As a two-year-old Manu Delago began what would become a very musically inclined life as he sat behind his first drum kit and started playing for various bands as a young teenager. His rock band HotchPotch won the Austrian Band Contest and toured across Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain. When Manu Delago began playing the Hang (handpan) in 2003 he discovered his passion for writing music. He graduated from the university Mozarteum in Innsbruck in classical percussion, jazz drums at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and composition at Trinity College of Music.

Manu Delago's solo piece “Mono Desire” was the most popular Hang video on the internet with over five million views and charted in the Top 30 music videos on Youtube. In 2007 he founded his own band Manu Delago Handmade and the duo Living Room and released his first albums. His LPs feature various guest artists such as Erik Truffaz, Andreya Triana or Douglas Dare and won over tastemakers from BBC 6Music’s Tom Ravenscroft and Don Letts to Radio 2’s Alex Lester, Nitin Sawhney and Jamie Cullum, and was supported by i-D, Clash and DJ Mag.

Manu Delago has also collaborated with various genre-leading artists. He appeared as a guest on two albums of the Psy-Trance producers Shpongle and performed on various occasions. In 2011 he recorded for Björk's Biophilia album and has since been her touring drummer, playing four world tours with the Icelandic singer. In 2013, he started performing and writing music with the sitar-player Anoushka Shankar. For his work on her album 'Land of Gold' Manu Delago earned a Grammy nomination. The versatile percussionist has also been a touring member of The Cinematic Orchestra and Olafur Arnalds.

As percussionist and drummer Manu Delago has performed in prestigious venues on six continents such as the Royal Albert Hall, Roundhouse, Royal Festival Hall and Barbican in London, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Sydney Opera House and Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. Furthermore, Manu Delago has performed and recorded as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, Metropole Orkest, Aurora Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

On the album Metromonk (2017, Tru Thoughts Records), Manu Delago focussed on electronic sound manipulation of the Handpan. The video of the single 'Freeze' was filmed in the Alps and premiered by Red Bull Music. That outdoor adventure triggered the idea to a bigger and more audacious project – Parasol Peak – a multi-award winning album and film in which Manu Delago leads an ensemble of seven musicians on a mountaineering expedition in the Alps (2018, One Little Independent Records).

In 2019, Circadian was recorded and toured with an ensemble of nine musicians. The music is based around sleep cycles and the theme which further inspired the 7.5 hours long rework album Nightliner on which he collaborated with artists like Hugar, Kelly Moran and Brandt Brauer Frick. After years of touring, Manu felt it was important to do his bit towards sustainability by launching the carbon neutral Recycling Tour, performing venues across Germany and Austria, accessed only by bicycles.

In 2021, Manu Delago is set to release his unique new album, Environ Me. Constructed using his signature percussive skills as well as electronic manipulation and sounds recorded directly from an array of natural sources, the LP is a dynamic and exploration which harnesses the best of his adventurous spirit and singular vision as a human being and as an artist.

David Charrier is a French multi-instrumentalist composer and performer. He has a strong musical background and began his musical journey 20 years ago. He is self-taught and has learned numerous different percussion instruments, including the udu, bongo, cajon, derbuka, and djembe. 

In 2004, he fell in love with a brand new instrument : the Hang, which was almost unknown at the time. David has spent hundred of hours playing, busking, composing, and exploring the magic of this “sound sculpture.” As a handpan pioneer, he was the first French Hang player to broadcast his unique style and compositions on the Web. His videos have inspired a multitude of players around the world to pick up the handpan.

In 2007, his friend and cousin, Sylvain Paslier, got a Hang and together they created WADHOM, a band that married digeridoo, HangHang, and violin. About the same time, David and Sylvain collaborted as KEONA, a hang duet. Known thereafter as the “Hang Cousins,” they became internationally known. One of their videos, Insomniac Jam, has over 5 millions views on YouTube.

After Keona, David continued to perform, record, and collaborate, in order to develop his own mastery of handpan. As the handpan community continue to grow, David discovered a calling to share his journey and experience with others. While teaching workshops in Europe and abroad, David decided to expand his reach to even more people.

In 2016, he created MasterTheHandpan.com an online school with a unique learning method known to be fun and efficient. Embraced by the handpan community, his classes have enabled over a thousands of students to enhance their skills and elevate their musical expression.    

Whether it’s working solo, in a duet, or with a full band, David continues to play, learn, and perform with his Handpans at a European and international scale to showcase the amazing and captivating instrument responsible for the turning point in his musical journey. 

David Kuckhermann is a Grammy nominated and world renowned handpan player and percussionist based in Berlin, Germany. His musical teaching methods are based on more than 20+ years of playing and professional teaching experience.
He has taught more than 10,000 students from all around the world as the founder of online instrument education schools: Handpan Dojo and World Percussion Academy.

His Youtube channel has more than 10 million views and features a wide selection of performances and educational videos:.

He has performed his solo repertoire in famous concert halls including the Royal Albert Hall in London England, the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley in California and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

He currently tours the world as freelancer, soloist and band-member of Dead Can Dance as well as teaching masterclasses for handpan players and percussionists.

