Tying Tiffany is an electronic musicsinger and songwriter, born in 1978 in Padua, Italy. She stated that the idea of her stage name was born from a photo book by artist Nobuyoshi Araki. She has released five original studio albums: Undercover, Brain for Breakfast, Peoples Temple, Dark Days, White Nights, Drop. TT has also released two remix albums, Black Neon RMXs and Peoples Temple Remix Edition, plus the EPOne, as well as over fifteen singles. In 2011, TT started an instrumental musicside project, T.T.L., with Italian producerLorenzo Montanà, creating soundtracks for films and trailers.
Biography
Tying Tiffany was born in 1978 in Padua, Italy. She attended the Art Institute and began experimenting with different artistic paths, from design, photography to music. In the early years of her career, she travelled Europe as a bass player and singer in various indie rock bands. She has also acted in some independent movies, artistic films and theatrical performances. In 2005, she decided to share an electronic music project including her song "You Know Me" in the Full Body Workout vol. 2 compilation for the Berlin based label Get Physical. Her debut albumUndercover, released in 2005 on Jato Music label, moved from her passion for industrial, dark wave and punk music and her DJ experience. Undercover was acclaimed by the international press, the media and the public, and became one of the Italian music successes of 2006. Tiffany then performed many concerts, playing in Italy and Europe and sharing the stage with artists like Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, Stereo Total, The Rapture, Eels, dEUS, Tiga, and Alec Empire with whom she toured in 2008. After a show on the NME stage at Groningen's Festival, the label I Scream Records took a deal with Tying Tiffany to release her second album, Brain for Breakfast, in 2007. This album featured collaborations with Wolfgang Schrödl, Pete Namlook and Nic Endo. Soon after this second album, a European tour followed, with over 80 dates. The other music video "Slow Motion" was aired in Europe and Asia. In 2010, Tying Tiffany signed a deal with the German label Trisol for her third album Peoples Temple. The album takes inspiration from the homonymous San Francisco's cult led by Jim Jones, guilty of the 1978 mass suicide. Peoples Temple features a much darker and heavier sound than the previous two albums. Tiffany issued the singles "Miracle", "Lost Way" and "3 Circle". In 2011, the album was followed by the remix EP, Peoples Temple Remix Edition. In the fall of 2010, CBS used the song "Storycide" on an episode of the TV series . In 2011, Tying Tiffany and Italian electronic producer and composer Lorenzo Montanà started a new project T.T.L.. T.T.L. create instrumental music for soundtracks and trailers. Their song "Deep Shadow" was featured in The Hunger Games movie trailer. In the same year, Tying Tiffany' single "Drownin'" was featured on FIFA 12, the video game soundtrack by EA Sports. In January 2012, her fourth studio album was released, Dark Days, White Nights. The album was supported by the singles "Drownin'" and "New Colony". On 13 March 2013, Tiffany released the 4-track EP One on ZerOKilled Music. This EP included the free download single "One Second". Also in 2013, she performed in Austin, Texas at SXSW festival. On 24 February 2014, the new album Drop was released on ZerOKilled Music and Trisol. This album has been supported by a lot of media promotion over Europe and America.
Discography
Studio albums
Undercover
Brain for Breakfast
Peoples Temple
Dark Days, White Nights
Drop
Extended plays
One
Remix albums
Black Neon RMXs
Peoples Temple Remix Edition
Singles
Music videos
"I'm Not a Peach"
"I Wanna Be Your Mp3"
"Honey Doll"
"Pazza"
"I Wanna Be Your Mp3"
"Slow Motion"
"Miracle"
"Lost Way"
"Lost Way"
"3 Circle"
"Show Me What You Got"
"Border Line"
"Drownin'"
"New Colony"
"Deep Shadow"
"5 AM"
"One Second"
"One Place"
"A Lone Boy"
Guest appearances
"Maneater"
"Infinite Darkness"
"State of Mind", included in the album "Air V – Jeux Dangereux"