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He was known as the voice in trance hits such as "God Is a DJ" and "Insomnia", has passed away at 65, the band said on Saturday.
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"He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave proper meaning and message to our music," two other members of Faithless, Rollo and Sister Bliss, stated on Facebook.
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"He was also a lovely human being with time for everyone and a wisdom that was both inherent and accessible."
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The band wrote on Twitter that Jazz has died peacefully in his sleep. They did not give cause of death.
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Jazz was born in 1957, Maxwell Fraser in Brixton, south London. He helped Faithless from 1995, which then grew into one of the most famous dance bands in Britain.
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Faithless 1995 song "Insomnia", which features Jazz rapping about struggling to sleep with the refrain "I can't get no sleep", was voted the 5th greatest dance record.
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The song, which ranked top the dance hits in many European countries, made Jazz quip in a 2020 interview.
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"If I had a quid for every time someone’s come up going, 'I can't get no sleep', I’d be living on the space station" he said.
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Their greatest hit CD, titled Forever Faithless, was declared 4 times platinum and became the best-selling dance album of 2005.
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