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‘Perfect World’ may be considered by many to be a bold statement, but DT8 Project’s genre-defining first album pushes modern production boundaries, combining real instruments and music in a truly unique and enthralling way. With soaring melodies and soulful songs, it paves an emotional journey, embracing the worlds of trance, ambient, electro, tribal house and break-beat, whilst seamlessly incorporating diverse musical cultures from around the world.
Having already established himself as one of Europe’s leading dance producers, Darren Tate is certainly no stranger to making dance-floor anthems. He has blazed the clubbing world under such guises as Jurgen Vries and Angelic, even taking the ‘Voice of An Angel’, Charlotte Church, under his wing to sing on ‘The Opera Song’. With his latest brainchild, Darren Tate is set to further strengthen his grip on dance-floors worldwide, cutting his signature trance and house sound with the cross-over funky grooves of a four-piece live band to create DT8 Project’s redefinition of dance music in the 21st century.
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‘Perfect World’ combines modern electronica and live acoustics with stunning performances from world-renowned artists, such as Gavin Rossdale (Bush/Mr Gwen Stefani), Mory ‘Yeke Yeke’ Kante, and Andrea Britton. It not only includes massive hits of the past, ‘Winter’, ‘Destination’ and the latest club smash ‘Hold Me Till The End’ (“The tune of the year, if not the decade†Judge Jules) , but also the club hits of the future. ‘The Power Of One’ is a marriage of old-skool house, blissful ambience and gorgeous vocals from dance-floor diva Shena McSwee (“JX†/ “David Grayâ€), whilst ‘Falling’, a truly unique ambient-electro-house journey, sees a certain Gavin Rossdale joining forces with resident singer Alexta.
The list of talent recruited for the album is endless, with co-writes by some of the biggest names in the business, including Victoria Horn (‘Dirty Vegas – Days Go By’) and Erire Obano (William Orbit / Sasha and Digweed). Then throw into the mix the second club-mixed CD, and you will find remixes by many of the biggest names in dance music, including Above & Beyond, Max Graham, Mike Koglin and Lange.
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When thinking how to create ‘Perfect World’, it may have taken Darren Tate longer than seven days, but the wait was worth it! With the combination of great song-writing, stunning vocals, world-class production and remixes that ooze euphoria, DT8 Project have succeeded in creating the perfect world, where sheer aural ecstasy is administered at the touch of a play button!
Darren also chairs over Mondo Records Ltd (www.mondorecords.com), Mondo Music Publishing Ltd, Angelic Sounds Ltd and Mondo DJ’s (www.mondodjs.com).
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As many of you already know, Darren is considered to be a leading figure not only in the producing circle of dance music but also on the underground DJ circuit.
His dedication, thought and energy can be seen in everything he touches from productions right through to his performances. He is still considered a pioneer of bringing dance music to the masses but is not a stranger to change as he has constantly evolved and developed unique and fresh approaches to his style, whilst setting new standards all the time.
Darren Tate is an international producer, DJ, and essentially an incredible entrepreneur born in London, England. Tate has evolved from a classically trained musician to a senior statesman in the music industry actively promoting dance, trance, electro and progressive house music through whatever means available and with an incredible knack of being in the right place at the right time.
Earning his reputation as one of the Worlds leading influential producer DJs, working with a wide range of international artists and writers, and having had huge international hits with the likes of Jurgen Vries, Angelic, Orion, Citizen Caned and most recently DT8 Project, Tate is also highly regarded as one of the most influential Djs born out of the homeland.
Much noted for being a master at delivering original, exciting and passionate new music, it is this universal appeal which in turn has established his strong fan-base around the globe.
Having DJd at almost every leading dance festival and major club in the world, Darren currently hosts various radio shows that spans the globe, and will later this year will be touring the world with the launch of his first major artist album DT8 Project Perfect World.
With the launch of his record label, Mondo Records in 2000, and more recently his website www.mondorecords.com, Tate is bringing e-commerce and the dance music industry to a new level. The website is not only an online agency with an exclusive A & R pit, but also enables the purchasing of CD, MP3 and vinyl, whilst enabling the downloading of MP4s bringing an entire new dimension to music.
Mondo Sessions Vol 01 - Mixed by Darren Tate & Mike Koglin
(Release date: 24th July 2006)
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Featuring exclusive DT8 Project tracks - Reflections, Hold me til the end & Tomorrow Never Comes, this is a must for any trance fan! Darren Tate
Darren Tate is an international producer and DJ born in London, England. As a classically trained musician, Darren has earned his reputation as one of Europe's leading producers, having worked with a wide range of international artists and writers. He is also one of the worlds most successful dance producers, having had huge international hits with the likes of Jurgen Vries, Angelic, Orion, Citizen Caned and most recently DT8 Project. He has also worked with a huge array of top international artists and writers and has enjoyed much success in the areas of television, film and musical theatre.
Darren has brought the world some of the biggest dance floor hits. He is best known for huge cross over projects such as Angelic (with Judge Jules - 'It's My Turn', 'Can't Keep Me Silent', 'Stay With Me'), Jurgen Vries ('The Theme', 'The Opera Song (Brave New World)', 'Wilderness') and most recently DT8 Project ('The Sun Is Shining (Down On Me)', 'Winter'). However closest to the hearts of the millions of clubbers out there are classics such as 'DT8 - Destination', 'Orion - Eternity', 'Let The Light Shine In (with Jono Grant)', 'Prayer For A God' and most recently 'Venus', 'Horizons', 'Dawn' and 'Deliverance'.
This year Darren has been working on not one but two album projects. 'Horizons 01' is a collection of some of his biggest underground club records which also features six brand new singles and is due out in January 2006. Then early next year will see the full release of the highly anticipated DT8 Project album which promises to be one of the most inspired and original electronica albums of 2006. The album will include the massive hits 'The Sun Is Shining (Down On Me)' and 'Winter', and will feature exclusive performances by various major international artists.
Darren also has an ever growing reputation as one of the worlds premiere DJs, where his blend of trance, hard trance and progressive house has been causing a huge stir in the dance community. He has received rave reviews for his mix duties on albums such as 'Beyond Euphoria (MOS)', 'Trance Republic (with John Askew and Agnelli & Nelson)' and the forthcoming 'Mondo Sessions 001' with Mike Koglin. In addition he also hosts the radio show 'Mondo In The Mix' on Ministry of Sound Radio Monday 4-6pm fortnightly.
In terms of public performances Darren has been and will be touring across the world throughout the year, including headlining at the Zurich Street Parade earlier this year (to an audience of over 1 million). In addition, his label Mondo Records (www.mondorecords.com) continues to go from strength to strength, as does the newly formed Mondo DJ agency and music publishing division (Mondo Music Publishing).