FAITHLESS / OM Library™

Track List:

Faithless - Reverence

Faithless feat. Dido - Dub Be Good To Me

Faithless feat. Dido - One Step Too Far

Faithless - Hope & Glory

Faithless - All Blessed

Faithless feat. Cass Fox - Music Matters 

Faithless - Insomnia

Faithless - Dance 4 Life (Radio edit)

Faithless - Take the Long Way Home

Faithless - We Come 1

Faithless - God Is a DJ

Faithless feat. Nathan Ball - Synthesizer 

Faithless - Miss U Less, See U More

Faithless feat. Nathan Ball - I Need Someone 

Faithless - Salva Mea 2.0 (Above & Beyond remix)

Faithless feat. Suli Breaks - Poetry

MAXI JAZZ, FRONTMAN for the U.K. dance group Faithless, has died at the age of 65.

In a statement shared to social media, his bandmates Rollo and Sister Bliss hailed the singer as a “beautiful person” and a “genius.”

“We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died last night,” they wrote. “He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave proper meaning and message to our music.”

We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died peacefully in his sleep last night. He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave proper meaning and a message to our music. He was a lovely human being with time for everyone and wisdom that was both profound and accessible.

Twitter - Faithless (@faithless) December 24, 2022

“He was a lovely human being with time for everyone and a wisdom that was both profound and accessible. It was an honour and, of course, a true pleasure to work with him. He was a brilliant lyricist, a DJ, a Buddhist, a magnificent stage presence, car lover, endless talker, beautiful person, moral compass and genius.”

A cause of death for the singer, born Maxwell Fraser, is yet to be confirmed.

Posting on Twitter, Sister Bliss added that Maxi had “died peacefully in his sleep” and added: “Sending love to all of you who shared our musical journey. Look after each other y’hear.”

Jazz was born in Brixton, South London, in 1957 and his musical beginnings came about when he started DJing as The Soul Food Cafe System in 1984, with the group signing to Tam Tam Records in 1989. They went on to support the likes of Jamiroquai and Soul II Soul at live shows.

He formed Faithless with Rollo and Sister Bliss in 1995, with the group releasing their debut album Reverance just one year later. It featured the group’s biggest hit ‘Insomnia’, which is considered to be one of the greatest dance tracks of all time.

Further success came when the 1998 follow-up album Sunday 8PM was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, featuring the hit single “God Is A DJ” and earning the group a nomination for the BRIT Award for Best British Dance Act in 1999.

Paying tribute, DJ Dave Pearce said: “o sad to learn Maxi Jazz has passed away. Faithless were an iconic force in UK dance music from the mid 90’s and touched so many lives. Throughout their meteoric rise to fame Maxi remained a warm, cool, friendly soul – dance music’s poet - thoughts with his family and friends R.I.P...”

BY ROLLING STONE UK / DECEMBER 24, 2022