Maya Jane Coles | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Nocturnal Sunshine, CAYAM |
Born | London, England |
Genres | Deep house, tech house, trip hop, dubstep |
Occupation(s) | Producer, audio engineer , DJ |
Years active | 2006–present [1] |
Labels | Dogmatik, 1trax, Real Tone , Hypercolour, Mobilee, I/Am/Me , 20:20 Vision , Kobalt [2] |
Website | MayaJaneColes.com |
Maya Jane Coles is a British music producer, audio engineer and DJ, born in London. [3] [4] 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. [5] [6] She was previously part of an electronic dub duo called She Is Danger with Lena Cullen. [3] [7]
Coles began making music as a teenager, learning to produce music using the Cubase software program when she was 15. [4] 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.
Having already remixed acts such as Massive Attack and Gorillaz with her duo She Is Danger, [8] Coles gained breakthrough exposure in 2010, when she released a four-track EP on Franck Roger's label, [9] Real Tone Records. She was then named by DJ Mag as one of the best newcomers that year, [10] as her track "What They Say", taken from her eponymous EP, was also one of the most playlisted by DJs on Resident Advisor. [11] [12]
In 2011, she featured in many specialised magazines, such as Mixmag . [13] BBC Radio 1 invited her to record an Essential Mix of her own, which was later nominated for Essential Mix of the Year 2011. [14] 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. [15]
In 2012, she won 'Best House/Garage/Deep House' track at the Miami Winter Music Conference 2012, [16] 'Staff Pick: Artist of the year 2011' at the Beatport Awards, [17] DJ Mag's 'Producer of the Year 2011', [18] Mixmag's 'Best Breakthrough DJ 2011', [19] FACT's 'Female Artist 2011', [20] and Symphonic Distribution's 'Artist of the Year 2012' [21]
Later in the year, Coles was invited to record a mix for the DJ Kicks collection. The volume she produced was released in April, [22] and obtained a favourable reception from specialised media. [23] [24] In November, Rolling Stone placed Coles at number 15 on its list of the world's 25 most influential DJs. [25]
Maya was later invited back to record a second BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix in 2013. [26]
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. [27]
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 . [28]
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 [29] and number 15 in the Billboard Dance and Electronic Album Sales Chart. [30] The album received immense support, receiving a 72% score on Metacritic, [31] gaining coverage from a number of high tier publications including Mixmag, [32] [33] [34] [35] Pitchfork and Billboard, [36] 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. [37] 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" [38] 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. [39]
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, [40] Annie Mac's Mini Mix, [41] Channel 4 Best Before, [42] Beats1 Mix [43] as well as Radio 1 Live in Ibiza. [44] Going into 2018 she also secured a British Airways exclusive mix with her full album also added in flight. [45]
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 . [46]
In 2021, she co-produced one of the songs, "Loving You" on Sting's album, The Bridge.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Mixmag | [48] |
Resident Advisor | [23] |
Spin | [24] |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Deft – Loqux & Past" | |
2. | "Kris Wadsworth – Mainline (Jimmy Edgar Remix)" | |
3. | "Chasing Kurt – Money" | |
4. | "Bozzwell – In My Cocoon" | |
5. | "Larse – Karoo" | |
6. | "Milscot feat. Angela Sheik – All Alone (Domyan Just Slow Remix)" | |
7. | "Adam Stacks – Hey Love" | |
8. | "Phil Kieran & White Noise Sound – Never Believed" | |
9. | "Sigward – Nuerd" | |
10. | "Maya Jane Coles – Not Listening" | |
11. | "Virgo Four – It’s A Crime (Caribou Remix)" | |
12. | "Roberto Bardini – Hate Me (Muteoscillator Fairy Tall Remix)" | |
13. | "Tripmastaz – Guess Who" | |
14. | "Standard Fair – Little Helper 16-3" | |
15. | "Nocturnal Sunshine – Meant To Be" | |
16. | "Zenker Brothers – Berg 10" | |
17. | "Last Magpie – No More Stories" | |
18. | "Zoe Zoe – Church" | |
19. | "Gerry Read – Roomland (Youandewan Remix)" | |
20. | "T. Williams – Analog Tour" | |
21. | "Marcel Dettmann – Translation Two" | |
22. | "Claro Intelecto – Hunter’s Rocket to the Sky" |
Year | Title | Label | Reviews |
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2008 | Sick Panda | Dogmatik Records | |
2009 | Monochrome EP | Dogmatik Records | |
2009 | The Dazed EP | 1TRAX | |
2009 | Not in My House EP | 1TRAX | |
2010 | No Sympathy | Elite Records | |
2010 | Bubbler EP | Loco Records Supreme | |
2010 | What They Say | Real Tone Records | Resident Advisor [49] |
2010 | Cool Down EP | Dogmatik Records | |
2010 | Humming Bird EP | Hypercolour | |
2011 | Beat Faster | Mobilee | |
2011 | Focus Now | 20:20 Vision | Resident Advisor [50] |
2011 | The Remixes | Real Tone Records | |
2011 | Dont Put Me in Your Box EP | Hypercolour | Resident Advisor [51] |
2012 | Not Listening | K7 | |
2012 | Watcher | Dogmatik | |
2012 | Getting Freaky | Heidi presents... Jackathon Jams | |
2012 | Easier To Hide | I/AM/ME | |
2013 | Comfort | I/Am/Me, Kobalt | |
2014 | From the Dark | Mobilee Records | |
2017 | Won't Let You Down EP | I/Am/Me | |
Trails | |||
Weak / Werk | |||
2018 | Keep Me Warm(featuring Gaps) | ||
Don't Leave | |||
Other Side [52] | |||
2020 | Run To You [53] (featuring Claudia Kane) | ||
Would You Kill (4 Me)? EP [54] | |||
2021 | Night Creature [55] | ||
True Love to the Grave [56] (featuring Claudia Kane) | |||
Got Me [57] (featuring Julia Stone) |
Year | Title | Artist | Label |
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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) | Todd Terry | 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) | Maceo Plex | 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) | Florence & The Machine | 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) [58] | Hozier | Columbia Records |
2019 | Cocoon (Maya Jane Coles Remix) [59] | Gold Fields | Haven Sounds |
2020 | I Wanna Know (Maya Jane Coles Remix) [60] | Jetta | 3 Beat Productions |
2015: Nocturnal Sunshine [61]
2019: Full Circle [62]
Year | Title | Label | Reviews |
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2010 | Can't Hide the Way I Feel | LMD SkunkWorks | Resident Advisor [63] |
2010 | Meant To Be | !K7 |
Year | Title | Artist | Label | Reviews |
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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 |
Year | Title | Artist | Label | Reviews |
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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 | |
Year | Title | Director(s) |
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2014 | Comfort | Jonas K Lord [64] |
2014 | Come Home | Jonas K Lord [65] |
2015 | Believe | The Fashtons [66] |
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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.
Varied, well thought-out and fresh.