Tiga
Character study: Canada's most winsome DJ on cover versions, image, and the early '90s
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I was 16 and I had a six-foot hat on and I was playing weird speeded-up chipmunk records.
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Making fun of yourself, making fun of other people: I find that very inspiring.
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What’s really important is being as much yourself as you can. It’s the only chance you have at being original.
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Drugs don’t lie.
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I did a rap song about the Finnish hockey team losing to the Canadian hockey team.
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Things that draw out, just dump ‘em. It’s like relationships.
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Interviewer
Emma Warren
Inspired by her early days as a rave connoisseur, Emma Warren went on to become a founding writer for Jockey Slut and spent four years at The Face; she currently writes for the Observer Music Magazine, Time Out and boutique magazines like Marmalade and Dummy. In addition, Emma has passed a judicial eye over the Mercury Music Prize nominations and created bespoke productions for Channel 4 and 20th Century Fox, among others. She’s also been behind numerous compilations on the London’s seminal Soul Jazz label, but we’re not naming names.