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Faithless PRS for Music Heritage Award @ Jazz Cafe 19th September
Other | Monday 15th October 2012 | Osh
One of the UK’s most iconic dance acts, Faithless were honoured by the prestigious PRS for Music Heritage Award.
We headed down to The Jazz Cafe on an early Wednesday morning to join Maxi Jazz and Sister Bliss to commemorate their achievement to British music. Back in 1996, they played their first ever live gig at the venue and to celebrate their success since then a special plaque was erected on the venue. Faithless, fronted by the iconic Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz, were one of the UK’s most successful and influential dance-music acts, producing two UK #1 albums, six UK top 10 singles, achieving over 15 million global sales. We joined in a Q&A with the guys where they reminisced about about their journey and monumental times in their career sharing stories with us. Talking on why the The Jazz Cafe was so significant to them Bliss added “The Jazz Cafe is really important to our story and where our live career took off. We’re so honoured to be getting this Heritage award with them and celebrating where it all started. Can’t believe it’s been 15 years!.” Maxi offered his advice to others wanting to get into the music industry stating “My first tip would be, no matter what happens or what anyone else says, do not stop...don’t be looking at just making the music, have your business head on too. And absolutely do not stop under any circumstances.” We were also treated to an exclusive DJ set from Maxi to top off the event. PRS for Music set up the Heritage Award in 2009 and their aim is to to recognise the unusual ‘performance birthplaces’ of famous bands and artists. Previous awardees have been artists Elton John and Blur, now Faithless can be part of this history.
