Rob Tissera Explained
Rob Tissera (born 1966) is a British hard house disc jockey and record producer. His releases have achieved UK chart success over a year period from 1996, and he is known for his live performances and club nights.
Biography
Tissera has achieved chart success under his own name, and with Ian Bland as Quake. He has also released tracks under the name of Circle City, through the Warp record label.[1]
Tissera is known for his live performances at events such as Global Gathering, Creamfields and Homelands, and for promoting the Leeds-based Kissdafunk club night. His music has been played by a range of well-known DJs, including Pete Tong, Carl Cox, and Judge Jules.[2] [3] [4] In 2012 Tissera made it into the Mixmag list of top badly behaved DJs, after getting into trouble with the authorities for inciting the Kissdafunk crowd to resist the police.[5]
Tissera has released several DJ mix albums, some of which have achieved chart success, including "GoodGreef Album 2" and "Kissdafunk" that reached #77 and #56 in the UK official compilations chart in 2004 and 2007 respectively.[2] [6] [7] In 2004 he was also invited to perform a two-hour Essential Mix for the BBC Radio 1 Pete Tong show.[8]
The music press has provided commentary on Tissera and his work. Resident Advisor have called him one of "dance music's most prolific stars", while Mark Kavanagh of Muzik magazine called him the "party animal from Hell" in 2002 but qualified that his music had been "huge all summer". Noel Gardner of the Quietus was more circumspect, calling Tissera a "hard trance dork" following his change to a harder style.[1] [3]
Discography
Rob Tissera releases| Title | Artist | Year | | Peak
UK Dance |
|---|
| Kick Up The Volume[9] | Rob Tissera | 1996 | 84 | 5 |
| The Day Will Come[10] | | 1998 | 53 | 3 |
| Mantra | Quake | 1999 | | 16 |
| Burning (Can I hold you?)[11] | Rob Tissera | 2002 | 84 | 18 |
| Bring The Lights Down | Rob Tissera & Nathan D'Amour | 2004 | | 33 |
| Stay | Rob Tissera/Vinylgroover/Red | 2004 | 61 | 9 |
| The Revolution/Bitch | Rob Tissera/Dark By Design | 2004 | 99 | |
| Feel The Drums | Rob Tissera & Guyver | 2005 | 81 | 24 | |
Further reading
- Book: Tissera . Rob . The Smiler, A DJ's Life . 2023 . Music Mondays & Straight Six Publishing . 9780993473289.
Notes and References
- News: Gardner . Noel . Warp 20 Box Set Review: A Document Of Evolution From The City of Steel . 4 February 2024 . . 28 September 2009 . Circle City (who is now hard trance dork Rob Tissera, fact fans) . 20 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320203829/https://thequietus.com/articles/02824-warp-20-box-set-review-a-document-of-evolution-from-the-city-of-steel . live .
- Web site: Birchmeier . Jason . Rob Tissera Biography by Jason Birchmeier . . 3 February 2024 . 17 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211117124808/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rob-tissera-mn0000281549#biography . live .
- Web site: BIOGRAPHY . . 3 February 2024 . 20 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320203952/https://ra.co/dj/robtissera/biography . live .
- Web site: Togneri . Steven . Kissdafunk . . 3 February 2024 . 27 May 2005 . 23 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210923135803/https://djmag.com/content/kissdafunk . live .
- Web site: Jenkins . Dave . TOP 12: BADLY BEHAVING DJS . . 3 February 2024 . 12 August 2012 . When cops gatecrashed his party, Kissdafunk's favourite son grabbed a mic and screamed, "If you want this fucking party to continue, keep the bastards out!" And they did… apart from one undercover bastard already in, who filmed it all. Rob got three months pleasuring Her Maj. . 20 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240320203959/https://mixmag.net/feature/top-12-badly-behaving-djs . live .
- Web site: KISSDAFUNK . . 3 February 2024 . 3 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240203155048/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-kissdafunk/ . live .
- Web site: GOODGREEF - ALBUM TWO . . 3 February 2024 . 3 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240203155049/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-goodgreef-album-two/ . live .
- Web site: BBC - Radio 1 - Essential Mix - Tracklisting . . 4 February 2024 . 14 March 2004 . 4 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240204224455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiveshtml.shtml?20040314 . live .
- Web site: ROB TISSERA Songs . . 3 February 2024 . 27 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240127171002/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2415/rob-tissera/ . live .
- Web site: QUAKE Songs . . 3 February 2024 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826053010/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5000/quake/ . live .
- Web site: Kavanagh . Mark . ROB TISSERA Burning (Can I Hold You?) . Muzik . 85 . December 2002. Marc Kinchen’s house anthem ‘Burning’ has now been revamped by Sundissential’s party animal from Hell Rob Tissera into a stomping slice of vocal trance..
