album officially cooking in the studio!

Happy New Year 2024! ✨ I'm so happy to announce that my new Nepali album is now officially cooking in the studio 🍳! A special thank you to my mother, an accomplished and talented writer/singer Susan Maskey for co-penning and collaborating on several of the songs on the album with me. #aamachhori

My gratitude to the studio production team Niraj Tamang and Binaya Man Amatya for their incredible input and synergy on the album. My appreciation also goes out to the collaborators and featured musicians, Kobid Bazra, Ashesh Rai, Bhushan Man Amatya, Sahil Uprety and Eileen O'Neall, for their beautiful musical contributions to the songs.

Every single instrument is being delicately recorded, mixed, and mastered for your ears as I type this. This album feels so intimate and vulnerable. It is sounding exactly how I want it to sound, which is usually so rare for me. #perfectionist

I sense it in my soul that it is going to be a very special release for me, one that I cannot wait to share with you. #saregamapathealbum #swansong #afterthisreleaseimightretire

Also, a special thank you to everyone listening to the “songs that made me” reels and an extended gratitude to those taking the time to read my extra long essay captions🤓😅 that capture my precious child/teenhood memories, connections, experiences, and learnings. It has been an honour to connect on a deeper level with you 🙏. 

For an easier read and listen, you can now officially find these sessions here.

See you soon! 🐢

-Astha

Photo courtesy: @majime.studios

casting call is now closed!

Happy to announce that we have found our actors for my upcoming music video project! The visuals team is pouring every ounce of their creative energy into a beautiful story that we will be bringing your way very soon. A special thank you to everyone who applied and attended the screentests 🤍. #iappreciateyou

In the meantime, more reel sessions revisiting songs that made me on all my socials @asthamusic and here on my website !

#songsthatmademe #thecastingcallisnowclosed #newalbumcomingsoon

casting call for new music video project!

Hello world! Long time no see :). Sabai jana sanchai?👋

As some of you already know from my stories, I have been steadily working on a brand new Nepali album for you! In the meantime, while the new album is cooking👩🏻‍🍳, the visuals team has now officially started casting for the album’s new music video project! We are looking for talented actors based in the Kathmandu Valley to collaborate with! If this interests you, please follow this link for a potential opportunity to screentest! #castingcall

For the next couple of months, I'll also be going down memory lane to revisit some of my favourite albums from my child/teenhood for inspiration. Stay tuned for the upcoming uploads on all my socials @asthamusic and here on my website ! #reelstab #songsthatmademe