Jay Malla

Jay Malla is a musician currently residing in Barcelona, Spain. He is a composer, guitarist, pianist merging styles from his favorite influences such as Sting and the Police, Joe Satriani, Carlos Santana, and Pink Floyd. His current solo album features songs in English, Nepali, and Spanish and instrumentals with guitar, piano and the beautiful Nepali flute from Binod Katuwal. The music is a fusion of rock, pop, jazz, and world music with lyrics that are uplifting, soulful, and spiritual. He is also an practicing energy healer and hypnotist. His music journey started in his hometown in Kathmandu, Nepal. He moved to the US for college in 1990 and played in rock and college jazz bands. He returned to Nepal and recorded his first album in 1995 with his Nepali band BYPASS releasing popular songs like Timi Awnu, Andheri, Timi Nai Hau. Timi Awnu was rerecorded by Naren Limbu from Aastha Band and Andheri was recreated by Prallen Pradhan from Catch 22. Both became popular hit songs frequently played on the Nepali radio and TV stations. He moved to San Francisco in 1996 and played in bands in venues including Neck of the Woods, Rocapulco, Broadway Studios, and Cafe Du Nord. In 2006, he released another album with BYPASS featuring songs - Mero Juun, Jata Ma Jaun, Afno Thaun Ma. Since then he has been releasing songs to the world to share his creativity and positive uplifting messages as he journeys through life as a musician and healer.