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  About Rollo & Sister Bliss
DJ residencies at the cream of London clubs and a fistful of demo tapes leads to a meeting with Rollo and the spark that was to fire up many club anthem began.
Rollo was on the search for that elusive fantastic voice that would bleed soul, depth and guts all over his own stunning music; and what does the bugger do?
Cheeky Records was founded in 1991 by Rollo Armstrong - originally set up as an independent label to release 'incredible' dance singles as a solo artist and by other artists, and re-formed in 1994 together with Mel Medalie, who also owned Cheeky's former sister label, Champion.
www.tursa.franken.de /RolloBliss_about.html   (1406 words)

  
 Rollo - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Rollo or Hrolf, c.860-c.932, first duke of Normandy.
Pop: Defender of the faith; Rollo Armstrong, a prolific producer and the creative heart of Faithless, won't perform in public - unlike his sister, Dido.
Quick-healing Di Rollo all set for return to centre stage.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-rollo.html   (319 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Rollo
Rollo ROLLO [Rollo] or Hrolf, c.860-c.932, first duke of Normandy.
May, Rollo MAY, ROLLO [May, Rollo] 1909-94, American psychologist, b.
By the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911), the northernmost part (Vexin Normand) was assigned to Rollo of Normandy; the rest (Vexin Français) remained with the French crown.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Rollo   (596 words)

  
 RamDynes' Rollo Page
This discography is made by me for people that are interested in Rollo Armstrong and his work.
Rollo: That's right, a friend of mine, Mel Medalie, is owner of Champion Records and I wanted my own label and that became Cheeky.
Rollo: I am planning on extending my own label Cheeky, it has to become one big family.
www.xs4all.nl /~ramdyne/Rollo/i_bg_3_1996.htm   (943 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: Faithless
Faithless consists of Rollo (Armstrong), Sister Bliss (Ayalah Bentovin), Jamie Catto, Maxi Jazz, and Dave Randall.
Rollo turned his sights on making his own music with his own band.
Rollo told Muzik Magazine: "Each of us have our own individual musical agendas and ambitions, we've each set our own goals, and whatever they may be, we're going to achieve them.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-f/faithless_main.htm   (683 words)

  
 RA: Resident Advisor - Faithless's Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Rollo Armstrong, England), one of the prime movers in the UK house scene, and Sister Bliss (b.
It is truly an eclectic collaboration, with both Sister Bliss and Rollo being innovative and highly-skilled programmers and producers.
Faithless' debut single on Rollo's Cheeky Records, "Salva Mea', was one of the 90"s greatest and most influential house records.
www.residentadvisor.net /dj_profiles.asp?ID=97   (573 words)

  
 IOnOne art | music | Faithless
Rollo is the band's instigator and producer, a cheerfully eccentric figure who confesses he can neither play a musical instrument nor dance in time (hence he chooses not to join Faithless when they play live).
Head of the Cheeky record label, Rollo has made multi-million selling dance singles in his own right, co-written and co-produced both his younger sister Dido's world beating albums and contributed remixes for a variety of stellar talent including U2, Bjork  and The Pet Shop Boys.
It was only when Rollo and Bliss had completed their instrumental opus (which will eventually be released in its own right) that Maxi was summoned and a lyrical perspective agreed upon.
www.ionone.com /musfaithl1.htm   (1203 words)

  
 Rollo Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rollo Armstrong (born in London) is a part of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Bliss and older brother to Dido, whom he helped to write and produce the multi-million selling albums No Angel and Life For Rent.
Later in 2006, in a BBC Radio 1 interview with Pete Tong Rollo revealed, that he was paid only 300 pounds to do the track.
On 28 September 2005, Rollo Armstrong has released a completely re-worked version of the 2000 Dusted When We Were Young album named Safe From Harm, accompanied by an illustrated 80 pages hardcover book with the same name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rollo_Armstrong   (420 words)

  
 Rollo Armstrong Publishes Kids Book for Adults   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Rollo Armstrong, the engine behind Faithless and brother of Dido, has released his first book and it is somewhat of a kid’s book for adults.
Rollo started this solo project in 2000 and completed it in 2005.
Rollo’s solo project, his first outside Faithless, has so far only been released in Europe.
www.undercover.com.au /news/2005/nov05/20051125_rollo.html   (186 words)

  
 Faithless Site-Biography
Artist name Rollo Armstrong, has an honors degree in philosophy, he's a Taurus and has a habit of talking around subjects.
Rollo's writing and production skills have brought him sales in excess of 5 million singles.
Faithless is the first time Rollo has entered into the band land arena to work alongside vocalist Maxi Jazz and co-conspirator Sister Bliss, on what has turned out to be a long term project.
www.inet.hr /~skocijan/Faithless/biography.htm   (446 words)

  
 GOTTA HAVE FAITH
Roland “Rollo” Armstrong — the producer and creative mastermind behind the British dance-music phenomenon Faithless —; regularly admits that he loathes publicity.
And because he doesn't play any instruments, Rollo thinks he would be wasting his time if he were to go on tour with Faithless.
Rollo is a quiet, reserved studio whiz; Bliss is an outspoken and talented DJ and musician who maintains a very public presence even outside the group; and Maxi is a high-spirited vocalist who graces his lyrics with Buddhist philosophy.
remixmag.com /mag/remix_gotta_faith/index.html   (3268 words)

  
 HISTORY OF HOUSE PART1
In 1992 Rollo Armstrong, also known as the brother of female pop vocalist Dido, released ´Don´t you want me´ and ´It will make me crazy´ as Felix.
In the beginning Rob Dougans and Rollo Armstrong released a lot of good tunes, just think of ´Hold that sucker down´ by The OT Quartet.
In 1995 Rollo and Sister Bliss as a team released several other tunes, which I can´t forget for the story.
home.wanadoo.nl /mlasschuyt/history_of_house_part15.htm   (871 words)

  
 Faithless International > Biographies
Meeting up with Rollo in a South-England studio has led to the forming of Faithless, together with Sister Bliss and Jamie Catto.
Enlighten conversations bore the fruit of intense and challenging lyrics dipped in the dark hue of Maxi Jazz's life and rediscovered in the music of Faithless.
A pianist since the age of 5 it was a natural progression that not only did she start spinning tunes on the dance floor, she knew she could create her own.
www.insomnia.tmfweb.nl /bio.htm   (785 words)

  
 Faithless International > Faithless.cheeky
This section is about Cheeky Records, the label of Rollo Armstrong and Faithless.
Cheeky Records was founded late 1991, by Rollo Armstrong.
The founder, Rollo, has to work for BMG for 5 years.
www.insomnia.tmfweb.nl /cheeky.htm   (216 words)

  
 DIDO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He may have provoked the headlines but it [is] her brother Rollo - an eccentric honours graduate in philosophy who claims not to be able to play an instrument or even dance - who is the real force behind her success.
Rollo, six years her elder, was eschewing classical music in favour of angrier sounds.
But Rollo was at first rather embarrassed by having a younger sister shadowing him and discouraged her.
litefoot1969.bravepages.com /roswell/news/cast_dido_3.htm   (5688 words)

  
 MTVAsia.com - Welcome!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
You May Have Heard: Rollo Armstrong, the producer of Faithless, is the older brother of England's current pop queen Dido.
Faithless is made up of core members Armstrong, Jazz (a Buddhist singer, rapper, and poetic lyricist), and Sister Bliss (the brains behind the music, who is also a classically-trained pianist and a top female DJ).
No Roots is the act's fourth original album in eight years, and it is said to be their most adventurous effort.
www.mtvasia.com /Review/CD/C20040708001141.html   (361 words)

  
 Rollo Armstrong biography .ms (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Rollo Armstrong is a part of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Bliss and brother to Dido for whom he produced the Brit award-nominated album Life For Rent.
He has achieved many musical accomplishments mainly on the Faithless, Rollo Goes..., Felix, Our Tribe, and Dusted projects.
In 1991 Rollo founded Cheeky Records and released two records before it folded a year later because of his lack of business knowledge.
rollo-armstrong.biography.ms.cob-web.org:8888   (95 words)

  
 Splendid E-zine reviews: Dusted
Rollo Armstrong and Mark Bates -- the guys from Faithless -- have created a surprisingly pleasant, occasionally disturbing and frequently vague meditation on childhood.
Yes, it's funny, but it doesn't fit; it sounds like an idea that Rollo and Mark thought was too clever not to put on the album.
It's a perfect record to listen to as you watch the sun set on a Sunday evening, whether you twig to the concept or not.
www.splendidezine.com /reviews/sep-10-01/dusted.html   (639 words)

  
 The History of Rock Music. Faithless: biography, discography, reviews, links
Faithless, the project of producers and disc-jockeys Rollo Armstrong and Ayalah "Sister Bliss" Bentovim, penned the elaborate, acrobatic, chameleon-like arrangements of Reverence (1996).
The slow and hazy tempos of Bring My Family Back and Postcards, reminiscent of Blue Lines- era Massive Attack, and the sensual The Garden are promising, but the techno attraction, the eight-minute God Is A DJ, is a far cry from Insomnia.
Rollo's entry in the Back To Mine (DMC, 2000) chill-out series, credited to Faithless although not really a Faithless album, is an eclectic that makes good use of the guests, but ultimately is merely laid-back muzak, no matter how sophisticated.
www.scaruffi.com /vol6/faithles.html   (700 words)

  
 Faithless | Beatfreax - Electronic Music Platform
The first guitarist of Faithless was Dave Randall but he has left Faithless to start his own solo project 'Slovo' last year (2000) His first album will be released in late summer 2001.
Rollo’s sister Dido has performed lead vocals on tracks on all three Faithless albums (including "One Step Too Far" on the current album) and her debut album No Angel (co-produced Rollo) has since topped the UK and US charts.
Rollo, who once admitted that he "can’t play an instrument, can’t dance in time, and can’t remember any melodies", doesn’t play live with Faithless — "pointless", he reckons, as he "couldn’t play anything onstage anyway".
www.beatfreax.com /artist/Faithless.html   (981 words)

  
 Faithless in Sofia - Culture Shock news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Faithless was created in 1995 by Rollo Armstrong, one of the first house musicians in the UK and a talented producer, and Sister Bliss (Ayalah Bentovim), one of the first women DJs in the UK and a producer.
Dido, the famous UK singer, who is sister of Rollo, took part in the first three albums of Faithless before shooting to stardom herself.
In 1995 Faithless put out their debut single, Salva Mea, which became one of the most significant house pieces of the 1990s and was sold in more than one million copies worldwide.
www.sofiaecho.com /article/faithless-in-sofia/id_9153/catid_47   (537 words)

  
 rollo – Music at Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
rollo isn’t yet available to play on Last.fm radio.
Labels and artists can upload their music here.
rollo might not be making music anymore, but if they are, you can help keep other users informed by adding new events when they're announced.
www.last.fm /music/rollo   (109 words)

  
 Guitar Sheet Music - Dido - Chord Songbook (Instrumental Folio - Guitar)
Hunter - Performed by: Dido - Composed by: Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong - ©1999
Mary's In India - Performed by: Dido - Composed by: Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong - ©2003
This Land Is Mine - Performed by: Dido - Composed by: Dido Armstrong, Rick Nowels, and Rollo Armstrong - ©2003
www.encoremusic.com /1302602.html   (778 words)

  
 The Rollo Cheeky Standard: Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Faithless International is the very clearly organized page by Joppe Nijman (The Netherlands).
Rollo is interviewed in Gay Times (U.K.) magazine, January 1997 issue, about the Kristine W album "Land of the Living" to be released in Europe in March 1997.
Rollo interview on The Club Cow Radio Show in Australia, airdate June 7, 1997.
www.mit.edu /people/mattski/Rollo/links.html   (243 words)

  
 Official World Underground and Urban Music Awards Site - Welcome
This unusual dance music outfit is formed around the nucleus of Rollo
Rollo Armstrong, England), one of the prime movers in the UK house scene,
Faithless debut single on Rollo's Cheeky Records, "Salva Mea', was one of the
www.urbanmusicawards.net /faithless.htm   (459 words)

  
 Faithless / Rollo / Sister Bliss & related artists - Unofficial Discography
This is a detailed but unofficial discography about all releases by the music producers/remixers Rollo and Sister Bliss known by me, including the projects Faithless, Rollo Goes..., Felix, Our Tribe, Dusted, related artists like Dido, Pauline Taylor, Skinny, 1 Giant Leap and other related information and links.
"Faithless" are Rollo (Roland Armstrong) and Sister Bliss (Ayalah Bentovim) joined by rapper Maxi Jazz (Maxwell Frazer) and several guest musicians and collaborators.
This "String Mix" here is exclsuive, it's the "Rollo and Sister Bliss String Mix" which is totally different to the "Goetz's String Mix" that can be found on several CD releases.
www.tursa.franken.de /RolloBliss_discog.html   (6459 words)

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