Maya Jane Coles Releases First Single of her Debut Album

The English lady Maya Jane Coles just announced full details of her debut album “Comfort” that will be released July 1st. The new single taken from the album, “Everything Ft. Karin Park”, is out now including a video that can be viewed clicking here. What do you think? We like the first beats, but the vocals are not our favorite – too commercial and definitely not her best work, in our opinion. But it is not a bad track. Let`s wait for the full album to get further conclusions.

The production process was definitely very interesting, as you can read below. And it is, in fact, one of the most expected albums of the scene this year. “It’s very exciting to be in charge of my debut album. It’s given me total creative freedom and that is a necessity for me as an artist. I just hope that others will love the album as much as I loved working on it”, said Maya regarding to be releasing the album in her own label, I/AM/ME.

This album is a personal affair for Maya who produced, engineered and mixed it at her modest home studio; playing every instrument and creating every sound including taking on vocal duties on tracks like the lo-fi “Stranger” and the (suppose) hypnotic “Dreamer”. Keeping things even more personal, Maya also created the album’s artwork. The album is reflective of Maya’s broader musical influences both in and outside the electronic world with Comfort having hints and shades of many genres from house, R&B and hip hop through to dub, indie and techno.

Read further details of album and the new track below, according to the press office:

Everything Ft. Karin Park

The first single to be taken from the album is “Everything” featuring Scandinavian songstress Karin Park on vocals and co-writing duties. “Everything” also marks the arrival of Maya’s debut music video – a noir tale of ornithological obsession. The video’s director Thomas Knights also appears on Comfort a beautiful soul vocal on the down tempo “When I’m In Love”.

Karin Park is a Grammy Award winning 6 foot plus Swedish multi-instrumentalist/performer raised in the jungles of Japan, whose own album “Highway Poetry” was produced in part by The Knife’s Christoph Bergen. Having remixed Karin’s track “A Thousand Loaded Guns” under her Nocturnal Sunshine moniker, Maya was eager to work with Karin again and created a backing track with her in mind. Karin then wrote and performed the top line remotely between London and Scandinavia.

Comfort

The album’s family feel also sees Maya reunited with Catherine Pockson of Alpines whose haunting vocal features on the dark R&B of “Fall from Grace”. Maya had previously worked with Alpines, producing their collaboration covering Carly’s Simon’s “Why” as well as remixing the band’s single “Cocoon” under Maya’s Nocturnal Sunshine alias.

Carrying on the remix theme, Maya also duets with legendary producer/rapper Tricky on “Wait for You” having previously remixed his track “Time To Dance”.

There are also new collaborations with friends, with Maya duetting with electronic icon Miss Kittin on “Take A Ride”, and the pioneering Kim Ann Foxman; formerly front woman of Hercules & The Love Affair on future single “Burning Bright”.

Maya also sought to bring fresh voices into the electronic domain recruiting Nadine Shah’s stunning husky rasp to the “Blame”.
There are more largely instrumental moments in the album too with the emotive “Come Home” and the album’s title track “Comfort”.

With upcoming gigs in 2013 supporting the album including Coachella (USA), Fuji Rocks (Japan), Glastonbury (UK), Lowlands (Holland), Sonar (Spain), Ultra (USA) and a whole host of other festivals, club shows and a frantic Ibiza season ahead. It seems that Maya will be bringing “Comfort” to ears all over the world and showing again just why she is regarded as one of the most exciting producers in a generation.

Tracklisting:

01 COMFORT

02 EASIER TO HIDE

03 BURNING BRIGHT ft. KIM ANN FOXMAN

04 DREAMER

05 BLAME ft. NADINE SHAH

06 STRANGER

07 EVERYTHING ft. KARIN PARK

08 FALL FROM GRACE ft. CATHERINE POCKSON OF ALPINES

09 WAIT FOR YOU ft. TRICKY

10 WHEN I’M IN LOVE ft. THOMAS KNIGHTS

11 TAKE A RIDE ft. MISS KITTIN

12 COME HOME