ADVERT BREAK
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Faithless - God Is A DJ
The three principal members of Faithless are Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. Jazz acts as a vocalist mostly rapping and elevates the euphoric, ambient music to a spiritual and socio-political level with many of his lyrics; Bliss, as arguably the most popular female DJ not to mention her talents in playing the piano, violin, saxophone and bass, constructs most of the music while Rollo heads and produces the band's genre-defying sound. Lead female vocals for many of their songs are peformed by Pauline Taylor, who also peformed lead vocals for singles Rollo released under his monikers Rollo Goes Mystic and Rollo Goes Spiritual.
The three principal members of Faithless are Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. Jazz acts as a vocalist mostly rapping and elevates the euphoric, ambient music to a spiritual and socio-political level with many of his lyrics; Bliss, as arguably the most popular female DJ not to mention her talents in playing the piano, violin, saxophone and bass, constructs most of the music while Rollo heads and produces the band's genre-defying sound. Lead female vocals for many of their songs are peformed by Pauline Taylor, who also peformed lead vocals for singles Rollo released under his monikers Rollo Goes Mystic and Rollo Goes Spiritual.
Massive Attack-Unfinished Sympathy
* The percussion loop is the 'belly break' sampled from "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" by Bob James, a cover version of Paul Simon's "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" which was also used by Run DMC on "Peter Piper"[3]
* The group were forced to change their name due to the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991. They were briefly known as "Massive", and it is that name which features on the cover of this single[4]
* The voice at the beginning of the song is a sample of John McLaughlin, whose voice was sampled without clearance [5]
* The song has also been remixed by Paul Oakenfold and Nellee Hooper
* The song has been covered by Tina Turner
* The percussion loop is the 'belly break' sampled from "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" by Bob James, a cover version of Paul Simon's "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" which was also used by Run DMC on "Peter Piper"[3]
* The group were forced to change their name due to the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991. They were briefly known as "Massive", and it is that name which features on the cover of this single[4]
* The voice at the beginning of the song is a sample of John McLaughlin, whose voice was sampled without clearance [5]
* The song has also been remixed by Paul Oakenfold and Nellee Hooper
* The song has been covered by Tina Turner
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