Darren Styles
- Type
- Solo artist
- Styles
- breakbeat hardcore
- Fans
- 13.4k
Darren Styles is an English DJ and music producer working in breakbeat hardcore. Born in Colchester in 1975, he has been active since 1993 and is associated with the Monstercat label.
Next date in Glasgow: 12 December at SWG3.
Darren Styles on tour elsewhere in United Kingdom
One date announced outside London:
- Glasgow SWG3 See the date
Upcoming dates
1 upcoming date
Upcoming concerts
Listen & watch
Most-streamed tracks
Darren Styles’s most-streamed tracks on Deezer. This is not a concert setlist, but a good idea of the songs the audience knows. 30-second previews.
- GIVE IT TO ME
- Be Somebody
- Us Against the World
- Forever
Source: Darren Styles on Deezer
Profile
- Latest album
- Feel the Pressure (2010)
- Born
- 1975 · Colchester
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active since
- 1993
- Label
- Monstercat
About — The artist
Darren James Mew (born 23 May 1975), better known as Darren Styles, is an English music producer, DJ, singer and songwriter from Clacton-On-Sea in Essex. Initially a member of the breakbeat hardcore group DJ Force & the Evolution, Styles achieved success in the 1990s by forming the duo Force & Styles with Force. Pioneers of happy hardcore, the two wrote several well-known tracks, including 'Heart of Gold', 'Pretty Green Eyes' and 'Paradise & Dreams'.
In the early 2000s, Styles began producing records more heavily influenced by trance with Mark Brady, under the name Styles & Breeze. The duo released two hit singles, 'You're Shining' (2002) and 'Heartbeatz' (2003), both of which entered the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. He took part in every volume of the famous Clubland X-Treme Hardcore compilation series. Darren Styles also has a collaborative alias with Stonebank, 'Zero Hero', which was abandoned after the release of 'Twilight', included on Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 1, the two artists having decided to continue collaborating under their own names.
As a solo artist, Styles released two studio albums, Skydivin' (2008), certified gold, and Feel the Pressure (2010). He has also collaborated on numerous occasions with several other artists, including Hixxy, Ultrabeat and N-Force.
Discography
- Skydivin' 2008
- Feel the Pressure 2010