It was five years ago that Mumbai-based singer, Sabiha Khan met accordion player Matija Solce and his sister, Nika, a composer and puppeteer from Slovenia in Australia. The trio was present for the Ethno music festival that provides international exchange opportunities for artistes. “Since India is known for its Bollywood music, they wanted to learn a filmy number. I taught them RD Burman’s famous Jaane Jaan sung by Asha Bhosle which they fused with a Macedonian number called Merak, which means passion,” she says. The song became so popular that Khan and her musician friends presented the track at the Woodford Folk Festival, one of the biggest annual cultural events held near the town of Woodford, Queensland. “We became great friends, and during one of our conversations, Nika floated the idea of performing together. I took it so seriously, that my husband, Vinayak Netke, a tabla player-cum-composer, and I were in Slovenia a couple of months later,” she laughs.