Band says Jazz had died peacefully in his sleep. It did not give a cause of death
Maxi Jazz, the lead vocalist of British electronic music band Faithless and known as the voice in trance hits such as “God Is a DJ” and “Insomnia,” has died aged 65, the band said on Saturday.
“He was also a lovely human being with time for everyone and a wisdom that was both profound and accessible.” Jazz was born Maxwell Fraser in Brixton, south London, in 1957. He helped form Faithless in 1995, which then grew into one of the most popular dance bands in Britain and round the world. Faithless’ 1995 song “Insomnia,” which features Jazz rapping about struggling to sleep with the refrain “I can’t get no sleep,” was voted the fifth-greatest dance record of all time by readers of dance music magazine Mixmag in 2013.
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