The first single from Tiga’s acclaimed HOTLIFE LP, ‘IAMWHATIAM’ was and is a war cry, a strident demand for Absolute Brain Freedom. Now, that call for total liberation comes in three new interpretations from DJ Hell, Tensal and The Dare, arriving as a full remix EP out now on Turbo Recordings x Secret City Records, with vinyl preorders live via Secret City Records.
“Remix packages are my favourite thing to curate,” says Tiga. “It’s a victory lap in a chariot pulled by people you respect. I can’t wait for you to hear what that sounds like.”
Central European legend DJ Hell applies dark studio trickery to the track, disorienting and overpowering the listener in the process and rendering a dense, fractal labyrinth. Tiga asked Hell to remix the track over lunch at the Hard Rock Café on the Platzl. Once he agreed, the two fell into conversation, trading electroclash war stories for several hours.
Tiga also enlisted Tensal, whose work with Exium and Komando Terrorismo Sonico combines with a solo practice of hypnotic, high-impact techno and analogue experimentation. As Tiga puts it: “But what you couldn’t possibly have known until now is that he’s Spanish.” His remix pushes the BPM to 140, driven by pagan trance rhythms and a biohacked synth line that may very well inspire some kid to code us the hell out of this damn digital panopticon.
Finally, The Dare returns with his own take on ‘IAMWHATIAM’, following his recent standalone remix. The New York-based producer and DJ has become synonymous with bringing the timeless dignity of 2000s blog-house back into contemporary club culture, with production credits including Charli xcx’s ‘Guess’. In Tiga’s words, the remix is a “brain-off banger that will transport younger listeners to a time before conception, a blessed mind-free state to which we shall all one day return”. He continues: “But until then, it is their generation’s responsibility to reckon with the sum of human history, and that very much includes Indie Sleaze.”
The ‘IAMWHATIAM’ Remix EP is the latest instalment in Tiga’s wider HOTLIFE remix project, following recent reworks of ‘HOT WIFE’ from FCUKERS and Ben Sterling. Further remixes of ‘SILK SCARF’ and ‘ECSTASY SURROUNDS ME’ will follow through October 2026, with Tiga’s album highlights reimagined by a mix of long-term collaborators, established electronic music figures and new-generation artists.
Released earlier this year, HOTLIFE marked Tiga’s first studio album in over a decade, bringing together Boys Noize, Fcukers, MRD, Maara, Priori and Patrick Holland across 12 tracks. The album followed a six-month run of singles including ‘SILK SCARF’, ‘HOT WIFE’ and ‘FRICTION’, earning tastemaker support from Resident Advisor, Mixmag, DJ Mag, Crack, CLASH, Pitchfork and many more.
Stream / download IAMWHATIAM Remixes EP here.
Stream / download HOTLIFE here.
