Darren Tate

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Darren Tate
Origin	London, UK
Years active	2000–present
Genres	Dance/Trance
Labels	Mondo Records

Darren Tate is a club DJ and dance music producer. Although noticeably coy about his date of birth, we do know that he was born in London, England.

Like many of his fellow DJs, Tate has used a large number of pseudonyms, perhaps masking the large contribution he has made to electronic music in the 21st century. His first project was a joint effort with fellow superstar Judge Jules in 2000. Together with Jule's wife, Amanda O'Riordan, they named themselves Angelic. Later the same year, he cut a few tracks under the name Orion. September 2002 saw the return of Tate under the name Jurgen Vries. Since then, he has used this name as well as DT8 and most recently DT8 Project. His most successful track in terms of chart came with "The Opera Song", which featured the vocal talents of Charlotte Church, credited on the sleeve as CMC. Several compilations of dance tunes by major labels have been mixed by Tate and reached the charts.

Tate has also recorded under the name Citizen Caned and now heads Mondo Records, a company with a growing reputation for finding talented young DJs and producers throughout the world.

[edit] Chart hits to date

June 2000 "It's My Turn" #11 UK (Angelic)
October 2000 "Eternity" #38 UK (Orion)
February 2001 "Can't Keep Me Silent" #12 UK (Angelic)
April 2001 "The Journey" #41 UK (Citizen Caned)
November 2001 "Stay With Me" #36 UK (Angelic)
September 2002 "The Theme" #13 UK (Jurgen Vries)
February 2003 "The Opera Song" #3 UK (Jurgen Vries feat. CMC)
May 2003 "Destination" #23 UK (DT8 feat. Roxanne Wilde)
October 2003 "Wilderness" #20 UK (Jurgen Vries feat. Shena)
June 2004 "Take My Hand" #23 UK (Jurgen Vries feat. Andrea Britton) - A remix of Dido's track of the same name
August 2004 "The Sun Is Shining (Down On Me)" #17 UK (DT8 Project)
March 2005 "Winter" #35 UK (DT8 Project feat. Andrea Britton)

[edit] Other Notable Remixes and Club Hits

"See Me Here" (Orion with uncredited vocals by Rebecca Raines)
"The Other Love" (Darren Tate vs Blue Amazon) - A remix of the original Blue Amazon track
"Prayer For A God" (Darren Tate)
"Let The Light Shine In" (Darren Tate & Jono Grant)
"Venus" (Darren Tate)
January 2006 "Horizons 01" (Darren Tate) - Tate's first album