Name: Faithless
Genre: Dance
Day: Friday

Wikipedia sez: “Faithless are a UK group of musicians whose music is described by one of their band as a cross between hip-hop and dance. While they are mostly famous for their dance songs (”Insomnia” “God Is A DJ” and “We Come 1″), they try to produce albums which offer a blend of styles. The three principal members of Faithless are Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. Jazz acts as a vocalist mostly rapping and elevates the euphoric, ambient music to a spiritual and socio-political level with many of his lyrics; Bliss, as arguably the most popular female DJ not to mention her talents in playing the piano, violin, saxophone and bass, constructs most of the music while Rollo heads and produces the band’s genre-defying sound. Lead female vocals for many of their songs are performed by Pauline Taylor.”

I honestly thought Faithless broke up, so to have them together and performing at Coachella will be a special treat. I’ve never seen Faithless live despite being a fan of their music (It really doesn’t get much better then We Come 1 or Muhammad Ali) so I look forward to seeing Maxi Jazz and crew belt out an amazing live performance. Faithless really mix it up, with nightclub friendly dance (Insomnia) to soulful hip-hop (Muhammad Ali) to sample based trip-hop (Weapons of Mass Destruction). I regretted not seeing them the last few times they have been out (especially a few years back when there were at one of the better Big Day Out lineups), so I can’t wait to see them at Coachella.? Here’s hoping they don’t clash with anyone else.
Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella:? Definitely, barring a clash.

Read on to view Faithless live videos…

Faithless - Insomnia (Live at V Festival 2006)

Faithless - God Is A DJ (Live)