Maya Jane Coles
{{short description|British musician}}
{{distinguish|M. J. Cole}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use British English| date= December 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| image = Maya Jane Coles (Photo by Jennifer Iliffe).jpg
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| caption = Coles in 2012
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| alias = Nocturnal Sunshine, CAYAM
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| birth_place = London, England
| genre = Deep house, tech house, trip hop, dubstep
| occupation = Producer, {{nowrap|audio engineer}}, DJ
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| years_active = 2006{{ndash}}present{{Cite web |url=http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/gigs |title=Gigs |access-date=17 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232850/http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/gigs |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}
| label = Dogmatik, 1trax, {{nowrap| Real Tone}}, Hypercolour, Mobilee, {{nowrap| I/Am/Me}}, {{nowrap| 20:20 Vision}}, Kobalt{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/kobalt-signs-maya-to-label-services-roster/054336|title=Kobalt signs Maya Jane Coles to Label Services roster - News - Music Week|website=Musicweek.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}}
| associated_acts = She Is Danger
| website = {{URL| MayaJaneColes.com| MayaJaneColes.com}}
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Maya Jane Coles is a British music producer, audio engineer and DJ, born in London. Under her real name, she mostly composes and plays house and techno music, while her alias Nocturnal Sunshine creates darker, more bass-driven productions with a heavy hip-hop and dub influence.Nocturnal Sunshine. [http://www.nocturnalsunshine.co.uk/] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130421021349/http://www.imorecords.co.uk/dubstep-3/dubstep/maya-jane-coles-biography/|date=21 April 2013}}, IMO Records Retrieved on 25 June 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://djmag.com/content/maya-jane-coles-star-comes-out-night|title=MAYA JANE COLES: A STAR COMES OUT AT NIGHT|date=2015-05-28|work=DJMag.com!|access-date=2018-10-15}} She was previously part of an electronic dub duo called She Is Danger with Lena Cullen.
Biography
= Debut =
Coles began making music as a teenager, learning to produce music using the Cubase software program when she was 15. She first produced hip-hop and trip hop. A few years later, she released her first two records on Dogmatik Records, in 2008 and 2009, which were more house music-based.
= Career =
Having already remixed acts such as Massive Attack and Gorillaz with her duo She Is Danger,{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/She+Is+Danger#t=Credits_Remix&q=&p=1|title=She Is Danger remix credits|publisher=Discogs}} Coles gained breakthrough exposure in 2010, when she released a four-track EP on Franck Roger's label,{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/franckroger|title=RA: Franck Roger|website=Resident Advisor|accessdate=20 December 2018}} Real Tone Records. She was then named by DJ Mag as one of the best newcomers that year, as her track "What They Say", taken from her eponymous EP, was also one of the most playlisted by DJs on Resident Advisor.{{cite web|title=Maya Jane Coles Bio, Music, News & Shows|url=http://djz.com/featured_djs/maya-jane-coles/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410181053/http://djz.com/featured_djs/maya-jane-coles/|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2013|publisher=DJZ.com|accessdate=8 March 2013}}
In 2011, she featured in many specialised magazines, such as Mixmag. BBC Radio 1 invited her to record an Essential Mix of her own, which was later nominated for Essential Mix of the Year 2011. Later on that year, she was voted 'Best Newcomer 2011' at the Ibiza DJ Awards 2011 and came ninth place in Resident Advisor's annual DJ ranking.
