We saw this guy at a street market in Thong Sala on Koh Phangan in the Gulf of Thailand. He had built himself a homemade interpretation of a "phin" which is 3 strings thai instrument from the north and from Laos. His consisted of an electric pick-up, and a fret board and 3 strings ingeniously mounted on a thick bamboo pole. He also had cymbals tied to his knees and was also using a tambourine mounted on a high hat stand which he played with his foot. Behind him, he had a programmed beat box and an amplifier. Beside him, he had a puppet that danced from nylon line that was attached to the bamboo pole (up/down motion), from a line attached to his foot (jiggle motion). The melody feels like traditional folk but we're not 100% sure.

It was a great show which drew a large appreciative crowd. We shot it on our little canon A10 and I was truly surprised by the sound quality on that little camera. Only in Thailand...