Tiga’s first album in seven years is finally here. 

The Canadian has created another diversely layered sound which carries through the whole effort, highlighted with his signature voice. Whilst the album may take different approaches to each track in the 11 song catalog, he does so with an effortless fluidity – one that can be surprising at times, but also very pleasing to know he hasn’t lost his touch in his seven year absence.

Amongst typical taglines, Tiga simultaneously provides punchy (and carefully arranged) 4×4 percussion behind it to create tracks that are not only just club-ready, but ‘record-player-in-the-corner’ ready – a particularly difficult feat.

Opening track ‘No Fantasy Required’ introduces Tiga’s voice perfectly behind softer kicks and airy stabs, a defiant set of tone for the rest of the album.

Continuously growing in a sinister dancefloor fashion, Tiga nods to the early-morning revellers, providing a confusingly textured vocal track with heavy drums on ‘Having So Much Fun’. Juxtaposed against unconventional trumpet samples, Tiga provides heavily reverb-ed sounds and subtle acid synths to echo around his lyrics and heavy kicks.

The club tracks keep coming throughout the middle of ‘No Fantasy Required’, noted specifically in ‘Always’ and ‘Planet E’. The subtle rolling 303 bassline in ‘Always’ allows the crisp claps to be highlighted constantly, whilst Tiga’s voice takes a rare break. Contrarily, ‘Planet E’ provides a ‘Bugatti’-esque tagline and a very understated rolling techno track – a particular favourite of mine on the album. Minus the bassline, the melody simply consists of carefully curated drip samples and techno pads – an extremely yet effective club track.

Interestingly, on more and more listens of the album, I found myself searching for the tracks that strayed away from the familiar sounds of ‘Bugatti’ and ‘Don’t Break My Heart’. Whilst fantastic songs in their own right, Tiga seems in his absolute element creating techno rollers, as well as the subdued electric anthems, seen on closing track ‘Blondes Have More Fun’. With a layered harmony vocal, the soft synth pads and high-pitched notes create the perfect closing track.

It was always unlikely that a Tiga album would be disappointing, but in my personal opinion, and based off my own thoughts on his hugely successful singles, this has definitely exceeded my expectations. He has created a club-like world within the sounds of this album, given the crowd the high and low points of the night, as well as given in to their desires of some real belters.

Listen to Tiga’s album below, and tell us what you think of the veteran producer’s first LP!