FUTURA

JASSS (Silvia Jiménez Alvarez) is a Spanish music producer and DJ. Born and raised in Asturias, Northern Spain. Her musical coming of age occurred simultaneously in meatspace and online. Her critically acclaimed debut album, Weightless (iDEAL Recordings, 2017), moved beyond the scope of her earlier work, composing pieces that recombined and twisted key elements drawn from the registers of industrial and experimental. The album submerged sculpted messages deep into listeners’ neurons, embedding a vault of emotional content. Weightless evolved into a live performance titled STEAM alongside visual artist Theresa Baumgartner in 2018, launching an intense touring schedule with JASSS regularly DJing at clubs such as Berghain, De School, and Bassiani, alongside festival appearances at Mutek Montreal, Dekmantel, Sónar, and Primavera.

She has had completed several residencies at EMS in Stockholm, and been an artist-in residence at Galeria Zé dos Bois in Lisbon (2018), and at the 2019 edition of the Berlin-Rom Express, a residency at Villa Massimo curated by Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto).When clubs were shuttered, Jiménez released Turbo Olé / We Solve This Talking (AD93, 2020), a show-stopping, apocalyptic, and dramatic work. Pitchfork described Turbo Olé as “a Faustian anthem,” and the track quickly achieved cult status, receiving acclaim from RA, Mixmag, and DJ Mag.

In 2021, JASSS redefined her musical language with A World Of Service (Ostgut-Ton, 2021), featuring her voice as a central element alongside electronics and metal-tinged percussion. A World Of Service also served as a vessel for new live performance possibilities. Collaborating with visual artist Ben Kreukniet, they developed an expansive, multisensory touring concept that combined performance, light, video, and sound—an AV show constructed across multiple LED screens with custom lighting. The performance recycled present-moment imagery using 3D scanning and video, creating a rapid journey through corporeal and ethereal environments while exploring symbolic projections of societal ideals and value systems. The show was presented to acclaim at festivals including Sónar (Barcelona), HAU (Berlin), Lunchmeat (Prague), and Draaimolen (Tilburg).

Alongside being a resident at the globally renowned Herrensauna parties, JASSS continued to tour extensively through 2023 and 2024, bringing her signature cross-genre selections to audiences worldwide playing at festivals such as Dekmantel, Primavera, W.H.O.L.E, Horst and further afield in USA, Mexico and Columbia as well as many more places around the globe. JASSS recorded mixes for various beloved club nights and contributed a solo track to the Fabric Originals series, hinting at new creative directions.

Looking ahead to 2025, JASSS embarks on a new chapter with AWOS, the umbrella term and home for JASSS’ solo, collaborative work and other projects which share a morphing identity. This evolving platform incorporates past collaborations while unveiling new music and live performances. The next-generation of their audiovisual project, JASSS x Ben Kreukniet: AWOS—an exploration of psychological states amid contemporary uncertainty—debuts at Rewire Festival in April, puncturing reality and peering through the perforated screen of existence. Nothing is fixed, nothing changes, only the meaning.