In 2012, she won 'Best House/Garage/Deep House' track at the Miami Winter Music Conference 2012,{{cite web|url=https://partysan.net/global-news/idma-2012-results-award-for-best-global-club-goes-to-space-ibiza/|title=IDMA 2012 Results >> Award for "best global club" goes to Space Ibiza|last=partysan-ibiza|date=26 March 2012|website=PARTYSAN Elektronische Musik & Klubkultur Magazin|accessdate=20 December 2018}} 'Staff Pick: Artist of the year 2011' at the Beatport Awards,{{cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/artist/maya-jane-coles/70491|title=Maya Jane Coles Tracks & Releases on Beatport|website=Beatport.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} DJ Mag{{'}}s 'Producer of the Year 2011',{{cite web |url=http://www.djmag.com/news/detail/3149 |title=DJ Mag |accessdate=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524004441/http://www.djmag.com/news/detail/3149 |archivedate=24 May 2012}} Mixmag's 'Best Breakthrough DJ 2011',{{cite web|url=https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/maya-jane-coles|title=Maya Jane Coles|website=Ents24.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}} FACT's 'Female Artist 2011',{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/02/22/facts-alternative-brits-the-winners/|title=FACT's alternative Brits: the winners|date=22 February 2012|accessdate=20 December 2018}} and Symphonic Distribution's 'Artist of the Year 2012'{{cite web |url=http://www.symphonicdistribution.com/2012/symnews/2012-award-winners/ |title=2012 Awards! | Digital Music Distribution | Dance Music Distribution | Record Label Distribution |accessdate=2013-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012210858/http://www.symphonicdistribution.com/2012/symnews/2012-award-winners/ |archivedate=12 October 2013}}
Later in the year, Coles was invited to record a mix for the DJ Kicks collection. The volume she produced was released in April, and obtained a favourable reception from specialised media. In November, Rolling Stone placed Coles at number 15 on its list of the world's 25 most influential DJs.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-25-djs-that-rule-the-earth-20121109/maya-jane-coles-19691231|title=The 25 DJs That Rule the Earth|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=9 November 2012}}
Maya was later invited back to record a second BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix in 2013.{{cite web|last=Tregoning|first=Jack|title=Listen: Maya Jane Coles returns to the Essential Mix|url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/55206/Listen_Maya_Jane_Coles_returns_to_the_Essential_Mix|work=inthemix.com.au|accessdate=5 May 2013}}
Coles' début album Comfort was on her own I/AM/ME label and Kobalt Label Services internationally in summer 2013. It featured guest appearances from artists such as Tricky, Miss Kittin, Nadine Shah, Alpines, Thomas Knights and Karin Park.
She also produced Fabric 75 (released April 2014), the 75th edition of London nightclub Fabric's monthly compilation album.{{cite web|url=http://www.fabriclondon.com/store/fabric-75.html|title=fabric 75|website=Fabriclondon.com|accessdate=20 December 2018}}
In late 2014, the title track of Coles' 2010 EP What They Say was sampled in the Nicki Minaj song "Truffle Butter", a collaborative track with Drake and Lil Wayne from her album The Pinkprint.{{cite web |title=Nicki Minaj samples Maya Jane Coles on 'Truffle Butter' featuring Drake and Lil Wayne |url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/12/12/nicki-minaj-samples-maya-jane-coles-on-truffle-butter-featuring-drake-and-lil-wayne/ |website=Fact Magazine |date=12 December 2014 |accessdate=14 June 2019}}
In 2017, Coles released her second album, Take Flight, on her own label, I/AM/ME. The 24-track album peaked at number 37 in the overall UK albums chart during the week of release, number 26 in the Independent label chart{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20170901/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-05}} and number 15 in the Billboard Dance and Electronic Album Sales Chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7957656/billboard-dance-chart-upstarts-sam-feldt-oliver-maya-jane-coles|title=Billboard Dance Chart|date=9 September 2017|website=Billboard.com}} The album received immense support, receiving a 72% score on Metacritic,{{Citation|title=Take Flight by Maya Jane Coles|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/take-flight/maya-jane-coles|language=en|access-date=2018-12-05}} gaining coverage from a number of high tier publications including Mixmag,{{Cite web|url=http://mixmag.net/feature/50-albums-12-months|title=The Top 50 Albums of 2017|date=14 December 2017|website=Mixmag.net}}{{Cite web|url=https://mixmag.net/read/maya-jane-coles-is-back-and-better-than-ever-with-cherry-bomb-premieres|title=Premiere: Maya Jane Coles is back and better than ever with 'Cherry Bomb'|website=Mixmag.net|access-date=2018-12-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://mixmag.net/read/maya-jane-coles-set-to-take-flight-on-forthcoming-lp-news|title=MAYA JANE COLES SET TO 'TAKE FLIGHT' ON FORTHCOMING LP|date=14 July 2017|website=Mixmag}}{{Cite web|url=https://mixmag.net/read/spotify-playlist-50-shiny-new-tracks-to-get-stuck-into-playlists|title=SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: 50 SHINY NEW TRACKS TO GET STUCK INTO|date=21 July 2017|website=Mixmag.net}} Pitchfork and Billboard,{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8071066/dance-artists-dominated-2017|title=13 Dance Artists Who Dominated 2017|date=21 December 2017|website=Billboard.com}} as well as receiving DSP support such as a banner on the iTunes Electronic page, a spot in Spotify New Releases, Apple Music New Releases and was named Beatport Artist of the Week.