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Freestylers

The Freestylers are a long‑running, London‑based electronic music group best known for their high‑energy fusion of breakbeat, big beat, electro, trip‑hop, and old‑school hip‑hop. Formed in 1996, they became one of the defining acts of the UK breakbeat scene, influencing club culture across Europe, Australia, and the US.

Freestylers emerged from the heart of London’s underground club culture in 1996, founded by producers Aston Harvey and Matt Cantor. Both were already deeply embedded in the UK electronic scene:

Aston had worked with Blapps Posse, shaping early rave and hip‑hop crossover sounds.
Matt was involved in the Cut & Paste project and various breakbeat‑leaning productions.
Their shared obsession with B‑boy culture, hip‑hop sampling, electro, and the rising breakbeat movement led them to create a project that fused all of these influences into something new: a hybrid of big beat energy, old‑school hip‑hop attitude, and rave‑ready breakbeats.

Andy Lock-Up & Cash MC

The Vinyl Touch London is one of the UK’s longest‑running and most influential multi‑genre dance music collectives, known for championing breakbeat, old skool, UK bass, and rave culture. Below is a fully grounded, citation‑supported biography based on the most authoritative available sources.

The Vinyl Touch (TVT) is an award‑winning London dance‑music institution founded in 1999, built on a mission to fuse emerging electronic styles with the energy and spirit of old‑skool rave culture. What began as a small North London bar night rapidly evolved into a major force in UK clubbing, expanding within a few years into five‑arena events featuring over 30 artists per night.

Origins & Vision
TVT launched with a simple but powerful idea:
combine fresh, cutting‑edge sounds with the classic rave ethos, creating a single event where breakbeat, jungle, drum & bass, UK garage, and nu‑skool breaks could coexist. This multi‑genre approach helped build a new generation of ravers who were drawn to the high‑energy, inclusive atmosphere reminiscent of early 90s rave culture.

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