Artist
MJ Cole
MJ Cole appears 4 times in our UK Garage, The Waxonia Desk — A Way In, The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 4
- Appears on
- UK Garage, The Waxonia Desk — A Way In, The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Year
- 1998
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in UK Garage
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Sincere
1998 · Talkin' Loud
Ranked No. 1 in UK Garage
A classically trained musician applied conservatory technique to 2-step and produced the genre's most beautiful record. The strings are real and it shows in every bar.
Also on The Waxonia Desk — A Way In, The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Sincere
1998 · Talkin' Loud
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — A Way In
Garage at its most elegant: a two-step shuffle that never lands where you expect, under a vocal treated as an instrument. The genre's case that rhythm alone can be luxurious.
Also on UK Garage, The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Sincere
1998 · Talkin' Loud
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix
The most musically ambitious record the genre produced, made by a classically trained producer. Garage's reputation for glamour has always obscured how well built the best of it was.
Also on UK Garage, The Waxonia Desk — A Way In, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Sincere
1998 · Talkin' Loud
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
The most musically ambitious record UK garage produced, by a classically trained producer who could have done anything and chose two-step.
Also on UK Garage, The Waxonia Desk — A Way In, The Waxonia Desk — Garage on the Mix