Maya

A few years have passed by whilst this artist’s success has been bubbling on the underground circuit. Now it looks as though January is set to be a huge marker in the timeline that is Maya Jane Coles’ ascent to the forefront of the UK dance scene. She has been making massive headway recently since the recent release of her What They Say EP on Real Tone Records in September 2010, coupled with a tornado of hot press. Aiding a smooth start to 2011 was the release of her latest EP Humming Bird at the start of December last year on Hypercolour and a new podcast for Resident Advisor last week, warming us up for a handful of UK appearances on the horizon.

After an excellent 55 minute crash course in what Maya Jane Coles has to offer, the closing three tracks do it for me; Greenville Massive’s Lost, Axwel Boman’s Naomi and her very own, superb take of none other than Joni Mitchell in Stardust. Get a piece of the action by throwing these dates in your diary:

Kuluki at Sankeys, Manchester – 15th January 2011
The Breakfast Club, Bristol – 22nd January 2011
Hypercolour
at Fabric alongside Tiefschwartz & Axel Boman – 29th January 2011

RA.241 – Maya Jane Coles

Rob Shields – Slum Room
DC Salas – Peru – Doctor Vinyl Records
Axel Boman – Depression
Maya Jane Coles – Run with the Wild
El_Txef_A – See It All (Edit)
Maya Jane Coles – Protect Them
Youandewan – Eidolon – Magicbag Music
Julian Perez – Nelipot – Recycle Records
Rhythm & Sound ft. Jennifer Lara – Queen In My Empire – Burial Mix Records / Funman, Kick Da Joey & Vansam – Get Down – VectoRecords 2.0
Miss Kittin – All I Need (Gesaffelstein Remix) – Mobilee
The Timewriter – Wasteland – Neurotraxx Deluxe
Rhythm & Sound – Why / T. Williams & Terri Walker – Heartbeat – Local Action / Asad Rizvi – Me Tangare (MJC Edit) – Reverberations
Luca Albano – Calinda (Francesco Bonora Remix) – High Definition Records
Greenville Massive – Lost – Soul Sheep Music
Axel Boman – Naomi
Joni Mitchell vs. Maya Jane Coles – Stardust

For That Healing Feeling…

Todd Terje

So far, so fun! The most important ingredient for successful rejuvenation after Bank Holiday is a healthy slice of top-quality disco. Tried and tested. Some Norwegian-mixed, leftfield disco from April 2008 should do just the trick.

When asked what to expect, Todd Terje explains: “If your wife allows you out for one hour only, but you still want a full DJ set with the slow beginning and the famous end-of-night smoocher, this is for you.”

Todd Terje RA.098 14.04.2008

Tracklist
01. M.I.A. – Paper Planes (DFA Mix)
02. Sly & Robbie – Triplets
03. Chaz Jankel & Laura Weymouth – Whisper
04. !!! – Must Be The Moon (Emperor Machine Mix)
05. Armand Van Helden – Je T’aime (Simian Mobile Disco Mix)
06. Broke – We Ain’t Got It
07. Mathias Kaden – Rhythma
08. Class Action – Weekend
09. Cole Medina – Red Hot
10. Tron Scott’s Freaks in Space – Prog Rocks And Moon Jocks
11. Mirror Boys – See The Music
12. The Temptations – Law Of The Land (Iskra Edit)
13. Konk – Percussion Jam
14. Mr. Raoul K – Le Cercle Peul
15. Sueno Latino – Luxuria (Cutmaster-G Techno Age Mix)
16. Bruce Springsteen – I’m On Fire (Cousin Cole Mix)

Art-fucky House

Ivan Smagghe’s Beats In Space radio show drew my attention to Challenge, and their new EP Broken Clock. Challenge is house-heavyweights Pete Herbert and Tim Paris, who, along with Jef K founded the Marketing Music record label, ‘entirely dedicated to Tim’s music and crushes.’

Listen to the whole EP here – Resident Advisor calls it ‘art-fucky house,’ and all three tracks are fantastic:

Challenge – Broken Clock EP

BONUS: Ivan Smagghe – Planet Turbo Montreal 25 June 2010

Complex Rhythm Architecture

Resident Advisor published their RA.157 podcast by Reboot on Monday, which Reboot describes as “a nice range of the stuff I play and love to listen to at the moment. Something like a brief summary of a club set I would play these days.”

It’s certainly worth checking him out. In an interview with RA last month he described his productions as “complex rhythm architecture” from the Rhein-Main-House scene:

“If we’re talking about this Rhein-Main-House thing, we’re basically talking about a super-stripped-down house track, yeah? Without the filter-pianos or whatever, it’s like just this basic rhythm. Like a deep bassline, but funky and groovy, and this is riding down for six or seven minutes without anything happening really. So it’s up to the DJ to bring in some a cappellas or whatever, tools to make it interesting…”

Although Reboot has been in the business for a long time now, he was never someone whose tracks or sets I actively tried to catch or someone who I accidentally stumbled across in clubs. Last year that all changed at the Get Physical party in Miami. This is when I stumbled across Reboot and his track Ronson – may be it was just the party memories but it became one of my favourites of 2009.

Reboot has an album coming up on Cadenza and is currently touring Europe, Mexico and Canada before heading over to Miami for the Winter Music Conference, and then Ibiza for the 2010 summer season.

As well as the RA podcast you can also find his December 2009 Essential Mix for Radio 1 and his November 2009 Triple J Mixup below.

If this isn’t usually your sort of thing why not check out Riva Starr’s mix of Reboot’s excellent Enjoy Music (released on Defected in January) to ease you in…

RA.157 podcast: Reboot & February 2010 interview
Essential Mix – Reboot – 12th December 2009
Reboot (Cadenza) – Triple J Mixup – 28th November 2009
Ronson – Reboot