Does Darren Styles Got The Music?? - HARDCORE HISTORY - Darren Styles Chronicles

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I’ve been doing a little dive into the life of Darren Styles this month and I wanted to share what I found with you. Join me for this mini biography of the last 25+ years through Old Skool Rave Breakbeats, Happy Hardcore and Hard Dance, sell out concerts and festivals. In this video, we take a look at one of the true legends of Happy Hardcore.
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[@blackhatter1980]

HEART OF GOLD by far the best ever hardcore track ever made

[@stuartkmusic]

Personally, I wouldn’t agree. Heart of Gold is a classic hardcore track but for me, there are better out there. That being said, if we all had the same favourite, it wouldn’t be any fun. Great choice nonetheless 👍

[@nightswithping]

@@stuartkmusic personally its shooting star but each to their own we're all different

[@furryraver4ever]

Hes been a big influence in my music production and love of Happy Hard sounds

[@neilwatcham8932]

This is cool...I was 1 of the first to see Darren in clacton.. 1 of his first mcs was my best mate in school... used to think we were the boys walking in with them to Oscars.!! What a place what a time..!! Now its a bowling centre...They got me into hardcore and I'm still an avid listener 35years later...Where's them whistles where's them horns!!!!

[@saturn1returns]

Remember, Hixxy and Sharkey done John Peel sessions! I was so chuffed for them!

[@stuartkmusic]

It’s funny, I went back over all my original notes and there were a few little bits like that and Sharkey playing Glastonbury in 1999 that didn’t end up in the video.

[@saturn1returns]

@@stuartkmusic got to respect John Peel - he championed happy hardcore - banging it out every Thursday night to the world - predominantly middle class listeners. They are also all on yt. I'm a HH nerd too. 🦊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦊 Keep up the great work - you are on to a winner with Happy Hardcore Histories! If you need any info on the Scottish side let me know.

[@stuartkmusic]

@Saturn Returns I may just hold you to that one. 😉

[@nightswithping]

john peel is not enough

[@John21690]

Loved his lable junkbox! Massive era for styles

[@stuartkmusic]

Hugely defiining moment as the genre in whole was evolving with Styles being innovative enough to drive a massive piece of that.

[@John21690]

@@stuartkmusic loved the video mate. Can you do one on scott brown?

[@stuartkmusic]

Thanks for that 👍 Love Scott Brown, he likes it a bit harder again. It's on the list

[@homiepr8]

Seen Darren Styles recently at Restricted Forest, absolutely rocked his set. Great atmosphere in the crowd

[@ChiuBunny]

man, Darren Styles got me into music production since 2014, and at this moment I have considered myself a Music Producer, because my music has a lot of influence from great legends of Raver Baby, Essential Platinum, especially Junkbox.

[@stuartkmusic]

Great to hear he has inspired so many people @Chiu Bunny 👍

[@lordtraxroy]

darren style and gammer literally dominated the hhc scene from the late 90s till end of 2000s then s3rl Revolutionized hhc entirely where he create a monopoly in the genre along side of the japanese hhc scene

[@SkyBlue-px1tc]

Gammer was not even around in the 90's lol 🤦.. The 90's UK Hardcore scene was dominated by Seduction, Slipmatt, Vibes, Vinylgroover, Sy, Dougal, Hixxy, Force & Styles, Scott Brown & Marc Smith. Do some research instead of constantly saying things that are untrue.

[@FurniteIsGay]

these videos are amazing, its nice to see someone putting out videos showing a detailed history of these things! i'm relatively new to 90s-2000s hardcore (been listening for 8-9 years or so) and these videos are great for learning about producers and DJs from the time period, so thanks a lot for these! :D

[@stuartkmusic]

Thanks Furnite. I’m glad you found our little channel and are enjoying learning about all these talented guys. 👍

[@Dylan_Scott]

You're shining is undoubtedly THE best vocal happy hardcore tune ever produced. The only other track that hit me with the same feels was 'Speak of Love' by Heaven 7. Interestingly, both tracks do not feature an overly cheesed up melody, both have something else going on in them that is somewhat haunting... and I think that is a secret to making a serious tune.

