Artist · chart history
Freestylers
Band London United Kingdom Formed 1996 UK breakbeat duo Matt Cantor & Aston Harvey
Freestylers formed in 1996 in London, United Kingdom. Freestylers has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2004. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Get Down Massive”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #55. The station that charted Freestylers most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
The Freestylers came together in London in 1996, with producers Matt Cantor and Aston Harvey at the controls, and they built their name on breakbeat: fat, rolling drums and the kind of low end that rattles a club's walls. They even took their name from the very first sample they used, "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle, which later turned up again on "Drop the Boom".
We Rock Hard, in 1998, was a statement of intent, and "Here We Go" carried that block-party energy onto rock radio. By 2004's Raw as Fuck, the title alone told you nothing had softened, and "Push Up" kept them on the countdowns. Along the way the pair turned out five studio albums and a stack of mixes for Fabric and BBC Radio among others, with Screwface, Andrew Galea and DJ Jason also counted among the members.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Freestylers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Down Massive | 1 | #55 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | Here We Go | 3 | #69 | – | 1999 | |
| 3 | Push Up | 1 | #69 | – | 2004 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 69 | Push Up | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 |
| 2002 | 55 (tie) | Get Down Massive | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 |
| 1999 | 97 | Here We Go | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 |
| 1999 | 80 | Here We Go | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 |
| 1999 | 69 | Here We Go | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 |
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