Tālā (stylized as TĀLĀ) is the stage name of London-based musician Jasmin Tadjiky. She was raised in Kingston, South London, and attended a catholic school in Twickenham until she was 16, when she attended the BRIT School. She started learning to play music with piano lessons, jamming with her sitar- and tabla-playing father.She started making electronic music after being given the Reason music software as a teenager.TĀLĀ is not her real name, but rather chosen for its meaning ('gold' in Persian).