Montreal icon Tiga is back from heaven with his fourth album ‘HOTLIFE,’ marking a new era on the journey towards Absolute Brain Freedom. Released via Turbo Recordings and Secret City Records, the project cements Tiga’s legendary status, and arrives during a global tour including last week’s Coachella performance. 

Featuring global collaborators such as Boys Noize, Matthew Dear, Fcukers, MRD, Gesloten Cirkel, Paranoid London, Maara, and acclaimed Montreal producers of the moment, Priori and Patrick Holland (aka Jump Source) ‘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.”

‘HOT LIFE’ is available here