ࡱ> <>;q bjbjt+t+ )DAA] D """Ac7 $2&p//  >   ${ FAITHLESS A biography Faithless formed in 1995 and are Rollo Armstrong, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. Before the history Faithless will release their third album in June. Entitled Outrospective, it will be preceded by a single We Come 1 in May. With a title chosen to reflect a more positive worldview than Sunday 8pm, their last album release, Outrospective was written and recorded between Summer 2000 and Spring 2001. It elevates Faithless often-celebrated eclecticism to new heights, and covers the broadest sweep of emotions and atmospheres. From melancholy to mad love, from glorious empowerment to bittersweet tales of love gone wrong, Outrospective throbs with a very real vitality. Outrospective was conceived after a lengthy break away from Faithless relentless touring schedule, a factor that the band freely admit previously contributed to the full-on relationship-soured gloominess of Sunday 8pm (released September 1998) and which caused founder member Jamie Catto and guitarist Dave Randall to quit the fold at the end of 1999. Not for nothing, however, had Faithless spent four years out of five touring since the release of their revelatory debut Reverence (released 1995), as they literally took their music to any place that had shown an interest in the record. This meant that the band found themselves in such unlikely situations as playing shows in the Arctic Circle, on golden sands in Puerto Rico and under armed guard in Turkey. Having been largely ignored by the mainstream in the UK they returned from their travels as heroes with storming, epic house singles such as Insomnia and Salva Mea having an unmistakable impact and influence on the sound of contemporary dance music. Often imitated, never bettered, as they say. The albums eclectic scope (house, blues, soul, rap, folk all feature) stood out in a time of no-risk policies. Rollos sister Dido performed lead vocals on the album track Flowerstand Man, and was allegedly paid a curry for her services. Dido has since contributed vocals to both Sunday 8pm and Outrospective, and her Rollo-produced debut album No Angel has since topped the UK and US charts. Talented family. Rollo, who once admitted that he cant play an instrument, cant dance in time, cant remember any melodies, doesnt play live with Faithless pointless he reckons, as he couldnt play anything onstage anyway. Sister Bliss alleges that their studio relationship is telepathic, symbiotic. He gets on with the broad strokes, textures and colours thats how he hears music, hes got that synaesthesia [a clinical condition where sounds have colour], he says make it really sad, like a rainy day, I want to hear thunder and I get on with all the anal fiddly bits. A previous member once said that Faithless is Rollos vision, although this belittles the massive input his two main cohorts have in the sound and attitude of Faithless. Maxi Jazz had spent years prior to joining Faithless rapping far and wide, Djing on pirate radio in London and running his own record label. His faith (he is a Nicheren Shoshu Buddhist) informs his extraordinarily powerful lyrics (a true millennium man The Times) and he is an absolute genius frontman of the bands live act. Sister Bliss, a classically trained pianist and successful house music producer in her own right, she is without doubt the worlds number one female DJ. It is Bliss who has the pleasure of roadtesting Faithless new tunes off acetate often fresh from the mixing desk (We Come 1 has been blowing the roof off in recent weeks). Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz are now the visibility of the band. Both fiercely intelligent, Maxi Jazzs Buddhist worldview complements Blisss challenging opinions and encyclopaedic house music knowledge. She was the most vocal about the state of the band at the end of a gruelling eighteen month world tour to support the release of Reverence. Everything was warped and as a result we all hated each other. We almost split up. Maxi summed it up: There were a lot of long faces in the band. Despite this, and later claims that Faithless would never make another record as depressed as Sunday 8pm, it still sold in buckets, spawned three more hit singles (including the ecstatic, evangelic God Is A DJ), was an enormous critical success and in 1999 received nominations at The Brits, the MTV Europe Awards and were one of the twelve Mercury Prize nominations. To this date its sold in excess of 1.2 Million copies worldwide. Add to this the 1.5 Million that Reverence sold and 4 Million singles and you have Europes biggest dance artists. There was more touring, including a stint coheadlining across South Africa with The Prodigy, and the headline slot of the Muzik Awards tour. They are widely regarded as one of the finest live acts of our generation. Maxi says: When Im on stage, I see couples who are at least 65. I see disco kids who scream whenever I move. I see people in their thirties, who listen intently, squeezing their eyes shut and pumping their fists whenever they hear lyrics they like. Theres no such thing as a typical Faithless fan and I love that. Bliss continues: When people come to our gigs, we want them to be lifted. Changed. Empowered. Moved off the ground. Good news; Faithless tour in the Autumn. Despite claims that they wouldnt follow the panoramic heartbreak of Sunday 8pm with more of the same, after early listenings to certain tracks off Outrospective it becomes clear that, sometimes, stadium melancholy is what they do best the sweeping melodrama of One Step Too Far (vocals by Dido), the hazy lament of Crazy English Summer, which featured vocals by Faithless debutante Zoe Dickson, and Maxis rainy Autumn rap on Not Enuff Love. This time, however, The flipside to these swoonsome atmospheres take the form of the rampant positivity of the Philly Soul of Muhammed Ali, Maxi Jazzs devotional to the great man, and the dedication of love of the delirious single We Come 1 (Im the left eye, youre the right, would it not be madness to fight?). Outrospective starts with a fanfare that signifies a deepseated confidence and ends with the gigantic soul house of Liontamer. In between it maps uncharted territory for the band, as well as redefining familiar Faithless templates. It storms, basically. In August 2000, Sister Bliss said I want this next album to be a groundbreaking one. I want this to be the peak of our creative powers. It looks like Faithless can add prescience to their manifold talents. single We Come 1 - released 28th May 2001 album Outrospective - released 11th June 2001 live - 2001 April 26 Greece, Thessalonika, Mylos Club April 27 Greece, Athens, Rodon Club April 28 Greece, Athens, Rodon Club June 23 Germany, Southside Festival June 24 Germany, Hurricane Festival June 30 Denmark, Roskilde Festival July 01 Belgium, Rock Werchter Festival August 18 UK, V2001 August 19 UK, V2001 Faithless biography March 2001  {  +\d|kHY4lmCJ6CJOJQJ CJOJQJ 6OJQJ 5OJQJOJQJ CJ(OJQJ$ ef{&'a b 12 ef{&'a b 12'(4CXmn)'(4CXmn $d%d&d'd '0. A!"S# $7% [4@4NormalCJOJQJkHmH <A@<Default Paragraph FontD! 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