Aditya Jassi

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Aditya Jassi (born 21 March 1982, New Delhi, India) is an Indian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and musician.

Biography[]

Aditya Jassi[1][2][3] was born in New Delhi, India, and is the son of documentary film-makers and authors Jaswin Jassi[4] and Kiran Jassi. He initially studied in Air Force Bal Bharati School, at Lodhi Road in Delhi, and later went to a boarding school viz. "Welham Boys' School" at Dehradun.[5] It was at Welham Boys' that he was introduced to and immediately fell in love with music and theatre. However, in his college days, theatre took a back seat to music and sports.

As an English graduate from Delhi University, music was still not a professional choice for Aditya, so he pursued civil aviation, while teaching music in colleges alongside as a hobby. Despite holding a private pilot license from the Delhi Flying Club, he switched several jobs- from freelance print journalist to copywriter before completing his post-graduate studies in Mass Communication. Thereafter, he joined Sahara News Channel as a reporter, producer, and anchor. But since his heart was in music and music was all he wanted to do, he quit his job at Sahara in 2006, to pursue music professionally. Currently, he is a prominent singer and musician[6] and is the frontman of a live band called "The Unplugged Project".[7]

Career in Music[]

In 2006, at the behest of his friend Dr. Palash Sen (Euphoria), Jassi auditioned for FAME-X, and made it to the top ten of this reality show contest aired on Sony and SAB TV "FAME X" on Sony starring Daler Mehndi, Palash Sen, Nikhil Chinappa/Rannvijay Singh/Cyrus Broacha).[8]

Aditya also featured in the Fame-X song Chal Udiye, featuring top ten finalists of the reality show.[9][10]

Besides bagging a major music label deal with Universal Music, front man Aditya has been winning many accolades with his previous Rock band Oritus, some of them being, ‘Rock Album of the Year’ at the first ever JD Rock Awards in 2007 and a Reality TV music competitions around the same time .

Aditya is a self confessed Grunge & Classic Rock fan, but also loves retro Hindi music. A Singer- Songwriter, he has also learnt the nuances of Indian Classical music and is equally adroit in Indian Classical and Sufi music which is evident from his personal sound.

He is also a playback singer, having ventured into Bollywood debuting with a song for the Jimmy Shergill and KK Menon starrer, "Strangers" in 2007, a song for "Dil Kabaddi" starring Irfan Khan, Konkona Sen in 2014. He is listed as an artist on Apple Music.[11]

Around 5 years ago he founded his current live band "The Unplugged Project".[7] The band has been extensively touring all over the world, having played close to 800 shows across all platforms- Corporates, private, Clubs, Colleges, Music Festivals[12] and he has shared stage with some humongous acts like Grammy nominees Hoobastank, the legendary Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Mohit Chauhan, Usha Utthap, Kailash Kher, Euphoria, Rabbi Shergill, Suraj Jagan, Thermal and a Quarter, Guru Randhawa, Local Train, and many more.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

Aditya's energy as the frontman is contagious. The Unplugged Project released their first original "Faasle" in the year 2019.[24] Aditya is currently working on another album along with playing a plethora of live gigs across the world.

Film career[]

After FAME-X, Aditya ventured into Bollywood, debuting with the song "Yaad Aaye Who Din" for the Jimmy Shergill-KK Menon starrer Strangers, released in 2007. He launched his band Ni9Ne with music producer and guitar player Sachin Gupta.

Aditya continued his bollywood stint by singing "Uthale Ya Phenk De" for the Rahul Bose Konkona Sen Sharma and Soha Ali Khan starrer "Dil Kabbadi".[25]

Aditya also sang the fun and frolic song "Tension Lene Ka Nahi"[26] for the Manoj Bajpayee Hrishitaa Bhatt Vijay Raaz starrer "Jugaad"[27] in year 2009.

Seven/7[]

The debut album 7 was released in 2013 via Universal Music India.[28] the song of the week on iTunes. The album was co-produced by Vinayak Gupta and mixed by Vijay Dayal at Yash Raj Studios.

The album is available on Apple Music[29] and Spotify.[30] Some superhit songs are also available on Songdew.[31]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bollywood music is fantastic: Aditya Jassi – Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "Aditya Jassi Fame X Guest Book". www.liveindia.com.
  3. ^ "Aditya Jassi (@adityajassi) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com.
  4. ^ "Jaswin Jassi Gallery – Pictures – Photos". www.liveindia.com.
  5. ^ "Wobs". www.wobs.in.
  6. ^ "Aditya AJ Jassi". www.facebook.com.
  7. ^ a b "The Unplugged Project". www.theunpluggedproject.in.
  8. ^ "Fame X | Fame X TV Show | Fame Gurukul | Fame Music Contest | Singing Talent Contest | Pop Music Contest | Rock Music Content | Vocal Music Contest | X Factor". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  9. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Chal Udiye, complete song of Fame X top 10 contestants – video dailymotion". Dailymotion.
  11. ^ "Aditya Jassi on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  12. ^ "The Unplugged Project | Gig Experience | Horn Ok Please Festival". YouTube. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  13. ^ "The Unplugged Project | Gig Experience | Live at AIIMS Pulse 2018". YouTube. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  14. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Pop/Rock Hit "Piya Re" – Aditya Jassi". YouTube. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  16. ^ "#LiveOnline with Aditya Jassi | Episode 1". YouTube. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  17. ^ "O Mahiya (Promo) | Aditya Jassi | Songdew Unplugged | Songdew TV". YouTube. 1 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Aditya Jassi". YouTube.
  19. ^ "aditya jassi". YouTube.
  20. ^ "Aditya Jassi- Retro songs medley. Live at Oberoi Mall, Goregaon, Mumbai". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Aditya Jassi on Instagram: "I always wanted to amalgamate one of my favourite hindi songs with one of my favourite Rock songs. And yes I know it's blasphemous to even…"". Instagram.
  22. ^ "NEW BEGINNING – ADITYA JASSI" – via sw-ke.facebook.com.
  23. ^ "Aditya Jassi: Live Corporate Show for Godrej Interio at Taj Vivanta, Surajkund". YouTube. 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Faasle | The Unplugged Project". YouTube. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Listen to Uthale Ya Phenk De Song by Jaspreet Singh on Gaana.com" – via gaana.com.
  26. ^ "Tension Lene Ka Nahin (Rock Mix) – टेंसन लेने का नहीं देने का" – via www.hindigeetmala.net.
  27. ^ "Jugaad" – via www.imdb.com.
  28. ^ "Tanhai by Aditya Jassi". Apple Music.
  29. ^ "Seven by Aditya Jassi". Apple Music.
  30. ^ "Seven" – via open.spotify.com.
  31. ^ "Listen Songs Online, Watch And Download Video Songs | Songdew.com". Songdew.
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