Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno, Electro
Year:
2001

Tracklist

Sunglasses At Night (Medicine 8 Remix)
Blue Sunglasses (The Tom Middleton Cosmos Re-Edit)

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Sunglasses At Night (12", Ltd) City Rockers ROCKERS15TR UK 2002
Sunglasses At Night (CD, Maxi) Electric Kingdom 74321 90488 2 Germany 2001
Sunglasses At Night (CD, Maxi) Electric Kingdom 74321 89735 2 Germany 2001
Sunglasses EP (12", EP) International Deejay Gigolo Records Gigolo 80 Germany 2001
Sunglasses At Night (Remixes) (CD, Maxi) Low Spirit Recordings 74321 92954 2 Germany 2002
Sunglasses At Night Remixed (12") International Deejay Gigolo Records Gigolo 92 Germany 2002
Sunglasses At Night Remixed (12", W/Lbl) International Deejay Gigolo Records Gigolo 92 Germany 2002
Sunglasses At Night (12") City Rockers ROCKERS15 UK 2002
Sunglasses At Night (CD, Maxi) Turbo MARCD-021 Canada 2002
Sunglasses At Night (CD, Maxi) ID&T 7005178 Netherlands 2002
Sunglasses At Night (CD, Single) City Rockers ROCKERS15CD UK 2002
Sunglasses At Night (CD, Single) ID&T 7005173 Netherlands 2002
Sunglasses At Night (CD, Single) 541 541416 500854 Belgium 2002
Sunglasses At Night Remixes Part 1 (12") Turbo TURBO 050-A Canada 2008
Sunglasses At Night Remixes Part 2 (12") Turbo TURBO 050-B Canada 2008
Sunglasses At Night Remixes (8xFile, MP3) Turbo TURBO-050 Canada 2008
Sunglasses At Night (CDr, Single, Promo) Turbo none Canada 2008
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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 5/5
Review by TechElec Dec 17, 2006 (edited over 2 years ago)

referencing Sunglasses EP, 12", EP, Gigolo 80

This is one release where I don't give a flying shit if it's original or not, it just rocks. A very simple tune but effective evn if only for the reason it's so catchy.

The Chris Liebing remix is an absolute beast of a remix, I wasn't sure if it would work with the original not being 4x4, but that solid pounding techno beat with fairly minimal percussion works absolute wonders.

An all round solid release from Gigolo.
Rated 4/5
Review by peril Jun 02, 2004

referencing Sunglasses At Night, 12", Ltd, ROCKERS15TR

I can see why this single was only a limited edition, both remixes use samples from other tracks, with no credit anywhere on the record, almost a bootleg single. The Medicine 8 remix is IMHO the better of the two, a more club-orientated re-edit with Felix Da Housecat's vocals from Silver Screen Shower Scene layered over the intro. They fit okay at first, but the beatmapping seems to slip a bit further in. The recomposition is quite well done, the edited bassline makes quite a difference to the track. The overall end product is the original track beefed up for dancefloor use, with not so much of a melancholy feel.

I must disagree with the above comments on the Cosmos remix, it's incredibly poor for such a generally good artist. The first four minutes are simply the original Sunglasses At Night, then all of a sudden Blue Monday by New Order starts. At first it fits nicely, then the tunes start to conflict and it all goes downhill. By the time the BM beat starts, I've generally taken the vinyl off the platter and put it back in its sleeve. Tiga's vocals don't fit the BM tune at all either, which sort of defeats the whole point of the mix. Blue Monday is admittedly quite well remixed in the usual Cosmos style, but it still doesn't fit with SAN. The whole feeling is that Middleton couldn't get permission to remix Blue Monday, so he slapped the start and end of Sunglasses At Night onto it and gave it to City Rockers to release, that's how little is done to the SAN portion of the mix. I expected more from such a revered remixer than a rather shoddy bootleg mix.
Review by fux Oct 23, 2003

referencing Sunglasses EP, 12", EP, Gigolo 80

Sounds a lot like the tune they sampled from, but it's still nice. The remix is just the same track with beats, not very original.
Rated 4/5
Review by behemoth Nov 30, 2002

referencing Sunglasses At Night, 12", Ltd, ROCKERS15TR

It really is quite special. Blue Monday meets Sunglasses At Night? What were you thinking Middleton? A bloody great idea, but bloody hard to pull off. But the Jedi geezer does pull it off, and it goes right off. The Force is obviously strong in him (sorry, couldn't resist).
Review by DJTemisanadoki Sep 16, 2002

referencing Sunglasses At Night, 12", Ltd, ROCKERS15TR

Brilliant! Even if the electro scene is doomed to die out, at least some good records came out of it. The Tom Middleton rehash might be the best remix i've ever heard.
Review by razcal Jun 28, 2002

referencing Sunglasses EP, 12", EP, Gigolo 80

I also like it... I think Chris Liebing showed that this track perfectly fits between pure technotracks without voice, it looses the atmosphere and makes ur feet dance...
Rated 5/5
Review by djinsomnia Jun 19, 2002

referencing Sunglasses EP, 12", EP, Gigolo 80

Tiga and Zyntherius (F-Comm's Jori Hulkkonen) come up trumps on Gigolo with an gloriously addictive electro version of Corey Hart's eighties hit 'Sunglasses At Night'. Chris Liebing adds a harder techno version on the flip.
Rated 5/5
Review by Detroit Jan 15, 2002

referencing Sunglasses EP, 12", EP, Gigolo 80

Bravo Tiga, your first release is definitly a great hit and it will bring success to your producing carrier...
Excellent psychedelic [but easy and quiet] melodies [echoing again...], good electro basses and perfect electro loops [Tiga will be the next Anthony Rother, people!]...
Not to mention the vocals and singing... Bravo!
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