Ella Fitzgerald, Randy Crawford, Stevie Wonder, Lisa Stansfield, Sade, Incognito, The Brand New Heavies, Al Jarreau, Angie Stone, Dinah Washington, Jamiroquai, Queen, The Police, Genesis, Journey and so many more that cannot be mentioned one by one.
Rima Fauzi is a singer/songwriter based in Brussels, Belgium. She was born in Bandung on February 21st, year undisclosed.
Although she had a late start in the music business as a result of years of endless studying, she finally started singing in 2002. She had been in various bands, from The Netherlands based top 40 band "INDIGO", occasional guest singer of the “Dave Wizzy Band" - formerly known as the Monday Justice band, the very short-lived "Backroom Boys plus 1 girl" and the Brussels-based funk band "Seven of Millions".
She sings a wide variety of styles of music, and she is mainly influenced by the likes of Randy Crawford, Annie Lennox, Sarah Mclachlan and Stevie Wonder. She is a very versatile singer, able to sing a wide range of musical genres from jazz to pop, and from rock to funk. Beside the above-mentioned influences, she is also influenced musically by the likes of The Police, Queen, Genesis, Tears for Fears, Journey and progressive rock bands and artists from the 70s and 80s. This has given her an edge, an eclectic yet wide-range taste in music which sets her apart from her peers.
At the moment she is collaborating with several recognized Belgian musician-songwriters. Her partnership with a young and upcoming Belgian keyboardist Fabio Picchi is something she cherishes and which she hopes will result in a demo album soon.
In 2006, she joined a band called “The Housepainters”. The Housepainters is a band founded by Belgian-Croatian musician-songwriter Ivan Nagels, and other members included pianist Ernst Vranckx and producer Oliver Adams of Praga Khan and Lords of Acid. At the moment they are recording their first debut album, which is to be completed soon. For songs of this band, you can check out THEIR MYSPACE PAGE
Songs on this profile are those she worked on and wrote in collaboration with producer Simon Binara ("Puzzled" and "Shivers"), dear friend/musical partner Fabio Picchi ("Pieces of My Broken Heart" and "Nothing Up Above") and some with her old band Seven of Millions/7oM ("Iwantitallwithyou" and a cover, "Signed Sealed Delivered"). The style of music she does usually varies from easy listening, jazzy, blues to pop-rock.
