Sarawakian musician on mission to revive fading ethnic sounds
MALAYSIANSKINI | Watching Belle Sisoski live in action is almost an out-of-body experience.
As electronic dance music beats reverberate, the diminutive musician moves from one instrument to the other, seamlessly moving from a multitude of instruments.
From the violin to Chinese drums, the turntables to a nose flute, the Lun Bawang tapi, and then the keyboards, she moves without missing a beat or ruffling a single feather on her hornbill-inspired vest, a nod to her Sarawakian heritage.
Amid the laser beams and a backdrop of larger-than-life moving images at the Rainforest Music Festival last year, Sisoski commands the stage and takes to the microphone to use another instrument – her voice.
Seeing her on stage, it is easy to forget that…
