HOTLIFE by Tiga
Montreal icon Tiga is back from heaven with his fourth album, HOTLIFE, marking a new era in his immortal techno journey toward Absolute Brain Freedom. Featuring collaborators Boys Noize, Matthew Dear, Fcukers, MRD, Gesloten Cirkel, Paranoid London, Maara, and new hometown studio whiz-men Priori and Patrick Holland, HotLife finds Tiga at the pinnacle of Music Mountain, hurling infectious dancefloor lightning at listeners below: “When I turn on the Catharsis Machine," says the storied singer-producer, “It don’t matter if you’re a rich man or a poor man, ‘cause you’re about to be a free man…"
Reclaiming his perch atop the celestial firmament of contemporary dance music was not without a compelling and relatable narrative arc. Following an arduous battle with a neurological condition he discovered and named “Vibe Fog," Tiga found himself at a crossroads: "At a certain point, it was either buy the exoskeleton and cash out my Virgin Megastore stock, or rebuild Tiga City from the ground up, brick by brick, gargoyle by gargoyle.” What has emerged is a Tiga that longtime Tiga-watchers are calling “angelic” and “terrifying,” resulting in an album that captures the distilled essence of a tastemaker pushed beyond all human limits.
"My yes/no response time to artistic choices is off the charts,” adds Tiga. “We took each second shaved off every creative decision and reinvested it into the album’s runtime. 12 songs. 60 minutes. Remarkable.”
Tracklist
| 1. | HOTWIFE feat. Boys Noize | |
| 2. | HIGH ROLLERS | |
| 3. | IAMWHATIAM feat. MRD | 4:18 |
| 4. | SILK SCARF feat. Fcukers | |
| 5. | FRICTION | |
| 6. | NEED YOU TONIGHT | |
| 7. | LOLLIPOP | |
| 8. | I AM YOUR DETROIT SUNRISE | |
| 9. | SEXLESS PORNOGRAPHIC LOSERS feat. Maara | |
| 10. | I KNOW A PLACE | |
| 11. | CHERRY | |
| 12. | ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME | 5:32 |
Credits
1. Tiga - HOTWIFE feat. Boys Noize
Written by Tiga Sontag and A. Ridha.
Produced by Boys Noize and Tiga.
Mastered by Mike Marsh @ The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / Kobalt Publishing.
Made in Berlin and Montreal.
2. Tiga - HIGH ROLLERS
Written by Tracy Marrow, Charles Glenn, Tiga Sontag and Quinn Whalley.
Produced by Tiga and Quinn Whalley.
Mastered by Sam John @ Precise Mastering.
Published by Reach Music Publishing.
Made in London.
3. Tiga - IAMWHATIWAM feat. MRD
Written by Tiga Sontag, Patrick Holland and Francis Latreille.
Produced by Tiga Sontag, Gesloten Cirkel and MRD.
Additional Production by Patrick Holland and Francis Latreille.
Mixed by Gesloten Cirkel.
Mastered by Sam John @ Precise Mastering.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / KOSIGN / Red Smoke Publishing.
Recorded at Live From Earth Studios in Berlin (Nov 2024).
4. Tiga - SILK SCARF feat. Fcukers
Written by Tiga Sontag, Francis Latreille, Patrick Holland and Shanny Wise.
Produced by Tiga, Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mixed by Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mastered by Sam John @ Precise Mastering.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / KOSIGN / Sony Music Publishing.
Made in Montreal and New York City.
5. Tiga - FRICTION
Written by Tiga Sontag and Jesper Dahlbäck and Francis Latreille
Produced by Tiga, Jesper Dahlbäck, Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mastered by Mike Marsh @ The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing.
Made in Stockholm and Montreal.
6. Tiga - NEED YOU TONIGHT
Written by Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence, Tiga Sontag, Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Produced by Tiga, Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mixed by Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mastered by Sam John @ Precise Mastering.
Published by UMPG / INXS Publishing Limited.
Made in Montreal.
7. Tiga - LOLLIPOP
Written by Tiga Sontag.
Produced by Tiga and Clarian North.
Mastered by Mike Marsh @ The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing.
Made in Montreal.
8. Tiga - I AM YOUR DETROIT SUNRISE
Written by Tiga Sontag and Quinn Whalley.
Produced by Tiga and Quinn Whalley.
Mastered by Sam John @ Precise Mastering.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / BMG.
Flute solo by The Dove.
Made in London.
9. Tiga - SEXLESS PORNOGRAPHIC LOSERS feat. Maara
Written by Tiga Sontag, Francis Latreille, Patrick Holland and Maara-Louisa Dunbar.
Produced by Tiga, Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mixed by Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mastered by Sam John @ Precise Mastering.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / KOSIGN / Sentric.
Made in Montreal.
10. Tiga - I KNOW A PLACE
Written by Tiga Sontag, Chris Martinez and Steve Martinez.
Produced by Tiga, Francis Latreille, Patrick Holland, Steve Martinez and Chris Martinez.
Mixed by Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mastered by Mike Marsh @ The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / KOSIGN / Alter-Call Music.
Made in Montreal and New York.
11. Tiga - CHERRY
Written by Tiga Sontag, Francis Latreille, Patrick Holland.
Produced by Tiga, Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland.
Mixed by Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland
Mastered by Sam John @ Precise Mastering.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / KOSIGN.
Made in Montreal.
12. Tiga - ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME
Written by Tiga Sontag, Matthew Dear and Patrick Holland
Produced by Tiga, Matt Dear, Francis Latreille and Patrick Holland
Mixed by Matt Karmil.
Mastered by Mike Marsh @ The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering, Devon.
Published by Bert Songs / Universal Music Publishing / Ghostly International / KOSIGN / SOCAN DR.
Recorded at Magic Hour Studios and Montreal.
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I want to dedicate this record to my wife Tiala.
The original HOTWIFE. I love you and thank you for everything you have given me and allowed me to be. I love you!!!
I want to give special thanks to the people who supported me and stood with me when I was really in big trouble: Oliver and Qarim. and to my kids, the absolute coolest and most beautiful people I know: Winter. Laszlo. Neeks. You are my world and I couldn’t love you more. Impossible.
Major thanks to Guthrie, Vinny, Pawel, David, Ben, Eric, Ollie, Justin, Taryn + all at Turbo, Secret City, Armada, K7, DEF and Wasserman.
Special thanks to Patrick and Francis, who helped me fall in love with making music again. A beautiful new friendship at a time when I needed it most. It meant more than you know.
I’m very happy to never stop.
Love, T
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℗ & © 2026 Tiga under exclusive license to Secret City Records Inc. & Turbo Recordings Inc.
This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.
Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radio diffuseurs privés du Canada.
