Maxi Jazz
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Maxi Jazz (born Maxwell Fraser; 19 June, 1957) (49 years old) is a Soka Gakkai Buddhist rapper from the United Kingdom. He is best known for being the lead vocalist in Faithless.
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[edit] Pre-Faithless
Before Faithless, Maxi created an album called Soul Food Café. He also worked in pirate radio for a time with LWR in 1987.
[edit] Lyrics
His lyrics can be anything from upbeat (for example in Reverence from the album of the same name) to melancholy (this time from Giving Myself Away from Outrospective); from despairing at current affairs (Mass Destruction from No Roots) to social comment (this time with LSK in In the End, again from No Roots).
Maxi Jazz's comments on society generally look at the harsher aspects of life. For example, in Bring My Family Back, he explores what comes from lacking a happy, nuclear family. In the first verse he views the situation through the eyes of a two-year-old ('Child, I'm working so there's nothing you lack/But she know, I want my Dad, I want my family back.'), in the second a forty-three-year-old, and in the last a house, long deserted by its last occupants ('Derelicts sneaking in to fix, speaking/On the way, my timbers creaking, roof leaking and bricks coming loose/Knee high in refuse.'). Also, on Faithless latest studio album, To All New Arrivals, the song Bombs confronts the issues of modern warfare.
[edit] 1 Giant Leap
Maxi also sang alongside Robbie Williams on the collaborative album 1 Giant Leap in the single My Culture. 1 Giant Leap was produced by Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto, the latter also of Faithless.
Also his latest recording and collaboration with Tiesto, 3 times number one DJ in the world, resulted in a big hit in The Netherlands. The dance-hit Dance4Life shoot up the charts.
[edit] Racing
Maxi is very fond of his sports cars, and on the morning of Sunday 9th December 2001 had a serious car accident, postponing several of Faithless's UK tour dates. When Maxi asked Rae Claydon to run him in the Ford Fiesta championship, he founded Maxi Jazz Racing. He now competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup, as one of the oldest and yet less experienced drivers. Maxi Jazz has also been stopped for speeding on a couple of occasions, the latter of which he was found under the influence of alcohol. [citation needed]
[edit] Famous Gig Moments
At one time in a Faithless gig, the crowd hushed each other so they could hear Maxi Jazz sing God is a DJ.
[edit] Discography
[edit] In Faithless
[edit] Solo
- 2006 "Dance4life" (with Tiësto), #3 NL, #5 BEL, #10 FIN
[edit] External links
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