Compilation Of The Week: DJ Tiga: DJ Kicks (Studio K7)

12 months after electroclash emerged as the saviour of a decidedly damaged mainstream club culture, the much maligned genre has morphed and mutated to become a genuine catalyst for night-life renewal. And leading the charge, is unquestionably Tiga, whose Sunglasses At Night track alongside Fischerspooner's Emerge, delivered electro's first crossover hits.

And with Studio K7's brand new DJ mix, he's taking the process one stage further, delivering a fantastically funky, groovy compilation that's unquestionably best electroclash mix CD yet created. Not that Tiga would call it that.

"The electro thing has opened the door for something else, what that is I'm not yet sure but this mix CD is the first window into that," he told Skrufff recently.

"It's about house and techno music that borrows the same aesthetic and freedom from techno but it's more open and new."
Hugely accessible and totally disco, the collection avoids to many obvious anthems and more importantly skips any noodly, experimental style tracks that interrupt so many ofher compilations. Well mixed (with Stevie V's Dirty Cash acappella providing just one of many peak moments) and never dull, it's exactly the kind of set that's turned clubs like Nag Nag Nag and the Cock into London's most roadblocked venues.

"I was imagining two or three hundred people, with a dark, sweaty vibe, almost like an old kind of warehouse party," Tiga added.

"I wanted it to be more house and techno based maintaining that same kind of character, humour and personality that has come to the front in the electro movement.

Tiga - 'DJ Kicks' is out on January 27th and is hugely recommended.

Genre: Electro-disco

1: Jolly Music: Radio Jolly (Adult Rmx)
2. Chromeo: You´re So Gangsta (Playgroup Instrumental
3. 2Raumwohnung: Ich und Elaine (2Raumwohnung Club Mix)
4. Traffic Signs: The Big Fake
5. Tutto Matto: You (Vocal)
6. Sir Drew: She Male (Black Strobe Rmx)
7. LeTigre : Decepticon (The Dfa Rmx)
8. Soft Cell: So
9. Antonelli Electric: Dubby Disco
10. Break3000: Sacrifice
11. Tiga & Zyntherius: Dying In Beauty
12. Codec & Flexor: Time Has Changed
13. Carl A. Finlow : Devices
14. Stbevie V: Dirty Cash (acappella)
15. Crowdpleaser & St. Plomb featuring Selfish In Bed: Rather
16. Water Lilly & St. Plomb : A Leg
17. Volga Select: The Unconditional Discipline of The Bastard Prince
18. Offpop: Lowrider
19. MANDY: Home Again
20. Schatrax: Misspent Years
21. Tiga: Man Hrdina (DJ Kicks Track)
22. Swayzak: Ikea
23. Charles Manier: Bang Bang Lover (Dance Mix)
24. Märtini Brös: The Biggest Fan (Black Strobe Mix)
25. Tiga: Madame Hollywood (Mr. Hollywood Version)

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