IRONEYE

TRACKLISTING


A1. Adja - Told you so
A2. Adja - To b e naive
B1. Adja - Default mode (interlude)
B2. Adja - SambaFassa
B3. A dja - What we are not supposed to feel





INFO


Adja is Brussels-based creator, singer and performer Adja Fassa, an artist rapidly making a name for herself in Belgium and a multidisciplinary with big pl ans. On the 24th February, she is set to release her debut EP 'IRONEYE' via the groove-obssessed Sdban Ultra.

In a direct line from her personal grow th to her artistic practice, Adja translates through jazz, soul, gospel and her ever-expanding and transforming experience of reality, simultaneously using the creative process as a vehicle to make known to herself the answer to those inner questions. Her goal: making her spiritual path in this life as tangible as poss ible. A force of nature on stage with warm, sensual vocals, Adja is evocative of artists such as Erykah Badu, Solange and Lianne La Havas.

Besides be ing a musician, Fassa is also a theatremaker, working towards what she calls "So phisticated Soul in a hybrid concert format." Her music takes centre stage, with her live shows gradually taking on an evolving theatrical character: telling st ories through song, accompanied by sensory elements such as scent and symbolic i mages. All this stems from a desire to shed light on the plane of existence betw een everyday existence and the hidden stories from our collective memory.
< br />On her music, Adja adds, "I am exploring what 'spirituality' means in this society, in the here and now. This, by not only treating it as an elusive abstra ct thing, but exploring how to make it as tangible as possible, which for myself means sharing sincere self-reflection with the outside world. I hope in that wa y to support those who are searching for the trigger to their own catharsis, as I wish to be one of many artists at service of those who are actively searching, actively trying to evolve. I hope some of those people resonate with my music a nd feel it moves them in the way they need to open up and start a new conversati on with themselves, at whatever point they are in their life. I believe the firs t step to a better world is to look inward, but there is no reason we can't do t hat together and share some laughs and cries while we do so."

On stun ning lead single 'Told you so" she states, "'Told you so' is a song about integr ity. In a way, I feel blessed with a curse. The curse of rapid failure when I de viate from what is true to me: It seems that, whenever I am - purposely or unpur posely - dishonest with myself, I crash and burn really fast. A blessing in that sense that it seems my Soul's purpose does not let me waste time, a curse becau se it means that the teachings of life rarely feel like a gentle push and often like a slap in the face."

From a young age, Fassa always tried to und erstand 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 Ne pal to immerse herself in yoga and other practices focused on the (sub)conscious ness. 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 Sound Track competition for young talents in Flanders in 2021