We have suffered a great loss.

Singer, Performer, Writer, Model, Visionary, Emeline Fia Getejanc touched the lives of everyone she came in contact with, and left a lasting impression, not only with her magnetic personality, but through her passionate, energetic music.

Upon deciding to pursue her music career professionally, and training with opera, Emeline achieved almost instant success with her powerful voice, her words, and her driving music, starting with her collaboration with Pro Soul in 1991.
People couldn't get enough of her progressive music, her stunning beauty, and charming personality. As a result, she was Labeled "Queen Of The Smoke Machine" by Vancouver magazine in 1993, and was the first independent dance artist to achieve gold status on the top local radio station, who voted her most promising new artist for 3 years in a row. Emeline went on to receive heavy rotation on radio across the country, and pack the hottest clubs, perform at benefits, fashion shows, and shopping malls, and open for the top pop/dance artists to perform in Vancouver. Emeline was also featured on a number of CD compilations with top international artists, and released her own electronica fused pop album, 'Activate' in 1999.
But she learned quickly the frustrations of the music industry despite her acclaim.

To further aggravate these frustrations, Emeline suffered a number of adversities, causing her to have to completely change her way of life. Over the years of trying to deal with these misfortunes as best she could, Emeline was not able to continue her career in music, which was even more disheartening.

Then, in 1997, every woman’s worst fear came true for Emeline. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. Doctors told her an operation was the only way, so she proceeded with the usual treatment, and after months of suffering was given a clean bill of health.
Emeline felt she had a new beginning in life once she recovered, and it was a very exciting, positive time for her. Pro Soul had started a record label and made her an official partner in the company. She felt a whole new world of opportunities for her music, and the future was looking very bright for her career.
But in the fall of 2000, Emeline started getting chest pains. The cancer had returned, this time in her lungs and later she would find, her eye area and other parts of her body.
After months of extreme suffering while pursuing every modern treatment available in international clinics, Emeline’s cancer started to recede. Eventually, despite a few serious relapses, in the last 2 months, she was able to stay at home, without oxygen, or drugs, and could consume small amounts of food normally. But over the last week of June, her breathing got progressively worse, forcing her to go to hospital, where, to the shock of all, she passed away on 6:15pm, June 30^th, ,2001 at the young age of 31.

The loss of Emeline is tragic not only to her family and the many people who knew and loved her, but to Pro Soul. As the first, and most successful artist yet, and business partner, Emeline was directly tied to the lifeblood of Pro Soul. She grew to understand the process of music and the industry fluently, and was involved in the words and the sounds that were used, and how things were arranged in the music, major company decisions and direction, and the image that was presented to the public. Emeline never put a limit on her generosity and understanding when dealing with other people. Self improvement and social responsibility were always very important to her, and she always strived to educate herself in order to better her understanding. In her selflessness, she never wanted to trouble others with her problems.

The fact that Pro Soul exists today, and is a vehicle for other artists is directly attributable to Emeline. The company will never quite be the same without her, but her influence and contribution will live on. When Pro Soul started in 1991 as a production company to release her music, we never imagined it would become a world class record company, but thanks to her selfless dedication, support, and vision, Pro Soul will live on, along with her music, touching peoples lives as she did in her own.