FHAITLESS

Faithless foi um projeto britânico de música eletrônica que mistura, basicamente, house, trip hop e trance music, sendo um dos projetos mais particulares da cena dance não só pelas criações inigualáveis, pelos vocais mórbidos e falados do rapper e vocalista Maxxi Jazz, como também por sua longevidade (fato não muito comum em projetos de dance music).

O principal sucesso do Faithless no Brasil é a faixa "Insomnia" lançada em 98. Mas, outras produções também auxiliaram na manutenção do grupo por tantos anos entre os grandes da cena dance, como "God Is A DJ", "Muhammed Ali", "Why Go" e "Not Going Home" (essa, já pelo último disco do projeto, o álbum The Dance).

O projeto anunciou encerramento das atividades em Março de 2011, chocando fãs pelo mundo, já que a durabilidade do projeto era mais um dos trunfos da cena dance e também pelo fato do Faithless não ter projetos com formação e característica similares na cena internacional. A mensagem de despedida foi publicada no site oficial do grupo e assinada pelo vocalista Maxi Jazz, informando aos fãs que o último show da carreira aconteceria em 8 de abril, no palco do Brixton O2 Academy, em Londres.

O comunicado de Maxxi Jaz sobre o fim do grupo trazia os seguintes dizeres: “após 15 anos e seis álbuns, acho que já deixamos nossa marca coletivamente e é a hora de fechar o livro e devolvê-lo à biblioteca. Tivemos, com nossos fãs, a experiência mais inacreditável, épica e tocante, que durou muitos anos e dezenas de milhares de milhas. Felizes, nunca pensamos que isso duraria por tanto tempo"... "Quando se compõe uma canção, você sempre sabe quando ela está finalizada. Essa foi a turnê para dizer ‘muito obrigado e adeus’”.

O projeto contou, durante a existência de sua formação, com o rapper e vocalista Maxi Jazz, a tecladista e DJ Sister Bliss, e o produtor DJ Rollo, irmão da cantora Dido (que só se tornou famosa alguns anos depois do surgimento do Faithless, onde já participava de alguns vocais do grupo, mesmo sendo desconhecida).

O Faithless tem seis discos de estúdio lançados, sendo “The Dance”, o seu trabalho derradeiro com material inédito, lançado em 2010.

For other uses, see Faithless (disambiguation).

Faithless

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Faithless at the Orange Music Experience Festival, Haifa, 27 June 2005

Background information

Origin London, England

Genres Electronica, trip hop, house,[1] trance, downtempo

Years active 1995–2011, 2015–present

Labels Sony

Associated acts Dido, Tiesto, Zoë Johnston, Example, Estelle, 1 Giant Leap

Website www.faithless.co.uk

Members Maxi Jazz

Sister Bliss

Rollo

Past members Jamie Catto

Aubrey Nunn

Faithless are a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo.[2] The group is best known for their dance songs ("Salva Mea", "Insomnia", "God Is a DJ" and "We Come 1"). Faithless recorded six studio albums, with total sales exceeding 15 million records worldwide.[3] The band announced it would split up after their Passing The Baton dates at Brixton Academy on 7 and 8 April 2011.[4] However, in February 2015 they reunited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band.

Contents

    1 Career

        1.1 Final studio album and retirement announcement

        1.2 Stripped-down later activity

    2 Other work

    3 Discography

    4 See also

    5 References

    6 External links

Career

The band was formed in early 1995, and their debut single "Salva Mea (Save Me)" was released in July that year.[2] Jazz acted as a vocalist, whilst Bliss constructed most of the music herself electronically, but also played the piano, violin, saxophone and bass guitar. Rollo heads and produces the band. Lead female vocals for many of their songs are performed by Pauline Taylor, who also performed lead vocals for singles by Rollo released under his monikers Rollo Goes Mystic and Rollo Goes Spiritual.

Faithless best off

"Insomnia" excerpt

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Faithless (featuring Cass Fox) performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 27 April 2007

The albums are Reverence (which reached number 26), Sunday 8PM (reaching number 10), Outrospective (at number 4) and No Roots (which debuted at number 1); they were released between 1996 and 2004, with a greatest hits compilation album out in 2005.[2][5] In light of their dance roots, each of the four studio albums has been followed with a subsequent bonus disc of remixes. Their fifth album, To All New Arrivals, was released in 2006. Their sixth and final album, The Dance, was released on 16 May 2010, after a four-year recording break for the band.

