MJ Cole
MJ Cole (born Matt Coleman , * 1973 ) is one of the best known and most successful British UK garage - producers .
Live and act
He was one of the first stars of Garage and remixed for Mariah Carey , De La Soul , Dido , Nitin Sawhney , Gabriel and Bran Van 3000 , among others .
MJ Cole had worked as a sound engineer for the drum and bass label SOUR and for Ed Rush , and in mid-1996 he began to publish 2step under his own name . His early 2-step tune Sincere became one of the first garage titles to hit the UK Top 40.
Two years after the surprising success, MJ Cole released a debut album of the same name . For this album he was nominated for the Mercury Prize and awarded a silver record .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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 UK
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| 2000 | Sincere |
UK14th  (6 weeks)UK |
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| 2003 | Cut to the chase |
UK82 (1 week) UK |
EPs
- 2007: Northside / Southside (with Matlok)
- 2009: Battle Stations (with Zed Bias feat. MC Fox)
- 2010: Riddim
- 2011: Satellite
- 2011: Southern Electric (with Scrufizzer)
- 2013: Panoramic
- 2018: Foundations
- 2019: Waking Up
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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| 1998 | Sincere Sincere |
UK38 (2 weeks) UK |
feat. Nova Caspar & Jay Dee
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| 2000 | Crazy Love Sincere |
UK10 (9 weeks) UK |
feat. Elisabeth Troy
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| Sincere (Remix) |
UK13 (7 weeks) UK |
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| Hold On to Me Sincere |
UK35 (2 weeks) UK |
feat. Elisabeth Troy
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| 2003 | Wondering Why Cut To The Chase |
UK30 (3 weeks) UK |
feat. Vula
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More singles
- 2004: Never Say Never (feat.Shea)
- 2004: When You Said You Loved Me (feat.Tubby T)
- 2006: Badboy (feat. Laura Vane)
- 2006: Watertight (feat. Laura Vane)
- 2009: Gotta Have It (feat.Digga)
- 2010: From the Drop
- 2011: Satellite
- 2012: Red and Black
- 2015: Bouldaz
- 2016: Alcatraz
- 2016: The Rumble (with AJ Tracey)
- 2017: Undo (with Alyss)
- 2017: Shelter (with Bruno Major)
- 2017: Interbass (with DJ Zinc )
- 2017: Pictures in My Head
- 2018: Soak It Up (with Kojey Radical)
- 2018: Homerton B (with Unknown T)
- 2019: Waking Up (with Freya Ridings )
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | MJ Cole |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coleman, Matt (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |