'I can't get no sleep': Sister Bliss of Faithless on 30 years of Insomnia 

As the classic dance tune marks 30 years, the surviving member of Faithless looks back on those heady days, and laments the loss of her music partner Maxi Jazz 

Sister Bliss and the late Maxi Jazz of Faithless. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA

With its nostalgic echo, classic single Insomnia by Faithless is one of dance music’s best-known tracks, still as popular today on its 30th anniversary as it ever was.

The pioneering 1995 progressive house track was created by the group’s composers Sister Bliss, real name Ayalah Bentovim, and Rollo Armstrong, along with late vocalist, guitar player, programmer and producer Maxi Jazz, real name Maxwell Fraser, who died in December 2022.