Adja is Brussels-based creator, singer and performer Adja Fassa, an artist who is quickly making a name for herself in Belgium as a multidisciplinary talent with big plans. Besides being a musician, she is also a theater-maker, in the process of developing what she herself calls "Sophisticated Soul in a hybrid concert format": music takes center stage, with her live shows gradually taking on a theatrical character. She tells stories through song, accompanied by other sensory elements such as smell and symbolic visualizations. All this out of a desire to visualize the (collective) subconscious and especially, the feelings we experience at the tipping points of our lives, into a total experience.

In February 2023 she released her debut EP 'IRONEYE' in collaboration with groove-obsessed label Sdban Ultra.

(…) her debut EP is reminiscent of the spiritual neosoul of Erykah Badu, the black empowerment of Solange and the velvet approach of Lianne La Havas." - De Morgen

(…) ‘What We Are Not Supposed To Feel’, which has the power of a timeless standard that has been performed by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Cécile McLorin Salvant, but was simply written by Adja Fassa.” - Luminous Dash

Her first single 'Told you so' has now over 1 million streams on Spotify and her songs have been added to popular editorial playlists (Soul’n’the City, Acoustic Soul, Next Wave Soul, Fresh Finds Jazz: Best of 2023, Equal Global: top artists 2023).

‘Told you so’ also made waves on TikTok when a fan posted the song and it easily reached 850K accounts in a couple of hours.

After a club tour in spring 2023, Adja played Gent Jazz and Brosella, among others, and ended her EP release tour in a sold-out Flagey (Studio 1) in September.

"[...] Adja has a versatile voice with an enormous range and a lot of presence. Her music references soul, jazz and hip-hop, and she is on stage with a strong live band, which sets her apart from other singers in the same genre. Very organic, very warm and very sensual[...]"

Irene Rossi (Couleur Café & Ancienne Belgique)

In April 2024, she got selected for IMPALA’s “100 Artists to Watch” in partnership with YouTube, putting the spotlight on 100 independent artists across Europe that currently stand out based on various factors such as diversity and innovation, as well as commercial success.

Adja is currently working on new music, set to release in 2024.

LIVE

Adja (full band)

Adja Fassa (vocals), Alexis Nootens (guitar), Emile Hennuyer (trumpet), Edwin Théopile (electric bass & double bass), Samuel De Vleeschouwer (drums), Maxime Moyaerts (keys), Julie Daems (backing vocals), Elien Van Hunsel (backing vocals)

Adja trio

Adja Fassa (vocals), Alexis Nootens (guitar), Emile Hennuyer (trumpet)

SHORT BIO

From a young age, Adja always tried to understand the deeper layers in herself and others. A traveller in heart and soul, she studied theatre at KASK in Ghent and then in 2015, travelled to India and Nepal to immerse herself in yoga and other practices focused on the (sub)consciousness. Returning to Belgium to study jazz and vocals at the Leuven Conservatory, she began to combine her singing, theatre, and physical performance. She won the prestigious Soundtrack competition for young talents in Flanders in 2021 and recently graduated at the Leuven Conservatory.

CONTACT

MGMT: Annelies Peeters II annelies@gentlemanagement.be II +32 473 805 169

BOOKING: Arno Mangelschots II arno@greenhousetalent.be

LABEL: Stefaan Vandenberghe II Stefaan.Vandenberghe@newsnv.be