Jurgen Vries
| Darren Tate | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Darren Tate |
| Also known as | Citizen Caned, DT8 Project, Orion, Jurgen Vries |
| Born |
22 October 1972 London, England |
| Genres | Trance |
| Occupation(s) | Producer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Mondo Records |
| Associated acts | Judge Jules, Angelic, Jurgen Vries, DT8 Project, 8 Ball |
| Website | Official Site |
Darren Tate (born 22 October 1972, London) is an English record producer and club DJ.
As a classically trained musician, Tate has worked with international artists and songwriters with whom he collaborates regularly. He has also worked in the areas of television, film and musical theatre.
Appearing in various television advertisements during his childhood he attended boarding school for ten years. As he got older he was trained in several classical musical instruments, studied Music at Leeds University and enjoyed success in television, film and musical theatre.
In a DMC magazine interview of March 2007 Tate stated that his favourite record was "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack. In the same interview it was revealed that three of his biggest influences in his life were Stevie Wonder, John Williams and Brian Eno. Tate has a son who was born in February 2006.
Like many of his fellow DJs, Tate has used a large number of pseudonyms. His first project was a joint effort with Judge Jules in 2000. Together with Jules'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 the name DT8 and most recently was part of DT8 Project. His most successful track in terms of chart presence came with "The Opera Song", which featured Charlotte Church, credited on the sleeve as CMC. Several compilations of dance tunes by major record labels have been mixed by Tate and reached the charts. Tate's first album (released under his own name) was issued in 2006 and entitled Horizons 01. The first official DT8 Project album, called Perfect World, was released on 1 October 2007. It was a double album, the second containing remixes from other producers.
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