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...