Malaysian and African drummers put together a show

Hands Percussion joins forces with Dafra Drum in Wind Of Nomads, which plays at Istana Budaya in KL, starting Aug 4. Photo: Ban Teng Ruen

Olivier Tarpaga might be a dancer, choreographer and musician, but he also paints pictures. Not necessarily the brush on canvas kind, but definitely the stuff that half-forgotten memories and dreams are made of.

When he talks about his upcoming collaboration with homegrown percussion group Hands Percussion in Wind Of Nomads, a concert featuring several new works on African and Asian percussion, the imagery comes fast and furious.