Ya Tosiba started out as an electronic music duo formed in Finland in 2010, consisting of Norwegian-Azerbaijani singer and producer Zuzu Zakaria and Finnish electronic music producer Tatu Metsätähti (also known as Mesak).

Zuzu continues the project as a solo artist.

[1][2] The texts and poetry used are historical and belong to a genre known as Meykhana.

Those were found by Zuzu Zakaria at field-trips to Azerbaijan as a part of her MA Thesis for State University in Oslo.

Her master's thesis is the only introductory study in English of the genre existing.