Rob Tissera
{{Short description|British hard house disc jockey and record producer}}
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| origin = Milton Keynes
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| genre = Hard trance, hard house
| occupation = Record producer, Disc Jockey
| years_active = 1989 -
| label = Tidy Trax, XL Recordings, Nukleuz
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Rob Tissera (born 1966) is a British hard house disc jockey and record producer. His releases have achieved UK chart success over a {{circa|10}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Noel |title=Warp 20 Box Set Review: A Document Of Evolution From The City of Steel |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/02824-warp-20-box-set-review-a-document-of-evolution-from-the-city-of-steel |access-date=4 February 2024 |work=The Quietus |date=28 September 2009 |quote=Circle City (who is now hard trance dork Rob Tissera, fact fans) |archive-date=20 March 2024 |archive-url=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 |url-status=live }}
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.{{cite web |last1=Birchmeier |first1=Jason |title=Rob Tissera Biography by Jason Birchmeier |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rob-tissera-mn0000281549#biography |website=Allmusic |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117124808/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rob-tissera-mn0000281549#biography |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=BIOGRAPHY |url=https://ra.co/dj/robtissera/biography |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=20 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320203952/https://ra.co/dj/robtissera/biography |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Togneri |first1=Steven |title=Kissdafunk |url=https://djmag.com/content/kissdafunk |website=DJ Mag |access-date=3 February 2024 |date=27 May 2005 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923135803/https://djmag.com/content/kissdafunk |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Dave |title=TOP 12: BADLY BEHAVING DJS |url=https://mixmag.net/feature/top-12-badly-behaving-djs/ |website=Mixmag |access-date=3 February 2024 |date=12 August 2012 |quote=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. |archive-date=20 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320203959/https://mixmag.net/feature/top-12-badly-behaving-djs |url-status=live }}
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.{{cite web |title=KISSDAFUNK |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-kissdafunk/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203155048/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-kissdafunk/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=GOODGREEF - ALBUM TWO |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-goodgreef-album-two/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=3 February 2024 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203155049/https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-goodgreef-album-two/ |url-status=live }} In 2004 he was also invited to perform a two-hour Essential Mix for the BBC Radio 1 Pete Tong show.{{cite web |title=BBC - Radio 1 - Essential Mix - Tracklisting |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiveshtml.shtml?20040314 |website=BBC |access-date=4 February 2024 |date=14 March 2004 |archive-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204224455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiveshtml.shtml?20040314 |url-status=live }}
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.
Discography
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Tissera |first1=Rob |title=The Smiler, A DJ's Life |date=2023 |publisher=Music Mondays & Straight Six Publishing |isbn=9780993473289}}
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External links
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