A female experimental elektro songwriter with a powerful, enigmatic voice with references to St. Vincent and Kate Bush.
STASJ
STASJ shines light on the dark sides, celebrates singularity, serves the whole by connecting the tiny dots. STASJ investigates how focus, resilience and trust become meaningful, bringing out the best in all. STASJ sings contrasting emotions into a soft force. Vibrating, comforting, always expanding. Refined voice techniques, raw electronic beats and experimental sounds define the latest, quirky and versatile album of STASJ. ‘Soft Forces’ is exploring storytelling with a flexible voice merging classical and pop. Hints of melancholy and obscure feelings translate frictions of human lives and the paradoxes of existence, producing a challenging but soothing musical world. STASJ sings about mistaken love adventures and positive wishes for the unkind mankind. Poetic, imaginary scenes are fused with real time observations and serendipities. The state of the world is the state of STASJ.
"An intriguing debut. Beautiful and intense lyrics that unhurriedly plunge the depths. But it’s especially Janssen’s lovely and occasionally tormented voice that steals the show.“ - The Next Gig
“STASJ’s debut album is solid as a rock. Its ten tracks add up to a splendid whole, making Soft Forces an excellent calling card.” - Erik Damen, 3voor12
“Jazz, piano pop, ambient and noise – everything is in its right place.” - Hans Werksman, Here Comes The Flood
STEFANIE JANSSEN
is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer with roots in classical, opera, folk, improvisation and experimental pop. In 2018 Janssen releases her debut album Soft Forces as STASJ. In the past, she applies her multifarious talents to multidisciplinary projects. Janssen acted and sang, for example, in hip-hop musical Ugly D, shone bright in opera Three Voices by Morton Feldman in Brussels.
In 2015 she released a Dutch-language EP, titled AAN. Stefanie Janssen regularly performs live, with notable shows at Amsterdam Fashion Week, Luxor Live, La Nuit Blanche Festival, among others. She graduated at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Arnhem.
soft forces
contains ten singular pop songs, which blur boundaries between grounded and surrealistic realms. Classical melodies, abstract poetry and free improvisation form a unique connective tissue together. Soft Forces is illuminating dark matters and transforming conflicting emotions, producing a challenging but soothing musical world.
Erik Damen, 3voor12, writes “STASJ’s debut album is solid as a rock. Its ten tracks add up to a splendid whole, making Soft Forces an excellent calling card.” Full review here.
Here Comes The Flood, Hans Werksman: “Jazz, piano pop, ambient and noise – everything is in its right place.” Full review here.
HIGHLIGHTS
2015
Release Dutch-Language EP 'AAN'
2016
JANUARY - Amsterdam Fashion Week
2018
MARCH - Release 'Soft Forces' by STASJ
JUNE -Werkwarenhuis, Den Bosch (NL)
JULY - Valkhof Festival, Nijmegen (NL)
OCTOBER - Zaadel Makerij
DECEMBER - Arenberg, Antwerp (BE)
2019
JUNE - Minitour, Düsseldorf (DE)
Team and Partners
She collaborates with Studio Minailo, Laboratory for Performing Arts and often works closely with fashion label MAISON the FAUX with solo projects.
Indigo Atlas - Robbin Gielen: (project)manager
Release plan
JULY / AUGUST - writing new material
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER - release new track
JANUARY - recording EP
MARCH - single release
APRIL - EP release
CONTACT
GENERAL INQUIRIES - contact@stasj.wold
PRESS - press@stasj.world
BOOKINGS - booking@stasj.world