Max Styler Explores Longer Track Durations on New EP

Max Styler embraces the art of longer running times on his latest six-track EP, I Don’t Think I Can Stop. It’s out now via his own imprint, Nu Moda. Max Styler has spent the better part of a decade figuring out what happens when you stop chasing someone else’s version of dance music and start trusting your own. On I Don’t Think I Can Stop, his six-track EP via his own Nu Moda imprint, that realization is clear. Rather than stacking six festival-ready singles back to back, he builds something closer to the arc of an extended DJ set, where one track naturally flows into the other. “When I release a single, a lot of the time they’re slap-you-in-the-face type tunes,” shared Styler. “I Don’t Think I Can Stop shows a bit more of the journey.” The EP kicks off with “Body Shake,” perhaps the punchiest dancefloor weapon on the tracklist. Its bass-heavy drop and instant hook are built for crowd response, but Styler leaves enough movement in the production to keep it from feeling like a simple festival button-pusher. Embracing the art of longer productions, the project eases into “Love Forever,” a disco-laced collaboration with Brighton-based dance music collective Kuuda that feels warm witho...