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MUKESH AMARAN ALBUM ARTicle: AYUSHI RASTOGI A yushi Rastogi from Delhi is the creative human behind the Raghav Meattle’s album titled Songs from A Matchbox. A Graphic Designer and an illustrator from Delhi, she grew up in a family full of artists, designers, animators, writers and activists which has heavily inspired the way she thinks and influenced her into becoming an artist. Music has been an agent of productiveness for many individuals. A lot of people including myself, listen to music while creating something or working in general. To Ayushi, she says “Music gives my mind the space to think. I always listen to music when I work. It puts me in the zone. I have different playlists dedicated to what type of work I’m doing. Right now, I’m working on a project where I have to illustrate a story so I’ve been listening a lot of soundtracks from different movies. It helps me imagine what to illustrate.” Raghav Meattle is an artist who layers meaning onto everything he creates in a very down to earth manner. One such piece of work is the title of the album, Songs from A Matchbox. 46 The Score Magazine highonscore.com “He told me the idea behind all the songs he wrote, and how all of them were conceived in his tiny apartment at the time. When he told me about the name, I could almost immediately visualize it. I always like to ask my clients about what type of style, they like just to understand the vibe. He also sent me some of the tracks from the album, which helped me set the tone.” Says Ayushi. The freedom to create intern created a beautiful collaboration that instantly translates the emotion across. To take on projects supporting music, Ayushi feels that you have to understand and listen to the music. “You have to set the tone for the music. The first thing the audience sees before even listening to the music is the cover. So, the artwork sets a feeling. It’s a lot harder to visualize an album then creating art for something else. “ Ayushi is currently working on her first Graphic Novel with author Varud Gupta about a boy from Chandini Chowk at the time of independence. It is getting Published by Penguin Next year. We are too excited to see some new work from this up and coming artist.