Maxi Jazz, lead singer of British electronic music group Maxi Jazz, died on Friday, the band confirmed on Facebook. Jazz, real name Maxwell Fraser, "died peacefully in his sleep" at his home in south London, his sister Bliss, a non-believer member, said on Twitter. The cause of death is not disclosed. Jazz was 65 years old.
He was a man who changed our lives in many ways. It gave a proper meaning and message to our music,” Faithless members Rollo and Sister Bliss said in a statement on Facebook.
"He was a wonderful person with deep wisdom that anyone can relate to," she added. "He was a great poet, a DJ, a Buddhist, a great stage presence, a car enthusiast, an endless speaker, a beautiful person, a moral compass and a genius."
Jazz in 2010 He was the lead singer of the band from 1995 to 2011 and again in 2015.
The band's 1995 song "Insomnia", a jazz rap about insomnia, is accompanied by the command "I can't sleep". The track has sold over a million copies and was voted fifth dance record of 2013 by readers of dance music magazine Mixmag .
In a 2020 interview with The Guardian , Jazz explained how "Insomnia" came to be.
Jazz said he got a call from Rollo asking if he could write the lyrics. "I spent 20 minutes writing down my idea in a notebook, finished it the next night in the studio, and then spent about 25 minutes demonstrating the vocals," she says. "That's all."
He also revealed that the first line, "Deep in the arms of a sweet night", was a change forced upon the band by MTV, who believed the first line, "I smoke weed only when I need to", was also a an amount. Graphic. .
British DJ Mistaja also paid homage to jazz on Twitter. Mistaja wrote, "I only met him once in real life and he was such a nice person with such an aura." "His words and performances touched many of us and he will be greatly missed."
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