MJ Cole & Wiley
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- Bio: A Royal College of Music graduate who has released some of the most important UK dance records of the last ten years, MJ Cole's intricate, heart-wrenching garage productions did ... (more)
- Bio: A Royal College of Music graduate who has released some of the most important UK dance records of the last ten years, MJ Cole's intricate, heart-wrenching garage productions did more to link the abstract, avant-garde tendencies of the sound to the exploding mainstream scene than any other artist’s work.
Releasing ‘Sincere’ in 1998, an era-defining single that was both one of the biggest influences on 21st century British dance music, and an overground hit, Cole went on to sign to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud label where he put out Sincere the album; one of – if not the – defining garage full-length, and one that spawned the massive single ‘Crazy Love’. It was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
While he never lost his touch with underground British club music, MJ Cole's releases on his own label Prolific, including the recent Riddim EP, remixes for Mad Decent, Primary 1, Drop The Lime et al and his production work with Example amongst others show a man deeply committed to the search for emotive, smart and brave club music.
Following club banger ‘AO’ and the Riddim EP, Cole has teamed up with UK don Wiley to end the Summer season in style. Their new single ‘From The Drop’, a sparse, dark number, is due for release November 1st on Prolific Recordings. The track catches Wiley in confessional mode, his self-professed “top notch” lyrics hinting at recent label and album tribulations. (less)
