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. 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. 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. 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. In 2004 he was also invited to perform a two-hour
Essential Mix for the
BBC Radio 1 Pete Tong show. 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==