Maxi Jazz
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Maxi Jazz, singing with Faithless in MEN Arena, Manchester, 4 December 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maxwell Fraser |
| Born |
14 June 1957 Brixton, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Electronica, trip hop, trance |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, rapper, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Cheeky, Columbia, Namu Records, Savage Records |
| Associated acts |
Faithless 1 Giant Leap Tiësto Maxi Jazz and the E-Type Boys |
| Website | maxijazz |
Maxi Jazz (born Maxwell Fraser on 14 June 1957 in Brixton, London) is an English musician, rapper and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist of British band Faithless.
Maxi founded The Soul Food Cafe System as a DJ in 1984, having discovered hip hop a year earlier. Maxi first aired the sound as a DJ calling it "In The Soul Kitchen with DJ Maxi Jazz" on pirate radio station "Reach FM - London in 1985/6. He transferred this sound to pirate radio station LWR in 1987.
In 1989, The Soul Food Cafe Band was picked up by Tam Tam Records, which is the dance wing of Savage Records. Maxi founded Namu Records in 1992 in order to release the band's material in the form of three EP's and the band toured as a support act to various artists, including Jamiroquai in Amsterdam; Soul II Soul in Barcelona; Galliano in Switzerland; and Jason Rebello in Brazil. In 1996 Maxi Jazz and the Soul Food Cafe recorded and released the album "Original Groovejuice vol.1" with Revco Records in Deptford, South London. After the band dissolved, Maxi worked throughout Europe, and took time out to collaborate with Jah Wobble on the Invaders of the Heart album, followed by live dates with the Wobble Collective.
Maxi met Rollo Armstrong in a studio and went on to form Faithless, together with Jamie Catto and Sister Bliss. As a Soka Gakkai Buddhist, Maxi's strong beliefs and the band's own strong individual beliefs, contrast with the name 'Faithless', which was chosen during the writing of the song "Salva Mea". Rollo had asked Maxi to write a song about frustration, which was something to which Maxi could relate from his own experiences. The subject matter of Maxi's lyrics range from upbeat to melancholic. His work covers a range of personal and social issues, including current affairs and social commentary.
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