ATLANTIS

(Atlantis | non-narrative with handpan music)

color, French-Italian documentary, 80’, 1991

directed by Luc Besson

In the project by Manaman, a handpan artist with 15 years of experience, stunning visuals meet the handpan’s ethereal, magical sound, which inspires an inner journey.

Handpan:

The term “handpan” is an umbrella term. It refers to those hand-hammered, UFO-like steel instruments that are similar to the first handpan created by Swiss inventors, namely the

Hang drum.

The first PanArt Hang was introduced in 2000 thanks to the married couple Sabina Scharer and Felix Rohner. To this day, this instrument is considered exceptionally unique and popular, as evidenced by the fact that new handpan makers are constantly emerging around the world. Its success remains unbroken, as the instrument’s ethereal sound touches almost everyone, regardless of age, nationality, or worldview. It’s no wonder that more and more people want not only to listen to it but also to play it.

The handpan can be traced directly back to the steel pan, also known as the steel drum. World War II had few positive outcomes, but the fact that the American and British armies left thousands of oil drums in Trinidad—many of which local musicians then transformed into percussion instruments through skilled blacksmithing—certainly counts as one. In spirit, the handpan—in addition to the steel pan—also embodies the ghatam, the udu, the gamelan, and the gong.

Manaman plays a Hungarian MAG Instruments instrument and is one of its leading ambassadors, so if you have any questions about the instrument or would like to buy a MAG Instruments handpan, feel free to contact him!

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