Maya Jane Coles

Maya Jane Coles (born 1988) is a British music producer, audio engineer and DJ, born in London. She was previously part of an electronic dub duo called She Is Danger with Lena Cullen. Coles gained breakthrough exposure in 2010, when she released a four-track EP on Franck Roger's label, Real Tone Records. She was then named by DJ Mag as one of the best newcomers that year,

In 2011, she featured in many specialised magazines, such as Mixmag. 'Staff Pick: Artist of the year 2011' at the Beatport Awards, DJ Mags 'Producer of the Year 2011', Mixmag's 'Best Breakthrough DJ 2011', FACT's 'Female Artist 2011', and Symphonic Distribution's 'Artist of the Year 2012'

Later in the year, Coles was invited to record a mix for the DJ Kicks collection. The volume she produced was released in April,

Maya was later invited back to record a second BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix in 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.

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.

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 and number 15 in the Billboard Dance and Electronic Album Sales Chart. The album received immense support, receiving a 72% score on Metacritic, gaining coverage from a number of high tier publications including Mixmag, Pitchfork and Billboard, 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. 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" 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.

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, Annie Mac's Mini Mix, Channel 4 Best Before, Beats1 Mix as well as Radio 1 Live in Ibiza. Going into 2018 she also secured a British Airways exclusive mix with her full album also added in flight.

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.

In 2021, she co-produced one of the songs, "Loving You" on Sting's album, The Bridge.

In 2025, she formed the electronic music supergroup MAJ!C with fellow DJs Alex Jones, Jammer and Chloe Robinson, with their first shows including Glastonbury Festival and fabric.

Discography

As Maya Jane Coles Studio albums 2013: Comfort 2017: Take Flight 2021: Night Creature

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Run To You (featuring Claudia Kane) Would You Kill (4 Me)? EP

Night Creature True Love to the Grave (featuring Claudia Kane) Got Me (featuring Julia Stone) Remixes

As Nocturnal Sunshine

Studio albums 2015: Nocturnal Sunshine 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

2019: Full Circle

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