Darren Tate, John Graham + more ... CIRCUS 3/31

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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'.

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 was released in January this year. Then this summer 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 and will soon be presenting 'The Mondo Sessions' radio show, to be broadcast all over the world.

John Graham, (alias Quivver), was signed to A&M Records, where, along with writing partner Neil Barry, they released 2 tracks (as mentioned above), both making huge dents on the dance-floors of the World and gathering a massive, ever growing following for Quivver along the way. The likes of Sasha, Oakenfold, Digweed and many, many more became fans and Quivver became a household name! During this period John was also recording under the name of Skanna and had a label of the same name where he released around ten tracks that reached the hearts (and record boxes) of people like Fabio, Grooverider and Doc Scott. The Skanna tunes were an outlet for John's darker side - drum and bass and deep beats - influenced by John's love of Hip Hop, Electro and all that went off in the breakbeat days of the 80's. A shake up at A&M left Quivver free to move onto pastures new and John at this time split with his recording partner, but continued to work under the same name. Paul Oakenfold was first off the mark in the Quivver chase, already a huge fan and seeing this extreme talent free for the taking, Paul snapped up John and signed him to his own Perfecto label. John released tunes on Perfecto; DJ'd as part of their massive tours and continued to blossom until the demise of the label and their split with East West in 98. Later in 98 John signed up a deal with Virgin records and changed his name for a downbeat vocal project as Stoneproof. The release of the first stoneproof single Everything's Not You on Virgin came with much critical acclaim and huge support at club level with The Quivver Mix on the track being included on Northern Exposure, Resident - 2 Years of Oakenfold at Cream, Sasha's Global Underground and more! Remixes have included Kylie some kind of bliss, Karen Ramirez Lies, Jeff Wayne's Eve of The War, Simply Red Fairground, Culture Club's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me and Time, and more recently on Libra Calling Your Name and Danny Tenaglia Do You Feel My Love. Projects in 2000 saw John release the massive She Does (which was included in the soundtrack for Maybe Baby), and One Last Time ( which was championed by Pete tong as his essential new tune) He also took up a U.S. residency (bi-monthly) @ Twilo N.Y.C, as well as new productions. As one third of Tilt (alongside Mick Park & Mick Wilson) and global DJ escapades, John Graham has kept himself incredibly busy. There's been a whole host of Tilt live shows, wowing crowds from Cream in Liverpool, Home in London to Miami. He's been DJing in some of the worlds most inspiring locations, including a slot at the Olympic Village in Sydney and several American and south American tours. Plus John has also found time to get creative in the studio with Sasha. From September to December 2004 John was in Naples writing and recording vocals for Italian group Planet Funk. He wrote and sang on six songs for their second album due for release in 2005. The first single from the album entitled Stop Me looks set to be a huge hit as it has already been licensed by Coca Cola for their current advertising campaign in Italy. John in the meantime is busy working on material for a brand new ep for spring 2005, and has completed a Space Manoeuvres album to be released by Tirade records this year (2005). He is also compiling a mix CD to be released on Boz Boz in April 2005, and Scoring the music for The film 'Comfortably Numb' Starring Jason Flemming (of 'Snatch' and 'Lock Stock...'fame) pheww!! From his literally underground beginnings as a coal miner in Coventry, John has carved his way overground and continually sets new standards as one of dance musics brightest attractions.

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