Nasya Pereira from Revora, a content creator who has also pursued her passion for music by releasing three singles, is now set to launch her debut EP, ‘Sounds like Goa’, on May 9 across all major streaming platforms. The six-track album is entirely written, composed, produced, arranged, and performed by Nasya herself.
Inspired by her experiences growing up in Goa and her digital archive ‘Vintage Goa Memories’, the album captures the essence of her roots. “This album is a sonic diary of some of the greatest sounds I heard growing up that will forever be part of me. I grew up in Revora, I spent most of my college days with my friends at the beach or at nights partying at Vagator and holidays at Oxel and Siolim,” she explains.
Tracks such as ‘Dawn Oxel’ and ‘Summer Noon Sorbet’ offer a deeply personal lens into her memories. ‘Dawn Oxel’ was inspired by a March morning in Oxel, featuring birdsong recorded live on the hill near Our Lady of the Sea Church. ‘Summer Noon Sorbet’ evokes the carefree days of childhood summers spent with cousins around her home in Revora and Siolim during the 2000s.
The EP blends organic house with a mix of genres, offering three instrumental tracks and three vocal-led pieces—all recorded in Nasya’s home studio. “Before this, I've released three songs, ‘Dawn Oxel’, ‘Summer Noon Sorbet’, and last month, I released ‘Vagator Moontrance’. They are the ones which are on the album. ‘Summer Noon Sorbet’ did quite well worldwide. Most of my listeners on that track are from America and other countries,” says Nasya.
She spent over a year developing the album, teaching herself music production along the way. “I knew nothing about music making or even singing. I decided to make music in 2022. The whole album is quite experimental. I did everything myself because I thought it would be easier than to go to a professional. Experimenting and figuring it all out by myself would be much better as a foundation to start my own music.”
Dawn Oxel
Summer Noon Sorbet
My Ode to a Revora Sundown
Sossegado at Siolim Dusk
Vagator Moontrance
Sweet Dreams XO Nasya
A 2018 graduate in Mass Communication from St Xavier’s College, Mapusa, Nasya was introduced to basic filmmaking techniques during her studies. “When it came to like music, the only thing we did was these softwares for filmmaking and how to adjust like the voice, just a little EQing and the volume automation.”