Maxi Jazz, the lead singer of the British electronic music band Faithless and best known as the voice on such trance hits as “God Is AJ” and “Insomnia,” has died at age 65, the band announced Saturday. said
“He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave our music true meaning and message,” Rollo and Sister Bliss, the other two core members of Faithless, said in a statement on Facebook.
“He was also a beautiful person with time for everyone and a wisdom that was deep and accessible.”
Jazz died peacefully in his sleep, the band said on Twitter. He did not give a cause of death.
Jazz Maxwell Fraser was born in Brixton, South London in 1957. He helped form Faithless in 1995, which has since become one of the most popular dance bands in the UK and around the world.
British DJ MistaJam wrote of Jazz on Twitter, “He was such a kind person about himself. His words and performances touched so many of us.”
Faithless’ 1995 song “Insomnia”, which depicts the struggle to sleep with the jazz rapping “I can’t sleep”, was voted the fifth best song of all time by readers of dance music magazine Mixmag in 2013. It was declared a big dance record.
The song, which topped the dance charts in many European countries, mocked jazz in a 2020 interview: “If I had to say, ‘I can’t sleep,’ every time someone came over, I’d be alive. The space station.” On.”
Bewafa said in his statement: “He was a brilliant lyricist, a DJ, a Buddhist, a brilliant stage presence, a car lover, an endless talker, a beautiful human being, a moral compass and a genius”