[@stuartkmusic]

@Dylan it gives me the biggest smile every time that first note is sung in “You’re Shining” or Shiny 😂😂

[@Dylan_Scott]

@@stuartkmusic haha I never thought of hearing it as shiny... could have been a theme song for the Twighlight franchise.

[@martinrichardson4966]

Love the video. Would love to see mc storms story also slipmatt would be cool.

[@tonyl1984]

He’s certainly done a lot over the past 25 years in his career, everything he touches turns to hood 👍🏻 Dj force aka Paul Hobbs decision to step down from force & styles was because he couldn’t up with the pace & the high standards the other djs were producing.

[@stuartkmusic]

Very talented guy indeed and doing huge things still. As for Force, all I have really seen so far is that he worked with Jack Speed and Jamie Ritman around 08/09.

[@QFXmusic]

Darren is a great guy and great producer and is always ahead of the game. 🙂

[@stuartkmusic]

Absolutely he is. The only way to remain relevant is to evolve with the times and that’s something that Darren seems to be very good at.

[@QFXmusic]

@@stuartkmusic 100% always moves forward :-) Something i try to do myself but it's not always easy for a 90s artist as you have a fan base that wants to hear music that we made during that period. As an artist we must love what we make its what makes our music real. :-)

[@stuartkmusic]

@QFXmusic I cannot agree more with this. Music is how we express ourselves. We should all be free to make the music we want to, as difficult a reality that may be for some. The loyal ones who understand that will always follow.

[@TheRaveMusicArchive]

Force & Styles were still going through 1999 and 2000. Even up to the NYE 2000 event @ Slammin' Vinyl.

[@stuartkmusic]

Yes sorry we discussed this one earlier in the comments. I think I ended up putting it down to 1st video nerves 🤦‍♂️

[@djwarmanhappyhardcore4957]

I was born on 1993 the same year of his starting of underground Hardcore mate he got the same name as me to James

[@stuartkmusic]

That’s awesome mate. So you truly have grown up with Styles 🤩

[@djwarmanhappyhardcore4957]

@@stuartkmusic yes mate I can say on my deth I have grown up with Darren Styles raverbay. 36 .vinyl records getting better. 1 2 Darren Styles. Vinyl Record. RaverBaby 30 Cutting deep .I can go on .number 2 dj Styles #breeze. Vinyl 41 slide a way .dj number 3 breeze and style vinyl 26 .heart beat @electric. Mix .dj number 4 hixxy and style vinyl 28 .the theme rush ins ✨️ 90s vinyl. Then happy Hardcore on heter skater. Tape pak to mc storm 1995 mc s in cush records mate 👌 I love Hardcore till I die buddy

[@djwarmanhappyhardcore4957]

@@stuartkmusic I completely forgot about slammin vinyl records

[@fasttrack70]

Also he never ages

[@stuartkmusic]

@melv fasttrack not sure he would agree on that but I get what you mean. He’s a timeless classic 👍

[@stuartwatkinson9720]

Amazing bud

[@stuartkmusic]

Cheers Stu

[@djwarmanhappyhardcore4957]

Darren Styles was born Hardcore brother 25 years of happy Hardcore vibe way back from the 90s Hardcore with mc storm mc wizkid and lot more more mate

[@stuartkmusic]

I certainly class him as one of the founding fathers of the genre. 👍

[@jameysefton8992]

Luving the videos and the history, doin a great job. Every one I know who like hardcore and those who don't all seem to agree that 'nakatomi - children of the night" is the theme to hardcore itself. Iv searched hi and low and can not find a whole lot about them except one site side that Mr. Nakotomi himself was the producer of venga boys. True or false I don't know. But I'd love to find out more about the group as they did some huge tunes. Keep up the great work, thanks

[@stuartkmusic]

I love this suggestion @Jamey S. Of course we couldn’t really call it Hardcore History if we don’t explore as much as possible. I didn’t know the possible Vengaboys link and I’m not sure you are ready for my guilty pleasures yet 😂😂 It’s an obscure list that even they feature on. Anyway, I will definitely get nakatomi added to the list straight away. 👍

[@DJ-GOLD-TRIGGER-81]

Darren is a lovely Man. Meet him lots of times over the last 27 years. Always remeber in 98 99 i saw him in london Evolution, he was not playing that night, my good mate DJ D-LITE was talking to him called me over, D said to me you know who this is.... Course i do !! I asked Darren, where has he been as i'd not seen him play out for time. He said mate, i'm sick to death of playing heart of gold and feild of dreams. But he then said i have something coming soon, new sound new vison. Always stuck with me, as few short years later, Boom we all know what happen.. Grate video Stuart !! I know it's not happy or uk hardcore, But i'd truly love to see video on TOP BUZZ Mad P Jason K, Nothing of any merit on KZbin. Be amazing.