Originally a classical flute player, Jeremy Nattagh has explored a wide range of instruments and style in music, spanning from jazz piano to gospel drums, from pop rock electric bass to movie soundtracks producing. His various melodic and harmonic explorations as a composer and a percussionist brought him naturally to a deep connection with the handpans. Building rich harmonies around very clear melodies, Jeremy has baffled all his audiences with his hand/feet combinations, adding flavored live effects. His technique is always wisely used for a musical result, and his quest is to create the purest and most moving music possible.

Couple Positive Uplifting Collective

Couple Positive is a dynamic musical duo consisting of Hassie Dune (NL) and Ania Brzezińska (PL), known for their unique blend of uplifting, rhythmic, and culturally diverse music. They aim to inspire and connect audiences through their performances, which range from meditative acoustic sets to energetic funky music . Their sound is a rich tapestry of groovy melodies, poetry, loops & electronics, with a touch of African, Brazilian and Indian influences.

Together with Wouter Schueler (saxophones, bansuri flutes) & Yael Peles (vocals, percussion) they form Positive Uplifting Collective.

Ania Brzezińska, trumpetist from Poland with a deep appreciation for non-Western musical techniques from South India. Her extensive musical journey has taken her from classical studies in Wrocław to jazz conservatory in Amsterdam, and performances across Mexico and Europe. Besides, Ania developed skills on brazilian percussion and after 4 years of playing with Bandgladesh group, she fell in love with the handpan and started exploring new grounds.

Hassie Dune from Amsterdam, started studying drums in a conservatory but changed his direction to study antropology. He chose "live performing" as his path to develop skills on bass, percussion and N'goni (a West-African harp) exploring the social, cultural, and medicinal aspects of music. Together, they create immersive musical experiences that resonate with audiences at festivals, clubs and spiritual ceremonies. Their performances are not just about the music but also about fostering a sense of community and positive energy, making Couple Positive a unique and engaging act in the contemporary music scene.

For more information, you can visit their official website

www.couple-positive.nl 

Koné is a 23-year-old artist, musician, and producer from Leuven, Belgium. He developed a passion for percussion instruments at an early age and started playing on an old ceramic darbuka his parents brought back from Tunisia when he was just six years old. Over the years, he has gained extensive experience playing in and writing for various projects, including fantom, ozok, Tragic Eyes, Struggles in Paradise, Majé, Amrita Khan, Mikael Belkher, INFADER, Yaye Daro, Tribal Twins, MAVEE, TROY, Dana Gillespie (ex David Bowie), Celenges, Vinci, Deadbeat Larry, Joël Francis and more.

In his solo project you can hear his dedication to traditional percussion instruments from around the world, with the handpan taking centre stage. His debut EP will highlight the specialty of Koné: blending the handpan in full productions. Recently Koné had some major changes happening in his life: he finished his studies, decided to do music full-time, built a recording studio in a van and is now travelling around Europe sharing his music. Koné also decided to focus more on handpan and announced that he is working on an acoustic handpan album that will be released this year.

​All Koné’s songs are deeply connected with his personal experiences in life. Topics such as mental health, mindset, meditation, and manifestation are really important to him so you can expect spiritual music, healing songs, high vibe sounds and meaningful lyrics.

Self-taught author, composer and producer, Robin Scott Fleming is a multiinstrumentalist artist. As a child, he already tested the different sounds of his daily life - the spoon on the cup, the tree branches transformed into sticks on stones... As a teenager, after a stint in Rock and Pop music, he discovered the Didgeridoo and its sound vibrations. From then on, he explores world music, conscious and curious of the powers of healing sounds. He is solicited by the advertising world and starts composing music for television commercials, documentary and films. Through this experience, he discovers the programming of electronic soundtracks. Always on the lookout for new sounds, he encounters the magical melodic percussion “Handpan” and creates compositions with soothing and relaxing virtues. Robin has been singing since his childhood and considers his voice to be a multifaceted instrument. He perfected his skills in overtone throat singing, originally from Mongolia. Today, Robin has extensif experience in the filed of energetic healing techniques and was able to creates a parallel between his musical universe and the energy that emanates from it. He’s main purpose is to offer organic music compositions with beneficial intentions - To explore and share the purity and sacred roots of sound!

Outre mon Amour pour la musique, j’aime aller à la rencontre des personnes, partager…

J’ai toujours aimé transmettre, soutenir, prendre soin.

En 2017, après une réflexion personnelle sur « qui je suis réellement et quel est mon but dans la vie », je prends conscience de cette envie de partager et d’aider grâce à la musique. Je possède certaines bases qui me permettent de proposer rapidement des cours de musique ainsi que de la relaxation en Voyage Sonore.

En octobre 2017, je m’inscris au Centre Benenzon Belgique et entame la formation en vue du titre de « Technicien en thérapie non-verbale benenzonienne ». C’est une révélation! Le modèle Benenzon est un des cinq modèles de musicothérapie reconnu à travers le monde et son approche non-verbale permettant d’exprimer, consciemment et/ou inconsciemment, ses émotions me passionne. Je suis actuellement toujours en cours de formation et ne cesse d’apprendre de nouvelles choses.

Début 2018, je décide de lancer officiellement Quinte&Sens. Dans un premier temps, il s’agit d’une activité complémentaire mais mon souhait est de pouvoir en vivre à part entière.

Actuellement, je suis responsable des pôles musique-danse et artistiques aux Chemins d’Ariane – IMS de Ciney.

Je suis également musicothérapeute au SAJA de Schaltin.