8 Tracks: Matthew Styles’ 8 Tracks Of Style

Those familiar with Berlin-based Matthew Styles know that he comes armed with a meticulous musical style that cherry picks underground bombs from 'cross decades. As former label manager of Crosstown Rebels, Styles shaped and sculpted the first five years of the label’s existence, playing an essential role in raising the label to the revered status it enjoys today. The Crosstown alumni he signed attests to this, with gems from a few names you may have heard of – the likes of Seth Troxler’s The Royal We, Radio Slave (Canvas), Josh Wink, Mr G, Matthew Jonson, Freaks and Rob Mello.
Now, fresh off the back of curating the third disc of Crosstown Rebels' Rebel Rave Series, he talks us through a selection of sounds that throb with that most indefinable, crucial of essences: style. Prepare to shimmy.
Matthew Styles Rebel Rave Mix is out now via Crosstown Rebels. See him at the NoFitState Bank Holiday special at Shapes, Hackney on 24th May – grab your tickets here.
I could just make a list of Arthur Russell records with style, he had it pouring out of every orifice. So many greats, but this one has such a beautiful innocence combined with futuristic rhythms.
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