Artist:Faithless
Song:Insomnia
Album:Insomnia: The Best of Faithless
Electronic Dance Music (EDM) groups are notoriously short lived. Most of these groups are run by producers who are working on several projects at the same time. Faithless has been around since 1995. Insomnia was a big hit in England and it topped the dance charts. This led to a major label deal and longevity. Rowland "Rollo" Armstrong was mostly a remix guy in London clubs. His younger sister is singer Dido. He worked on her album and wrote and produced the 1992 single Don't You Want Me by Felix which was a hit in Europe. In 1995, he met Ayalah "Sister Bliss" Bentovim who was a prodigy musician, Maxwell "Maxi Jazz" Fraser who was in The Soul Food Cafe Band and Jamie Catto to form Faithless. They released their 1996 debut album Reverence on Armstrong's label Cheeky. The single Insomnia generated enough interest in clubs and on British radio that Arista picked it up for North America. They released a radio edit which topped the dance charts and reached #3 on the British Singles chart. It was very successful across Europe. They continued to have success mostly in clubs. Faithless took a break after the 2006 album To All New Arrivals because they wanted to spend more time with their families. After the 2010 album The Dance, they decided to go on hiatus. Faithless returned in 2015 but Fraser chose not to return. Their latest album was released in 2020. Not surprisingly, all three have solo careers. This 2CD comp is a good intro to their music. Here's the video for Insomnia by Faithless.
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