Dj Payal aka Zahelu wears her emotions on her sleeves and the magnificent little Musical Notes inked on her back says it all. Payal's officially known as the, "The First Professional FEMALE DJ of Nepal" since 2002 and music in Nepal has come a long way. In a country where house music was virtually non-existent, Payal played her sounds and helped establish this style of music in a nascent scene whi
ch has now developed into a thriving one across the country. Parties in Nepal have attracted international and national music lovers to travel into the country. Payal is one of the few Dj's back home responsible to spread this Musical Vibration through out. Payal had proved herself at many instances however the real professional journey began when she was crowned the runner up in the War of DJ (Nepal) in 2005. From then on she carefully studied the International deejays and made each party spun better than the last one. She had the privilege to share the stage with many national and international artists. She also played for a variety of different regional, age and ethnic audiences brought together by music. Dj Payal believes that "Music brings people together and takes them on a journey of Oneness, and a DJ's job is to tell interesting stories with their music, Raise peoples vibration and make sure its a Happy journey throughout their set :) " and takes this as her “driving” force. and brought up in the mystical, Magical valley Kathmandu of Nepal, Payal was constantly surrounded by music and vinyl collecting parents and their friends who themselves were a part of 60's music in Nepal. She's played in all the well known clubs in Nepal and worked with most of the known Event Management companies. She can now aptly be called as the veteran at places like Hayatt, Yak n Yeti, Radisson, Everest, Westin to name a few. Spinning around India and Nepal and visiting international festival has broadened Payal's horizon to spin in international festivals in South America, Europe and South-east Asia. Along with numerous commercial parties, Payal has also played for big international music festivals like “Shanti Jatra”(Nepal) "Universal Religion" (Nepal), "Ambient Valley" (Nepal), "Shakti Peak" (Nepal), "Space cake" (Nepal), “Moksha” (Cochin, Kerala, India) "Atmik Ritual" (Kodaikanal, India) "Lunar Dance" (Mumbai, India).To try and describe Payal's style of music wouldn't be doing her justice. Payal brings in a change in each performance. Her music keeps evolving with time and she isn't shy to experiment with new tunes...be it Melodic House, Melodic Techno, Progressive Psy-trance, Forest Psy-trance, Down Tempo Sundowner, Chill-outs and many other Electronic dance Music Genres. As mentioned earlier her music is a journey and journey is a “progression to a new destination”. Her style of music is definitely a progressive journey! Besides music Payal is also a Professional Make Up Artist, worked with Luxury brands like "CHANEL" and "Make Up For Ever Professional Paris". Payal is also a jewelry designer, she makes handmade Eco friendly Jewelries and Handicrafts under her brand KTM ORGANIC FACTORY and STELLARIA is her High Fashion Jewelry Brand in Kathmandu, Nepal. This Multi Talented Woman has many colorful sides to herself including her Spiritual side. She takes Meditation and Yoga as her Daily Spiritual Supplement and Tags herself as, "Spiritual Seeker, Artist by Nature".
