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BLP sources|date=December 2011Infobox musical artist|name = Maxi Jazz|image = Faithless vocalist Maxi Jazz in 2010.jpg|caption = Maxi Jazz, singing with Faithless in MEN Arena, Manchester, 4 December 2010|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Maxwell Fraser|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1957|6|14|df=y
Brixton , London
England , United Kingdom |death_date =|instrument =|genre = Rap music|Rap , Dance music|dance , trip hop |occupation = Musician
Songwriter |years_active = 1983- present|label = Cheeky Records|Cheeky , Columbia Records|Columbia , Namu Records, Savage Records|associated_acts = Faithless
1 Giant Leap |website = http://www.maxijazz.co.uk/
Maxwell Alexander Fraser (born 14 June 1957 in Brixton , London http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4716674/Hard-to-describe-great-to-listen-to.html Hard to describe, great to listen to - Daily Telegraph ), better known as Maxi Jazz , is an England|English rapping|rapper . He is best known as the lead vocalist of United Kingdom|British band Faithless .

Biography


Maxi founded The Soul Food Cafe System as a DJ in 1984, having discovered Hip hop music|hip hop a year earlier. He transferred this sound to pirate radio station LWR (radio)|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 ), and the album Soul Food Café was recorded. Maxi founded Namu Records in 1992 in order to release the band's material in the form of three Extended play|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 . 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 Buddhism|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.

In 2006, Maxi provided the vocals for the hit Tiėsto track " Dance4life (song)|Dance4life ". He also sang alongside Robbie Williams on the single " My Culture " from the collaborative album 1 Giant Leap (album)|1 Giant Leap .

Maxi celebrated his 50th birthday on June 15, 2007 in Hyde Park, London by headlining the O2 Wireless Festival 2007. In the encore he was greeted by thousands of fans wishing him happy birthday.

Cars and racing


Maxi is very fond of cars and his collection was featured on Sky One 's Vroom Vroom motoring show. He owns a Subaru Impreza|Subaru Impreza P1 , a Ford Escort (European)|Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000 , a Ford Fiesta Zetec S , a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth|Ford Sierra Cosworth and a Marcos Mantis GT|Marcos LM500 R .

Maxi founded Maxi Jazz Racing in 2000 when he asked Rae Claydon to enter him in the Ford Fiesta Championship for the 2000 seasoncite web|url= http://www.btccandmore.co.uk/maxijazzracing/History.htm
|title=Maxi Jazz Racing history
but was only able to race occasionally due to his musical obligations.

On Sunday 9 December 2001, Maxi was involved in a serious car accident, causing several of Faithless 's UK tour dates to be postponed. In 2005, he raced a Ginetta Cars|Ginetta , and in 2006 and 2007 a Porsche 911 GT3|Porsche 997 GT3 Cup in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB .

Personal life


He lives in West Norwood , in the London Borough of Lambeth and supports Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace football club . He advocates the work of the Burma Campaign UK . He is also a Buddhism|Buddhist .

Discography


With Faithless


Main|Faithless

With 1 Giant Leap


  • 2002 " My Culture " (with 1 Giant Leap and Robbie Williams ),


  • Solo


  • 2006 " Dance4life (song)|Dance4life " (with Tiėsto ), #3 NL, #5 BEL, #10 FIN


  • References




    External links


  • http://www.faithless.co.uk/ Faithless official website

  • http://www.maxijazzracing.co.uk/ Maxi Jazz Racing


  • Faithless
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