Darren Styles

Early life Styles was born as Darren James Mew in London, England. He was encouraged to play music from an early age by his father, a blues fan, and always had a passion for music. His family moved to Clacton-On-Sea in Essex when he was 7 years old. He spent many nights mastering his ability on the keyboard and developing his own style, inspired by dance music. In February 1992, Styles had his first "hands on" experience of the underground rave scene in "Oscar's Nightclub" on Clacton Pier. This event lead to him wanting to be a part of the dance music community. Fellow artist MC Storm claimed the series to be "another massive turning point for hardcore". # 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" with Dougal and Kenny Hayes, released 2 February 2009 under the alias United In Dance (formed of Styles, Dougal, and Gammer). He created Junkbox Records in 2006 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's current lead vocalist replacing Re-Con after his departure in 2013) 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".

Personal life Styles is married to Fiona Merry who appeared on the 2007 edition of the reality television series Shipwrecked. Merry also provided the voiceover for the intro to Clubland X-Treme Hardcore 4 in December 2007.

Discography

Skydivin' (2008) Feel the Pressure (2010)