote
1:30.0	unquote pornographic repetition of the modern music industry's relentless churn. It's his first
1:36.7	album in 10 years. So check it out. It comes out April 17th on turbo recordings and Secret
1:43.5	City Records. It features contributions from Boys Noise, Turbo Recordings and Secret City Records.
1:44.9	It features contributions from Boys Noise, Mara, and more.
1:48.9	Thank you so much for tuning in.
1:51.0	Next up, Dika.
1:55.3	Welcome to the R-A exchange, or in this case, I should say welcome back for your second spin on the carousel, the
2:02.6	returning king of Electro Clash, the Senai of Indieslies, or to you and me, Tiga.
2:09.6	How you doing?
2:10.6	I'm good, very good.
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