M.J. Cole "Sincere" (2000)
Cole was classically trained in oboe and piano. He got a job as a tape
operator and sound engineer for a drum and bass label which fuelled a
love for electronic music.
I was kind of surprised at first. I'd read something about him being
into garage so I'd assumed it was garage-rock as that genre was due to
become big in the next few years; instead it was the electronic genre
of garage ...I guess it makes sense. You have house music, why wouldn't
you have garage music? I'm sure the garden shed music is just around
the corner.
To my electronica layman's ears this sounds like interesting enough
electronic music with touches of pop and soul, but nothing I feel
I'll need to revisit. The most interesting parts to me are the poppier
ones like 70 funk-esque track "Rough Out Here" or single "Crazy Love" with its belting vocal.
There are some hints of Cole's classical training with pianos and strings popping up in places.
