I've seen them live in Berlin and I swear as soon as they began to play, nobody was standing still anymore. The whole audience was in extasy and dancing from beginning to end. Never have been to such a concert again since then. Unfortunately Maxi Jazz has passed away. Dido was making music together with Faithless as well She is the sister of Rollo, who is seen as the mastermind of Faithless.
It's moi Laura haha! The forever version is around 8 ish minutes long, if you like things to take their time. I prefer that one. Thanks for the reaction. Theres hardly any here on youtube and maxi jazz left us xmas eve last year. X
@@JustJP you're welcome. Your late era talk talk reviews ( we live one road down in our tiny town to tim friese greene. Didn't realise until recently. ) plus your exploration of sylvian . And early roxy music , had me hooked. Ha!
Nice! I never expected to hear Faithless getting some time here. I absolutely adore the albums "No Roots" and "To All New Arrivals". Both of them I can put on repeat play and listen to again and again all in one sitting.
Went to Glastonbury 2003, primarily to see Roger Waters who was excellent, my friends went off to see some obscure band on the glade stage, I decided to stay at the Pyramid Stage for Faithless who were kinda new and different genre for me, definitely one of the best live bands i've ever seen, Maxi Jazz and Sister Bliss had 60000 people in the palm of their hands, as a prog rocker this was defo prog house or garage or whatever but what a keyboard and guitar sound and percussion that Neil Peart would have been happy with.
I reckon you would like Leftfield especially anything off Leftism, Underworld were another great band, Cowgirl is a banger. But if you want a brilliant bass heavy banger it's got to be Superstylin by Groove Armada. Trust me, you'll love it.
I love this song more than I can ever express - it took a source of pain for me at the time, Insomnia, and made a great story/song out of it Faithless were just amazing
Great band. Their "To All New Arrivals" album is excellent, and they produced one of the greatest protest songs ever with "Mass Destruction". RIP Maxi Jazz.
Very cool track, great album. Was living in Bristol when i got into these, as well as Massive Attack, Portishead, Leftfield, UNKLE, Tricky/ Nearly God and Chemical Brothers, spending too much time in The Vodka Bar...
Oh man! Who in Europe born around 1980 hasn't amazing nostalgia to this song? Even if he/she didn't go raving. It's just great - and of course, only the album version will suffice! 😁
You have to check out a live version. Faithless live are everything. Weapons of Mass Destruction, God is a DJ.. I saw them at Princess Street Gardens,with Edinburgh Castle behind them, amazing. Edinburgh is also where I saw Japan on their final tour, my first concert.
I LOVE this track! I highly recommend the Monster Mix as well ( it has an extended rap). This whole album is worth doing in full. Another great dance track is Underworld Rez/Cowgirl, and 2 great albums also worth doing in full are Leftfield ''Leftism'' and Chemical Bros. ''surrender''
Switzerland: You might like "Bostich", "Night train", "On track", "Vicious games", "Lost again" or - most famous - "The race" by Yello even better (some Swiss music).
Faithless is a great rabbit hole to explore. As a prog fan I found a lot to love in some of the keyboard work. I would recommend listening to god is a DJ, take the long way, and To all new arrivals and many others. The lead singer Maxi Jazz sadly passed away a couple of years ago, but the band appears to be still active. The mastermind behind faithless is a guy called Rollo Armstrong who’s more well known sister is Dido (you may have heard of her) she sings on some of their tracks.
You are absolutely right. The dynamic music with the well placed vioce of Maxi is magic. Liontamer is my current favourite, but it varies, all is just gold.
I was living in Tel Aviv when this came out, it brings back beautiful memories. I moved to Dublin and got to see Faithless many times at the Olympia. RIP Maxi ❤
A legit club classic. You definitely should do 'Salva Mea' that was also a standout on the Reverence album. Also the deep cut 'Woozy' which Faithless did exclusively for Danny Boyle's movie "The Beach"... One of the most outstanding progressive house tracks I've ever heard... Nobody's reacted to it on RU-vid, as far as I know.
This could start you off down another rabbit hole into a vast sub genre of house dance classics and in particular crafted albums which journey you through highs and beats and builds and drops. The Faithless albums are great for all that. As others have already mentioned, other albums around this time include Leftfield "Leftism", Underworld "Dubnobasswithmyheadman", Groove Armada "Vertigo", Massive Attack "Mezzanine" and Rob Dougan "Clubbed To Death"
Oooh, this takes me back ❤ The chimes and ticking at the start remind me of Floyd’s Time. If you like this, how about Leftfield/John Lydon and Open Up? I spent 1992-3 at UK raves and dance clubs. The wonder years. By 1994 I’d burned out largely ❤
Well this is a freak coincidence. A couple of weeks back I grabbed this CD, which I hadn't touched in over 20 years, to take on a long drive. It's been spinning in the car since. Lots of fluff in this record, and this of course is the big hit, but for my money "Salve Mea" is the real banger.
Never heard this version. Where's the excess mess in darkness?? I think you need to listen to the single version too it's actually great and has more vocals.
Don’t forget the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s are all the creation of the 20th century, the 2000s are a new era and completely different music, although in the 90s it was already clearly visible where the direction and fashion was moving.
Remembered the band, track name, but couldn't place it. Well not till that (famous) break/riff, kicked in. Happens much earlier in the version I've heard previously. Re the track, it's alright. Never a fan of the terpsichorean arts I can take this stuff or leave it. It's harmless enough.