"God Is a DJ" excerpt

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Faithless performing at Budapest Sports Arena, on their last tour, The Dance Never Ends, on 21 March 2011

The band also collectively indulge in mixtapes of other musicians' work, either mixed by the group or merely selected by them. This includes the long running Back to Mine sessions as well as The Bedroom Sessions and more recently the Renaissance 3D music project, in conjunction with the Renaissance nightclub.

On 29 September 2006, the first single "Bombs" from their album To All New Arrivals made its debut on BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong show. The album was released on 27 November 2006. "Bombs" generated moderate controversy with its music video, as demonstrated by MTV's refusal to air it.[6] The video featured interchanged clips of war scenes and daily life.

In October 2007 they played alongside Talib Kweli and Ozomatli and one of China's earliest music festivals, Yue, organised by Split Works.[7]

Final studio album and retirement announcement

Faithless Soundsystem - Tracklisting

1.Faithless - Sun To Me (Original Club Mix)

2.Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions (DJ Pierre Mix)

3.Goldfrapp - Rocket

4.Faithless - Feel Me Now

5.Fenech-Soler - Lies (Alex Metric Mix)

6.Michael Cleisz - The Beginning (Spencer Parker Remix)

7.Black Box - Ride On Time (Zombie Disco Squad Mashup)

8.Beltek - Running Backwards

9.Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek (Joy Kitikonti Remix)

10.Faithless - Insomnia (Rene Amez Vs Sister Bliss Vs Tommy Trash Mashup)

11.Graeme Lloyd - New World Translation

12.The Temper Trap - Love Lost (Rollo& Sister Bliss Remix)

13.La Roux - Quicksand (Alex Metric Mix)

14.Ptm - Techno Trip – Starlight

15.Juan Kidd vs Bobby T - We Come (Faithless Soundsystem Mashup)

16.Charles Ramirez - Working Hard

17.Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A -Trak Mix)

18.Hot Chip - One Night Stand (Jooris Voorn Mix)

19.deadmau5 - Strobe (Michael Woods Mix)

20.Gabe & Adam K - The Mask

21.Slacker - I Have No Memory (Final Tweak DJ’s Mix)

22.Funkagenda - Flauta Magica

23.Monaque - Id – Vapour

24.Bent - As U Fall (Kyau &Albert Mix)

25.Dirty Vegas - Tonight (Above&Beyond Mix)

26.Gat Décor - Passion (Original Mix)

27. Faithless Faithless - Not Going Home (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Acid Mix) – Nate’s Tunes

On 7 August 2009, a dub mix of the track "Sun to Me" from their latest studio album, The Dance, made its debut on BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong show. "Sun to Me" has been given as a free download to all users that have registered on the new Faithless site, or subscribed to their newsletter. The track has been released on the band's Myspace page as well. On 12 February 2010, the first official single from the next Faithless album was played on Pete Tong's show. The single, "Not Going Home", was released on 4 May 2010, whilst the latest album The Dance, was issued on 16 May 2010. The album was available only in Tesco (3 month exclusive contract) and via iTunes in the UK. Since 2009, their track "Drifting Away" has been the theme tune for the BBC Television's Chelsea Flower Show coverage.[8]

In 2010, they returned to the Glastonbury Festival after eight years, playing on the Pyramid Stage. They performed many of their most popular songs including "Insomnia", "God is a DJ", and "We Come 1".

On 16 March 2011, Maxi Jazz announced on his website that Faithless would cease to be, commenting "But, like when writing a song, you always just know when it’s finished… this is and was the Thank YOU And Goodbye tour."[9]

They played two nights at Brixton Academy on 7 and 8 April 2011. The latter date would allegedly be the final full Faithless touring band show and was transmitted live via satellite to cinemas across Europe.

Stripped-down later activity

The Faithless 'Sound System' (consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and percussionist Sudha Kheterpal) performed shows on 22 July 2011 at the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium, at the Waterford Music Fest in Ireland on 30 July[10] and in Split (Croatia) at the Riva Discothèque on 12 August.[11]

Other work

As well as their own studio albums, all three members actively engage in other people's work as solo figures. Sister Bliss is a prominent dance DJ and has for a long time toured the circuit on her own, remixed others' albums and even appeared in music videos, such as Paul Oakenfold's "Weekend". Maxi Jazz brought out an album before the formation of Faithless and also worked on pirate radio. He also collaborated with Faithless founding member Jamie Catto on his new project 1 Giant Leap guesting on a song with Robbie Williams. Finally, Rollo founded the label Cheeky Records and has produced the music of other artists, most notably his sister Dido's albums, as well as using various monikers to create popular dance music under the names Rollo Goes … (Camping, Mystic and Spiritual), Felix, Our Tribe (with Rob Dougan), and Dusted.