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Ajja – 10 Essential Tracks

Ajja – 10 Essential Tracks

Ajja Leu is a Swiss artist born in 1975 in London. Being constantly on the move with his famous family of tattoo-artists and travellers (The Leu Family), Ajja had a plethora of artistic stimuli in his infancy.

Even though he grew up in a funk and rock’n’roll context, he gradually showed interest in electronic music in the late ’90’s.

It didn’t take long until he made his first steps towards music at the age of 9, when he started to play guitar. Even though he grew up in a funk and rock’n’roll context, he gradually showed interest in electronic music in the late ’90’s. In 2002, “The Peaking Goddess Collective” band was created by Ajja, Master Margherita, Dymons and Flooting Grooves. A chill and psytrance band that mixes live instruments with digital equipment.

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He’s also a founding member of the Yab Yum duo psytrance project, a project which he now continues on his own. In 2003, in collaboration with his partners Tanina Munchkina, Dj Gaspard and Master Margherita they founded the psychedelic trance label Peak Records. In 2005, Ajja started his own solo project. A fullon psychedelic project , with funk groovy sounds. His debut album “Psychogenica” was released in 2007 on Syncronize Records and immediately received good feedback. During the next years, he was intensely touring in some of the biggest festivals such as Boom, Universo Paralello and Full Moon Festival. His much anticipated second album “Tulpa” was released in 2012 on Peak Records.
In 2014 , he released the live guitar chill album “The Alien Jams” with Cosmosis, a live recording of a free-style improvised concert in Switzerland. His latest album “Spira Mirabilis” released by Tip Records is a delicately crafted psychedelic journey, containing Ajja’s trademark groove sounds in lower bpm’s . Undoubtedly, Ajja is considered by many as one of the most creative psychedelic mind and one of the most appreciated live acts the scene has to offer.