India, June 25 -- Montry Manuel and Daniel Waples talk to Sharang Bhaskaran about their music and how they use recycled objects to create new sounds

As the crowd gathers around him to hear him play, Daniel Waples smiles charmingly at the audience as he takes the stage and tunes his handpan, a queer instrument that looks like two large cymbals welded together to create a sound that sounds very similar to that of a santoor. He is accompanied by Montry Manuel and his percussion kit made of inverted paint buckets, PVC pipes, discarded bottles, junk metallic sheets and water jugs. The music kicks off with what sounds like a DJ set with techno beats, but is all naturally produced by Waples and Manuel and his percussion kit. The music has a heavy techno and dubstep feel to it, actually makes very little use of electronic enhancements.

Thaalavattam and Daniel played in India for the first time in Bangalore in January 2016 and their performance left the crowd longing for more. Their electrifying collaboration is the flavour for the season and their much awaited tour this summer will be the next leap for this beautiful organic curation.

Waples, a street musician from London, has been performing since the age of 11. He first started playing the handpan nine years ago in 2007 and has since performed extensively around the world having performed in 50 countries. "My instrument is acoustic and up until recently, I have only played it as an acoustic, but I have started experimenting with pickups to go through a signal...