Tuesday 29 November 2011

Maya Jane Coles - Don't Put Me In Your Box EP

Now to an EP that's sure to get a lot of attention, coming as it does ON one of the hippest labels around and FROM one of the scene's current hottest names. Lucky, then, that the EP's plenty strong enough to warrant the kind of attention it's likely to get.

Parallel Worlds kicks off the EP, a lovely deep house groover that sounds a bit like Lidell Townsell's All I Wanna Do reinvented for 21st century Berlin. Dub Child is up next, a more chilled-out slab of deep dub house/dub techno, and the gentle, introspective mood continues on Something In The Air, which has echoes of both progressive house and a whole bevvy of ambient/experimental artists, before the EP comes to a close with Parallel Worlds, which takes us back to the dancefloor.

It makes me chuckle indulgently to see the dance press getting their designer scanties all in a twist over Maya Jane right now, giving that she was getting big props on this very blog a whole two years ago! But she deserves it for sure – and on the evidence of this EP, her talents are still only maturing.

So the soon-come artist album should be worth looking out for, eh?

Out: This week

About: Find out all you need to know about the uber-hip Hypercolour here. One of them's called Russell so they must be cool, innit? Even if he has only got it as a surname. It's the thought that counts.

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