Faithless, the World’s biggest dance act, headline the L.I.V.E concert in Marbella this month. Hot Marbella spoke exclusively to Sister Bliss the day after their storming set at the Glastonbury Festival.
Faithless have always been at the forefront of the International Dance Scene and for the first time in southern Spain the British collective’s central trio of Buddhist MC/poet Maxi Jazz, indomitably cool club doyenne Sister Bliss and visionary producer Rollo will be bringing their distinctive music to the L.I.V.E concert on July 31
It’s been fourteen years since their debut album “Reverence” took the club world by storm. Now their sixth studio album “The Dance” has gone back to Faithless’s dance floor roots as well as bringing in old friends such as Rollo’s sister Dido, to extend that Faithless energy even further – always passionate, always progressive.
Hot Magazine spoke to Sister Bliss as she looked forward to the Marbella concerts
Hot. We interviewed you last year when you were doing a DJ set at Puro Beach and you hadn’t been to this part of the world before but told us how much you liked it. And now you’re coming back!
Bliss. Last time I was here on my own and it was a little tester. So now I’m bringing the whole gang with me! (laughs) But I am hoping that we get a good crowd and a mixture of both expats and the Spanish for the event, because variety is the spice of life!
Hot. What’s it been like when you have played in Spain before?
Bliss. The reaction has been amazing . We’ve played in Barcelona and Madrid before and we also played at Creamfields in Almeria and the reaction was awesome. There are a lot of passionate fans and there’s a great exploding electronic music scene in Spain so it’s going to be great to be there. We’re playing Ibiza after the Marbella gig so if anyone gets the bug they can come and see us there as well afterwards!
Hot. You played Glastonbury last week and got rave reviews. What was it like?
Bliss . It was just awesome. I’m actually just recovering now in my back garden. It was a brilliant, brilliant show, I nearly cried when I came off stage and Maxi was welling up as well. It was just something very special and we hadn’t played there for eight years. So it was great to come back, and the passion hasn’t diminished - it’s actually grown and the fans have grown as well which is wonderful. We’ve been doing this for 15 years now and so we’re not the flavour of the month!
Hot. The week before that you played at an economic summit in St. Petersburg…
Bliss. Oh my God that was mad! It was little random jaunt by private plane and we ended up being booked to play in front of an audience of world leaders. Imagine that Anrea Merkle getting down…
Who knows who booked us but it was very exciting and a lot of fun! Of course in Russia at this time of year it doesn’t really get dark so we didn’t know when to leave the bar!
Hot. You may find the same thing happening in Marbella
Bliss. Yeah (laughs)
Hot. Your new album “The Dance” is also doing well.
Bliss. The reaction to “The Dance” has been so brilliant that we’re really, really, really happy. The fact that people are going out and buying our records just blows me away. The fact that in this day and age that people are actually buying records anymore! We are always trying to make it better and people are responding to that. We are always trying to keep it fresh – “Mass Destruction” is an anti war protest song which is quite a way from “God is a DJ”.
Hot. What can the fans expect for your first ever gig in Marbella?
Bliss. Our energy, our commitment and our vibe really, I mean what else can we bring but to bring our very best? We always give it everything we’ve got because it’s the fans that have brought the clothes on our backs. I feel very angry when bands say they don’t feel like performing. When you perform you have to give it everything. The people will respond to that, even if every note is not in tune, it’s about your passion and energy and your commitment within the performance and that’s something that Maxi inspires in all of us. And with our fans you very rarely see people give as much as they do. We are given so much love and in return and we just want to pay our respects.
And performing a Kick Ass show is the best way we know how!
Faithless headline the L.I.V.E concert at the Bullring, Puerto Banus on July 31
Tickets at available at www.ticketmaster.es
