After a long time of not hearing anything about her, here's the update:


Her self titled EP is out!

Track List
01. Space Travel
02. Much Music Generation – English version -
03. Girl Fight (from 2006)
04. Supa Gurl RMX
05. Music Gets Me Free – English version -
06. Space Travel RMX by Morgan Quaintance from Does It Offend You, Yeah?



Her first FULL album, THE FUNKEIRA GOES BANG! IS FINALLY OUT!!!!!!!! WOOT!

Track List
01．Introduction
02．Space Travel *アルバム・リード曲
03．Girl Fight RMX 2009
04．SKIT#1
05．Much Music Generation
06．The Bizness 2009 ver.
07．Where You Headed For?
08．Color, Culture, Money, Beauty
09．Japanese Queen
10．SKIT#2
11．Let Me Plug USB Stick In
12．Roppongi Do-ri RMX 2009
13．Music Gets Me Free
14．Space Travel (Neo Baile-Funk Mix) Remixed by DJ CHERNOBYL

Both albums are availible on iTUNES, YesAsia, and CDJapan.


Tigarah's Myspace page has been revamped since she signed on with Universal Music International.

I'm guessing this deal has made her close her YouTube channel since all of her videos have been moved onto there BUT...


On her page, her latest single, Supa GIrl is availible for FREE. Just sign up to get her email newsletters and you'll get a link to download.


Tigarah's blog has been updated frequently so if you want to check out her attempt at DJ-ing or look at some of the places she's been touring, the link is at the bottom of this page.

And lastly, the music video for Space Travel is available for viewing on both Universal Music Japan & Universal Music Sigma's Youtube profile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6k2kgU30rg&feature=fvw



Biography

Tigarah grew up in Tokyo, went to a Catholic girls' school run by French nuns and later studied political science and law. After that, she needed a place to speak her mind and found it: Music. Her goal is to impact society, she constantly escapes the comfortable spaces, expresses herself and wants to make people think. Influenced by the mp3 collections of her international friends, she started a worldwide music project and promptly embarked on a trip to Brazil to experience the local music scene. Since 2005, she recorded music with producer MR.D in Sao Paulo, Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo.

Being "outsiders" in the music industry (Tigarah has a degree in political science, MR.D went to medical school and studies economics), Tigarah's music is extremely fresh, bold, unconventional and international: Brazilian baile funk meets electro-tech, pop and trash rock elements. She was invited to tour in the US, Sweden, Brazil and Japan, and her music was featured in the EA games Need for Speed, Fifa 2007 and 2008, and Facebreaker. Tigarah drummed up impressive international media coverage: Highlights are The LA Times, MTV Brazil, Programma do Jo (Sao Paulo), NPR and Dazed & Confused Magazine (UK).

Tigarah fights against conformity, small-mindedness and arrogance. Heavy-handed attempts by the music industry to box her into the "sexy girl category" or the "Japanese manga stereotype" failed miserably and delayed the release of her first album "Revolution" by almost two years. However, Tigarah's label Universal is on course to release the record in November 2008 in Japan, with international releases to follow in 2009.

Tigarah lists as artistic influence and inspiration: Che Guevara, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Jackson, Blur, The Chemical Brothers, and Fatboy Slim.


http://www.velocitymw.com/tigarah/story.htm


Albums & EPs


If ANYONE has the album, leave me a message. This EP is no longer availible.

1. Girl Fight!
2. Fake Out
3. Japanese Queen
4. Roppongi-Dori
5. The Game In Rio
6. Money
7. Everything Is In Your Hand
8. Fake Out (Mr. D Rio Disco Mix)
9. Girl Fight! (Mr. D Hyphy Mix)




1. Tokyo Cool Kids
2. Color, Culture, Money, Beauty (Version 5)
3. The Bizness
4. Boys Girls
5. Girl Fight! (DJ Family Remix)
6. Japanese Queen (Crunk Remix)
7. Roppongi-Dori (Groovy Remix}
8. Fake Out (CHERNOBYL Remix)
9. Money (Elektrolabel Remix)
10. Everything In In Your Hand (Saving Lives Remix)


Here's the link to the other remixes that weren't on this album.
http://www.velocitymw.com/tigarah/remix.htm



Myspace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/tigarah

Universal Page:
http://www.universal-music.co.jp/tigarah/index.html

UK website:
http://tigarah.co.uk/

Tigarah Blog:
English: http://www.tigarah.blogspot.com/
Japanese: http://www.tigarah-japan.blogspot.com/