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/chart/artist-of-the-week-chart/463275|title=Artist of the Week Chart|date=24 August 2017|website=Beatport.com}} Maya gained 2 'Essential New Tunes' from Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1 for two of her singles from the album, "Cherry Bomb" and "Trails"{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mjcofficial/photos/essential-new-tune-cherry-bomb-on-pete-tongs-bbc-radio-1-show-listen-at-30-mins-/10155236127617158/|title=Maya Jane Coles - Essential New Tune|date=17 May 2017|website=Facebook.com}} and to top of her year, she won Best Album and Best Producer at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards 2017 off the back of her Take Flight album.{{Cite web|url=https://djmag.com/news/best-british-awards-2017-all-winners-our-annual-celebration-uk-underground|title=Here's all the winners from the Best of British Awards 2017|date=2017-12-18|website=DJMag.com|access-date=2018-12-05}}
2017 also saw Maya gain a number of selected mix placements such as her Essential Mix, which was shortlisted for Essential Mix of the Year,{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/essentialmix/status/936721631480811520?lang=en|title=Essential Mix|date=1 December 2017|website=Twitter}} Annie Mac's Mini Mix,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05dsz1z|title=Annie Mac's Mini Mix - Maya Jane Coles|date=1 September 2017|website=BBC Radio 1}} Channel 4 Best Before,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05dsz1z|title=Best Before Episode 5 - Maya Jane Coles Live|website=Bbc.co.uk|date=September 2017 }} Beats1 Mix{{Citation|last=Dope N Disco|title=Maya Jane Coles - One Mix ep.118 (Beats 1) (320k HQ) - 10/06/2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPBbIYUh9vc|access-date=2018-12-05}} as well as Radio 1 Live in Ibiza.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08z2tl3|title=BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1 in Ibiza, 2017, Maya Jane Coles - live from Hi|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-05}} Going into 2018 she also secured a British Airways exclusive mix with her full album also added in flight.{{Cite web|url=https://www.internationalmusicsummit.com/ims-partners-with-british-airways-and-deeper-sounds-listen-to-ims-keynotes-from-the-sky/|title=IMS PARTNERS WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS AND DEEPER SOUNDS - LISTEN TO IMS KEYNOTES FROM THE SKY|date=12 February 2018|website=International Music Summit}}
In May 2020, the title track of Coles' 2010 EP What They Say was sampled in the Lady Gaga song "Sour Candy", a collaborative track with Blackpink from her album Chromatica.{{cite web |title= Lady Gaga samples Maya Jane Coles on 'Sour Candy' featuring BLACKPINK |date=8 June 2020 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/lady-gaga-sour-candy-song-katy-perry-swish-swish-a4453546.html}}
In 2021, she co-produced one of the songs, "Loving You" on Sting's album, The Bridge.
Discography
{{BLP sources|date=November 2018}}
= As Maya Jane Coles =
== Studio albums ==
- 2013: Comfort
- 2017: Take Flight{{Citation|title=Take Flight|date=2017-08-25|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0d6ky7EGJ0DBxCsSR9R5SR#_=_|language=en|accessdate=2017-10-03}}
- 2021: Night Creature
==Compilation albums==
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{{Track listing
| headline = DJ-Kicks: Maya Jane Coles
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| title1 = Deft – Loqux & Past
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| title2 = Kris Wadsworth – Mainline (Jimmy Edgar Remix)
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| title3 = Chasing Kurt – Money
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| title4 = Bozzwell – In My Cocoon
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| title5 = Larse – Karoo
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| title6 = Milscot feat. Angela Sheik – All Alone (Domyan Just Slow Remix)
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| title7 = Adam Stacks – Hey Love
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| title8 = Phil Kieran & White Noise Sound – Never Believed
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| title9 = Sigward – Nuerd
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| title10= Maya Jane Coles – Not Listening
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| title11= Virgo Four – It’s A Crime (Caribou Remix)
