Citizen Caned is an alias of Darren "DT8" Tate. He is one of the world's leading dance music producers, DJ's and film composers. He has had twelve top forty singles in the UK under the names DT8 Project, Angelic with Judge Jules, Jurgen Vries, Orion and Citizen Caned. He also records under the names JODA (with Jono Grant from Above & Beyond), Funkysober (with Boy George), 8 Ball and Fish From Japan. He is also the owner of Mondo Records UK. In 2020 he produced The House & Garage Orchestra’s first album, in 2021 produced and orchestrated “Give Me More Love” for Al Green and in 2022 scored the sound track for the IMAX feature film “The Last Glaciers” with Above & Beyond.