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Maya Jane Coles - DJ Kicks
Indie | Wednesday 6th June 2012 | Osh
Maya Jane Coles has recently been launched into super stardom, shes been shaking it up world wide and has recently mixed the new DJ-Kicks album. Although the albums been out for pushing a couple of months now its well worth a re-review.
Maya never intended to be a DJ let alone of the most exciting names of house/techno to come through over the last couple of years.
“I wanted this mix to showcase my diversity,” says Coles. “I don’t just do one thing and I wanted it to reflect that. Most of the mixes I’ve put out there so far have been house based, but I also produce stuff under the Nocturnal Sunshine monicker, which is more two-step/bass influenced stuff. This mix evolved into something that wasn’t just four-to-the-floor.” She has certainly achieved all of this and more on her recent masterpiece.
And she’s not about to stop evolving any time soone either. “My album, which I’m working on at the moment, has moved completely away from house music,” she says. “I suppose, in a way, this mix is preparing people for what they are going to hear next from me. My music will continue to get more diverse. There are a lot of vocals on the mix. I really enjoy working with vocalists and people might be surprised that 90% of my album is vocals tracks. I find it more interesting when there’s lots of different things going on”. (And heres me thinking things couldnt get anymore exciting)
The DJ-Kicks album is incredibly well mastered and its difficult to believe that once upon a time Maya Jane Coles wasnt interested in DJing.
Hollie Dent