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| title12= Roberto Bardini – Hate Me (Muteoscillator Fairy Tall Remix)
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| title13= Tripmastaz – Guess Who
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| title14= Standard Fair – Little Helper 16-3
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| title15= Nocturnal Sunshine – Meant To Be
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| title16= Zenker Brothers – Berg 10
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| title17= Last Magpie – No More Stories
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| title18= Zoe Zoe – Church
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| title19= Gerry Read – Roomland (Youandewan Remix)
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| title20= T. Williams – Analog Tour
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| title21= Marcel Dettmann – Translation Two
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| title22= Claro Intelecto – Hunter’s Rocket to the Sky
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== Singles and extended plays ==
== Remixes ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;" |
| Year
!Title !Artist !Label |
|---|
| 2008
| New System (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Chris Ibbot | Dogmatik |
| 2008
| Fuck Me Pumps (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Amy Winehouse | Island |
| 2008
| Uncle Tech (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | 1TRAX |
| 2009
| Romanov's Boogie (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | The Sun Paulo | Wisdom Records |
| 2010
|Time To Dance (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Tricky |Domino |
| 2011
| Cicadas (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Tom Middleton | Lo:Rise |
| 2011
| Crash (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Fritz & Lang featuring Lizokot | Airdrop Records |
| 2011
| Your Style (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Cross Town Rebels |
| 2011
| O' So (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Inxec & Mark Chambers | Leftroom Records |
| 2011
| Next To You (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Marvin Zeyss | Brown Eyed Boyz |
| 2011
| City Life (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | DJ T | Get Physical |
| 2011
| Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Little Dragon | Peacefrog |
| 2011
| Time To Dance (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Tricky | Domino |
| 2011
| Creeping (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | 2:54 | Fiction |
| 2012
| Bring It Back' (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Franck Rodger | Real Tone |
| 2012
| Lost and Found (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Lianne La Havas | Warners |
| 2012
| She's on Fire (Maya Jane Coles Remix) | Bo Saris | Bo Rush |
| 2012
|Spectrum (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Island Records |
| 2013
|Fiction (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |The xx |Young Turks |
| 2013
|So High (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Big Dope P |Moveltraxx |
| 2013
|Free ft. Emeli Sandé (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Rudimental |Asylum Records |
| 2013
|Blue Skies (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Ella Fitzgerald |Verve Records |
| 2013
|First Fires ft. Grey Reverend (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Bonobo |Ninja Tune |
| 2013
|Love Drug (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Booka Shade ft. Fritz Helder |Blaufield |
| 2014
|Pray For Love (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Kwabs |Atlantic Records |
| 2015
|Hurricane ft. Pandora Drive (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Karin Park |State of the Eye |
| 2015
|Lay Me Down (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Sam Smith |Capitol Records |
| 2017
|Going Backwards (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Depeche Mode |Columbia Records |
| 2019
|Movement (Maya Jane Coles Remix){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/movement-maya-jane-coles-remix-single/1456302051 |title=Movement (Maya Jane Coles Remix) - Single by Hozier on Apple Music |website=iTunes Store |date=28 January 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019}} |Columbia Records |
| 2019
|Cocoon (Maya Jane Coles Remix){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cocoon-maya-jane-coles-remix-single/1465982908 |title=Cocoon (Maya Jane Coles Remix) - Single by Gold Fields on Apple Music |website=iTunes Store |accessdate=19 July 2019}} |Gold Fields |Haven Sounds |
| 2020
|I Wanna Know (Maya Jane Coles Remix){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-wanna-know-maya-jane-coles-remix-single/1523942785 |title=I Wanna Know (Maya Jane Coles Remix) - Single by Jetta on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=14 August 2020}} |3 Beat Productions |
= As Nocturnal Sunshine =
== Studio albums ==
2015: Nocturnal Sunshine[http://www.nocturnalsunshine.co.uk The Debut Album from Nocturnal Sunshine (aka Maya Jane Coles)] Nocturnalsunshine.co.uk.
