Aletta is a dutch native, portugal based singer and songwriter. As a child Aletta would write poetry and start her piano lessons at nearly seven years old. Shortly after she began combining her poetry with her music she started her performing career in 1996. Inspired by singers and songwriters such as Minnie Riperton, Tori Amos and Stevie Wonder, Aletta performed solo as well as being a member of hip hop groups in the late 90's. Her love for soul music and hip hop seemed difficult to combine with her songwriter material and therefore she mainly worked in projects. One of those project was 'Kozmik Booty', an experimental soul duo she formed with hip hop producer Toni Shift. Aletta and Toni had met while working on the Hip-hop opera 'Da Traviata' where she would write for as well as playing one of the leading parts. In 2005 Kozmik Booty released their first EP 'Listening to the sounds of...', In the years following the release Aletta would appear on albums of several american hip hop artists such as Theory Hazit, Area51 and Random. In the meanwhile Aletta was still working on her solo material, and in 2009 she felt ready to record an album. She asked the help of producer Mack a.k.a. Illyg@ll, and in 2010 Aletta released her first solo album 'A Jump at the Sun'. The album contains 7 songs composed by Aletta, two of them were composed with Mack. It featured her emotional piano, as well as her tougher hip-hop side - two facets of her, which had previously been difficult to combine. The title 'A Jump at the Sun' stands for a new chapter in life, both musically and spiritually and was inspired by her favourite writer Zora Neale Hurston. In june 2011 Aletta is releasing her single 'I Know'. A soulful song she composed with producers Mack a.k.a. Illyg@ll and Broadway. Read more on Last.fm.