Darren Styles
Darren Styles was born in Colchester, England, United Kingdom on May 23rd, 1975 and is the DJ. At the age of 49, Darren Styles biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Darren James Mew (born 23 May 1975), better known as Darren Styles, is an English record producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter from Colchester, England.
Originally a member of the Breakbeat hardcore group DJ Force & The Change, Styles found fame in the 1990s as one half of Force & Styles.
The pair were pioneers of happy hardcore and wrote several well-known songs, including "Heart of Gold," "Pretty Green Eyes," and "Paradise & Dreams." Styles & Breeze, Darren Styles started releasing more trance-influenced music in the early 2000s.
Both the pair recorded two hit singles, "You're Shining" (2004) and "Heartbeatz" (2005), which both reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart.
They have appeared in all volumes of the famous Clubland X-Treme Hardcore compilation collection collection.
Darren Styles also has "Zero Hero," a Stonebank collab. Styles has released two studio albums, the Gold-selling Skydivin' (2008), and Feel the Pressure (2010) as a solo artist.
He has also collaborated with a number of other musicians, including Hixxy, Ultrabeat, and N-Force.
Early life
Darren James Mew was born in Colchester, Essex, England, and Styles was born. He was encouraged to play music from an early age by his father, a blues fan, and had a lifelong passion for music. He spent many nights mastering his keyboard and creating his own style, inspired by dance music. Styles had his first "hands on" experience of the underground rave scene in Clacton Pier in February 1992. He wanted to be a member of the dance music group due to this performance.
Personal life
Styles is related to Fiona Merry, who appeared on the 2007 version of the reality television series Shipwrecked. On November 3, 2010 they had a baby girl.
Solo career
Styles' first solo record was "Feelin' Fine" which was released as Unique in 1998. His solo career as Darren Styles started in 2002 after releasing a record for Nukleuz and other labels. He has also released many records on Raver Baby and his first solo single was "Save Me" released on All Around the World
Styles has released singles collaborating with other artists on tracks such as "Sure Feels Good" and "Discolights" with Ultrabeat and "Right by Your Side" with N-Force. In 2008, he released Skydivin'. The album was a collection of old and new hardcore and commercial songs. This album reached No. 4 in the UK, # 41 in Ireland and has since been certified Gold in the UK. His follow-up single to "Discolights" with Ultrabeat was the song "Girls Like You", released 2 February 2009. Styles owns Junkbox Records which has released a number of singles.
In June and July 2009, Styles and Ultrabeat embarked on a ten-date UK-wide co-headlined tour, accompanied by Breeze, Infextious, DJ Frisco, MC Domino, Rebecca Rudd (Ultrabeat) and N-force. Starting in Sheffield, the tour went to Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester and London. In late November and early December 2009, Styles was part of Clubland Live 3 which toured through England, Scotland and Ireland.
Styles' most recent album Feel the Pressure was released on 23 August 2010, and features the singles "Outta My Head", "Sound Without a Name" and "Holding On".
Awards
- 1997 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Producers: Force & Styles
- 1997 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Live PA: Force & Styles
- 1997 Hardcore Heaven Awards Rookie DJs of the Year: Force & Styles
- 1997 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Record Label: UK Dance
- 1997 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Visiting DJ: Darren Styles
- 1997 Kiss FM Awards Best Hardcore Record: "Heart of Gold"
- 1998 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Producers: Force & Styles
- 2003 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Producers: Styles & Breeze
- 2003 Kiss FM Awards Best Hardcore Record: "You're Shining"
- 2004 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Producers: Styles & Breeze
- 2004 Kiss FM Awards Best Hardcore Record: "Heartbeatz"
- 2005 Kiss FM Awards Best Hardcore Record: "Slide Away"
- 2006 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Producer: Darren Styles
- 2006 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best DJ: Darren Styles
- 2006 Hardcore Heaven Awards Track of the Year: "Save Me"
- 2007 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best DJ: Darren Styles
- 2008 Hardcore Heaven Awards Best Producer: Darren Styles
- 2008 Hardcore Heaven Awards Track of the Year: "Flashlight"
- 2009 Hardcore Heaven Awards Outstanding Contribution: Darren Styles
- 2009 Hardcore Heaven Awards Track of the Year "Sorry"
- 2010 Total Dance Music Album of the Year: Feel The Pressure
- 2010 Hardcore Heaven Awards Track of the Year: "Smack You Like a Bitch"
- 2011 Hardcore Heaven Awards track of the Year: "You & I" (Darren Styles and Gammer)