- 01. Intro (Holding On)
- 02. Believe feat. Chelou
- 03. It's Alright
- 04. Take Me There
- 05. Drive
- 06. Footsteps
- 07. Down by the River feat. Catnapp
- 08. Bass Bin
- 09. Can't Hide The Way I Feel
- 10. Intergalactic
- 11. Skipper
- 12. Hotel
- 01. Wildfire feat. Catnapp
- 02. Gravity feat. Ry X
- 03. Possessed feat. Peaches
- 04. Pull Up feat. Gangsta Boo & Young M.A
- 05. I'm Ready
- 06. Ridin' Solo feat. Gangsta Boo
- 07. Lessons of Life
- 08. Dash feat. CHA$EY JON£S
- 09. To the Ground
- 10. Fuck Fame feat. CHA$EY JON£S
- 11. U&ME
- 12. Foundation
- 13. Tied Up
- 14. Closed Eyes feat. Thomas Knights
- 15. Something About the Drama feat. Chelou
== Originals ==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |
| Year
!Title !Label !Reviews |
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| 2010
|Can't Hide the Way I Feel |LMD SkunkWorks |Resident Advisor {{Rating|4.5|5}} |
| 2010
|Meant To Be |!K7 | |
== Remixes ==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |
| Year
!Title !Artist !Label !Reviews |
|---|
| 2010
| Not Your Teddy Bear (Nocturnal Sunshine Remix) | Backwords | Elastica | |
| 2011
| Ms Cooper (Nocturnal Sunshine Remix) | Floyd Lavine ft. Mey |Polydor | |
| 2011
| Cocoon (Nocturnal Sunshine Remix) |Alpines |Polydor | |
| 2012
| Pixellated People (Nocturnal Sunshine Remix) | Jess Mills | Island | |
| 2015
|Close Up (Maya Jane Coles Remix) |Peaches |I U She Music GmbH | |
= As She Is Danger =
== Remixes ==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |
| Year
!Title !Artist !Label !Reviews |
|---|
| 2009
|Under the Sheets (She Is Danger Remix) | Ellie Goulding | Polydor | |
| 2010
|Girl I Love You (She Is Danger Remix) | Massive Attack |Virgin Records | |
| 2010
|Gangster (She Is Danger Remix) | Dreadzone |Dubwiser | |
| 2010
|On Melancholy Hill (She Is Danger Remix) | Gorillaz | Parlophone | |
| 2010
|Doubt (She Is Danger Remix) | Delphic | Polydor | |
Music videos
References
{{Reflist|2|refs=
{{cite web | url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1252 | title=RA Poll: Top DJs of 2011 | publisher=Resident Advisor | date=6 December 2011}}
{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0128hlj | title=Essential Mix - Maya Jane Coles | publisher=BBC Radio 1 | date=9 July 2011}}
{{cite web | url=http://mixmag.net/words/from-the-archives/covers/may-2011 | work=Mixmag | title=Covers - May 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513192816/http://mixmag.net/words/from-the-archives/covers/may-2011 | archivedate=13 May 2012}}
{{cite web | url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=15774 | title=Maya Jane Coles mixes DJ-Kicks | publisher=Resident Advisor | first=Will | last=Lynch | date=6 February 2012}}
{{cite web | url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=9129 | title=Maya Jane Coles - Focus Now | publisher=Resident Advisor | first=Greg | last=Sawyer | date=20 May 2011}}
{{cite web | url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=8300 | title=Maya Jane Coles - What They Say | publisher=Resident Advisor | first=Philip | last=Sherburne | date=23 November 2010}}
{{cite web | url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=9990 | title=Maya Jane Coles - Don't Put Me in Your Box | publisher=Resident Advisor | first=Andrew | last=Ryce | date=14 November 2011}}
{{cite web | url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=8359 | title=Nocturnal Sunshine - Can't Hide the Way I Feel | publisher=Resident Advisor | first=Andrew | last=Ryce | date=1 December 2010}}
{{Cite web|first=James|last=Lawrence|url=http://www.mixmag.net/words/reviews/albums/maya-jane-coles|title=Maya Jane Coles - DJ-Kicks|work=Mixmag|quote=Varied, well thought-out and fresh.|date=23 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509145453/http://mixmag.net/words/reviews/albums/maya-jane-coles|archivedate=9 May 2013}}
{{Cite web|first=Andrew|last=Ryce|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=10794|title=Maya Jane Coles - DJ-Kicks|publisher=Resident Advisor|quote=Coles isn't concerned with exclusivity, nor staying particularly up to date with brand new tracks, and she doesn't need to be—her mixing carries enough personality to make it distinctive without any of that contextual baggage. It's not a particularly flashy or technically thrilling mix, it's just one of the UK's most intriguing young DJs at the peak of her powers, a well-timed snapshot of a burgeoning big name.|date=17 April 2012}}
{{Cite web|first=Philip|last=Sherburne|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/maya-jane-coles-dj-kicks-k7|title=Maya Jane Coles - DJ-Kicks|publisher=Spin|date=20 April 2012}}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://mayajanecoles.com}}
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