British dance act Faithless, consisting of producers Rollo, Sister Bliss and rapper Maxi Jazz, makes a crossover of house and pop. As a result, the group is well-liked by both dance and pop fans. The group broke through in the mid-nineties with the singles Salva Mea, Insomnia and later God Is A DJ that were high in the charts for weeks. The trademark is the extremely danceable club sound in which
… the beat always works towards an explosive climax and the dark brown voice-over of Maxi Jazz, which expresses its lyrics in an almost conjuring way. This success formula has actually remained unchanged since the 1996 debut Reverence. Faithless also largely elaborates on the same pattern on the third album Outrospective. A modest change of direction is a bit more intimacy, achieved with some poppy samples (like Family Dog's Sympathy from 1969) and introverted vocals from Sister Bliss and Dido - Rollo's sister. But the most important component is the work with differences in dynamics that is so characteristic of Faithless, as in the exciting single We Come 1. (BP)more
