Due to the recent debate on misogyny in dance music, Tech experimental outfit Renaissance Man have been discussing changing their name to Renaissance Person.

Ville Haimala from Renaissance Man said in a recent interview: “We are in the process of changing our name to Renaissance Person, which is not to say polymathic tendencies would be a capacity exclusive to homo sapiens.”

Turbo label owner Tiga agreed: “Your name is shockingly arrogant, not to mention borderline sexist.”

Are they being serious? Or are they trying to draw some attention to their recent album release ‘Renaissance Man – The Renaissance ManProject‘?

(via Mixmag)

Twin Turbo is Tiga‘s new label, an ‘all-digital, all-banger venture’, the idea being that the time from a tune’s conception to hitting the dancefloor is as short and effective as possible. The first release comes fron The Dove (Tiga and Jesper Dahlback) and as you can hear above, it’s a proper slice of electro excellence.The track is called ‘Girl at a Party with Siren‘ and if this is anything to go by, the label’s releases are going to be a must for any self-respecting DJ.

What’s more, for a limited time (until September 12th), 100% of the proceeds will go to East African Famine relief. The Canadian government will match every dollar donated, so it’s a perfect time to show your support for the plight of Africa by pledging love for one of Canada’s premier techno labels. Tiga spoke exclusively to Mixmag about it:

Why the new label?
So we can release more music, and also release some realy moronic club-banger style tracks without fear of contaminating the rest of our catalog. Also, realizing that not ALL music is created equal, and not ALL music needs to be pressed on vinyl. While we are perfectly comfortable with “eclecticism”, we realize that some categorization will help the music reach the right people.

Which artists are doing it for you at the moment.
The Dove (which might be me), Clouds (whose release is one of my favorite records), Zoo Brazil (with a Noob remix), Bordello & Gingi (witness the rise of the Turbo next generation, and also with a sick Kink remix) and Donovans. All certified party monsters.

Proceeds are going to Charity, I take it the cause means a lot to you…
Proceeds on the first wave of subscriptions until mid-sept are going to charity, and those contributions will be doubled by me personally. We had an extremely successful campaign raising funds for Tsunami relief last march, and it seemed to work very well as a way to raise money. I think people are on the edge about paying for music, its almost like they want a reason to pay, and that was my solution, a solution that actually helps all parties concerned. The East African relief in particular is something that I care about. It is self-explanatory.

Any other cool stuff happening in your life at the moment?
Better question: any other cool stuff NOT happening in your life? There are very few cool things not happening in my life… it’s overflowing with cool. Our long awaited (myself and Zombie Nation) ZZT album is completed and coming out in November, my touring is in full swing, label on fire, I start my regular BBC6 show in October, and start work on my next album in September. To list more would be like showing off.

Twin Turbo 001
The Dove – Girl at a Party with Siren
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Twin Turbo 001 – The Dove – Girl at a Party with Siren by Turbo Recordings

source: Mixmag.net

A little bit more from the canadian export Tiga Sontag. He took his hand on The XXs ‘Shelter’ and made a quite nice remix for later nighttimes.
You will hear that he really didn’t make a big change and maybe you wonder why this should be a remix just putting a four to the floor basedrum under the orginal.
I would say Tiga made everything right and he kept the sad and atmospheric mood of the orignial song alive.

The XX – Shelter (Tiga Remix)

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