Faithless

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13.07.2010 19:39
The Prodigy named the best dance act ever
Special poll by Angel Music Group praised The Prodigy as the most influential dance act of all time. The second place was given to French electronic duo Daft Punk, Faithless became third.

10.01.2010 18:48
Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Queen striving to keep the peace in the world
A special campaign named Sudan365 was launched yesterday, on January 9. It is striving to keep the peace in the world in whole and features musicians from such bands as Radiohead, Pink Floyd, The Police, Snow Patrol and Queen.

01.12.2008 15:13
REM movie was awarded at the film festival
Movie that stars Canadian singer Alanis Morissette and members of REM was honored as the Best documentary at the Red Rock Film Festival. This film tells about «dark corners of human minds».

Biography

Faithless are an outstanding band producing sophisticated and many faceted electronic music with profound and special lyrics. This London trio was formed in the midst of nineties by the extremely talented and eccentric personalities: producer Rollo Armstrong, multi-instrumentalist and DJ Sister Bliss and rapper Maxi Jazz. The latter two are the stage incarnation of Faithless, while the head and manager of the band, who, according to his own confessions, masters no instrument and hardly memorizes tunes. Maxi is the ideological leader, whose Buddhist beliefs have a material impact on the intellectual and complicated lyrics, so non-characteristic of a dance music band. Finally, Sister is responsible for the musical material of Faithless. These three regularly involve other performers to record their albums, including Rollo’s sister, the celebrated singer Dido.

Faithless released their first album, Reverence, in 1996. The mysterious house-like atmosphere with Maxi’s rap mantras appeared a revelation to dance floor residents, and a foundation to build on for scores of other groups. Although, music patterns of this album were lately applied by numerous performers, none of them managed to copy the sound and mood of the young English group. Faithless dared ignore the format limitations and genre canons, recording lengthy tracks with intricate structures to arrange elements of house, soul, hip-hop, and blues. It fitted perfectly the romantic and depressive lyrics written by Maxi. Such an experimental and audacious album required attentive listening and time to get used to. Thus, the audience accepted it with moderation and alertness. However, the release of remixes of its songs, aimed at a wider range of listeners, made it easier to understand the original album, eventually, running platinum in 22 countries. Having released the debut album, Faithless went touring and proved themselves as a hard working and outstanding group to make their live songs much different from their studio versions.

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