Music : Darren Styles 'Skydivin'

Album Info :

Artist : Darren Styles
Album : Skydivin
Number of Discs: 2
ASIN: B0019CFB3Y
Release Date: June, 16, 2008
Label: Universal
Genre: Dance, Trance

Description :

Happy hardcore hero Styles takes a break from incessant touring and mixing of compilation albums to produce this, his double debut solo studio album. Chock-full of all the breakneck beats, hi-NRG trancey synth stabs, diva vocals and feel-good, dayglo melodies his legion of adoring young fans have come to know, love and expect, it includes the singles 'Getting Better' and 'Save Me'.

Album Review :

Taking a break from remixing compilation albums featuring other artists' material, Essex hardcore DJ Darren Styles released his debut solo album, Skydivin', in the summer of 2008. Styles, known as a record producer, songwriter, and remixer, had not previously attempted to record anything under his own name, and right from the start of track one, "Flashlight," one could hear the influences of many artists who had benefited from his expertise in the past. There was the driving, pumping beat of hardcore dance albums and Euro-beat pop albums such as Scooter's Jumping All Over the World and Ultrabeat's self-titled album, and even a track such as "Come Running," for which the first minute was an acoustic, slower (certainly not slow) number, broke into a pulsating synth-beat style for the rest of the track. One could certainly not accuse Styles of scrimping on the sheer amount of music on the double album: nearly two hours and 30 tracks split onto two discs, one labeled Hardcore and the other labeled Commercial, with only two of the tracks presented in two different mixes, "Save Me" and the title track, "Skydivin'." Longtime collaborator Mark Breeze was present, assisting with the writing of several tracks, but this was mainly a Darren Styles solo effort to the greatest extent possible. He produced all 30 of the tracks, wrote all but one, and even lent his vocals to 13 of them, receiving helping hands in the vocal department from a number of singers including Francis Hill, Lisa Abbott, Mike DiScala from Ultrabeat, Justine Riddock, Karen Danzig, and Rebecca Rudd. Fans of hardcore trance and dance music and people who respected the name of Darren Styles from his remixing and production work absolutely lapped this album up, sending it to number four in its first week on the charts and keeping it bubbling inside the Top Ten for several weeks -- but perhaps two hours is a little on the long side for a hardcore/techno/Euro-beat album. ~ Sharon Mawer, All Music Guide

Taken From : http://www.billboard.com



Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Flashlight
2. Come Running
3. Gettng Better
4. Discolights
5. Save Me
6. Baby I'll Let You Know
7. I Say I Love You
8. Drop Zone
9. Show Me The Sunshine
10. Skydivin'
11. Jealous
12. Just Easy
13. Cutting Deep
14. Lost The Plot
15. Slide Away
16. Different Groove
17. Feel Love
Disc: 2
1. Right By Your Side - N-Force vs Darren Styles
2. Save Me
3. Tell Me
4. Girls Like you (Fugutives Sex Crazy Edit)
5. I Need You
6. Sure Feels Good - Ultrabeat, Darren Styles
7. Heartbeatz - Styles, Breeze
8. Blow Me Away
9. Skydivin' (fugitive Edit)
10. Your Shining
11. Feel Love
12. Paradise & Dreams
13. You're My Angel

Darren Styles feat. Francis Hill - Come Running (vinyl)



Darren Styles 'Come Running' lyrics

I will come running (3X)
Running every night
You say you want me
I will make it right
I will come running
All you ever need
Our love is dawning
Look outside
I’ll be there tonight
Our love is dawning
Look outside
I’ll be there tonight
I’ll be there tonight . . .
I will come running
Running every night
You say you want me
I will make it right
I will come running
All you ever need.
All our love is dawning
Look outside
I’ll be there tonight
Our love is dawning
Look outside
I’ll be there tonight
I’ll be there tonight…