Easy, Tiger: Tigarah Primed To Pounce
The One Movement Music Festival first artist announcement has brought a bounty of international talent to our attention. One of the most interesting acts is Japanese pop tiger-girl, Tigarah, who boldly claims to the “baddest ass from Japan!! ;)” on her scarcely-updated MySpace.
As a female MC rhyming over Brazilian baile funk, it’s easy to draw comparisons to the much-vaunted 2008 crossover-hit M.I.A., but Tigarah’s style seems more rooted in electro-pop than the aforementioned bamboo banger. The eponymous vocalist and her Swiss-German DJ/producer, Mr. D, have performed under the name Tigarah since 2003, and they were signed to Universal Music in 2006.
Click the image to view the video for her June 2009 single, Space Travel. Embedding disabled by request of Universal Music Japan.
A Conversation With Nick O’Byrne, JB Seed Coordinator and AIR General Manager | One Movement For Music Perth official blog - One Movement Word says
On August 6, 2009 at 1:59 pm
[...] One Movement, I’m interested to see Tigarah because she looks kind of quirky. The festival has to be Aussie-centric, of course, but of the [...]
Showcase Festival: Tigarah Live On The Snowball Stage | One Movement For Music Perth official blog - One Movement Word says
On October 21, 2009 at 1:35 pm
[...] live drummer, a DJ, and a Japanese singer who calls herself Tigarah. Such was the spectacle Perth music fans bore witness to at 5.40pm on Saturday, 17 October [...]