[@stuartkmusic]

I was only thinking about Top Buzz recently of course with the loss of Jason. I even added them to the list myself at the time so I’m sure we can see what I can find out. Thanks @Golf trigger 👍

[@X6277X]

Next: Dougal & Gammer! I love their HHC and also Gammer's work, he's still one of my favorite producers and DJs, I love his quick crazy mixes, man got skills! And something I hate about HHC.. so many great tracks were never released in full length, I just can't find them, so many tracks from Clubland X-Treme Hardcore aren't available anywhere😞 why?

[@stuartkmusic]

@Daniel K you should definitely check out episode 2. You’ll find what you are looking for there 👍 As for tracks from the Clubland X-Treme series and such, I think it’s done on purpose by the labels to give the releases something unique. Probably just a case of getting stuff cleared but I’ve heard some of the bigger labels like UMTV, in the case of Clubland, can be pretty slow for some stuff. Couldn’t say that’s it for sure and this is just my opinion from the little I’ve learned while making the series. Follow this link for Dougal & Gammer 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnXTl3mXqb99Y5Y

[@X6277X]

@@stuartkmusic thank you! Yeah, I went on your channel and watched other episodes immediately after I posted this comment😁 great content! And I have next suggestion - Fracus & Darwin!

[@stuartkmusic]

@Daniel K I owe you a thank you. Part of what I have done so far is work to suggestions and this is one suggestion I’ve been waiting for since the beginning. When it comes to the modern sounds of Happy Hardcore, Fracus & Darwin, individually and together are probably my favourite producers. Now I need to make the connections. 🤔

[@X6277X]

@@stuartkmusic I fell in love with the Clubland sound era, never been into the 90s sound. And those 00s tracks sometimes sound dry and too simple. And I think Fracus & Darwin added more interesting sounds and atmosphere in their music, sometimes Freeform vibes, and I love it.

[@gaving321]

Enjoyed that . Dougal hixxy gammer, actually gammer the fact Dougal taught him everything, how does gammer get all the limelight

[@stuartkmusic]

Appreciate the feedback 👍 Hixxy is on my list and I think Dougal & Gammer would be a great video.

[@tonyl1984]

Personally I can’t stand Matt gammer tracks 😒

[@Rhuel47]

Do cotts and ravine next :>

[@stuartkmusic]

@SPKelevra No can do I’m afraid. The next DJ has already been chosen but I’ll get both Cotts and Ravine added to my list 👍

[@dannywholuv]

At *least* 2 daughters... Does he have a few with other women we dont know of? 😅

[@stuartkmusic]

😆 I don’t have an answer to that one 😆

[@Yoyo-01]

Those poor lip readers..nice T-shirt!

[@stuartkmusic]

Cheers @Yo Yo. Got another new one for the next video.

[@DjSamination]

Wait, I thought Force & Styles had released up until the very end/beginning of 2000? As well DArren already used the Unique name before their split?

[@stuartkmusic]

You might actually have me on this one. Just checked again to see where I got that from and I’m at a loss. Yes, there are releases after 1998 from F&S. will you let me off this one as it was my first video and I really didn’t know what I was doing then 😂

[@DjSamination]

Well, I might also been to quick to say something about the releases. Looking at the releases for UK Dance post 1997, most of them doesn't appear to be Force & Styles tracks, except for a few re-releases or already released tracks put into different combined release. but I know of at least one release after 2000, and it was Make Believe/Look at Me Now that (from what I've been told) was a commissioned release by Anabolic Frolic for his 6th (and what was supposed to be the last) Happy 2b Hardcore chapter.

[@notenoughram3312]

yo sami

[@cw3728]

Whenever I saw force and styles on the lineup, I gave it a miss, just too cheesy and repetitive for me.