Thunderclap Murphy
Live ambient music
Thunderclap Murphy is a Dublin musician who performs live ambient music in libraries, exhibitions and other quiet spaces. He plays and loops a range of instruments into a slow bath of sound the audience can sink into or drift through.
Built live, layer by layer
Each performance is made live in the room. A piece begins with a single instrument, sparse and repeating. More are added as it plays, each looping at its own length, so they slip in and out of step. It builds into something warm, then settles back to near silence.
The sound comes from all four corners and moves slowly around the room. It stays soft and unhurried, rising and falling like slow breathing, and it rewards attention without demanding it. People sit, lie back, read, or carry on with whatever the space is for.
Most often this takes the form of a ninety-minute concert, the audience seated or lying around a small central stage. At a larger scale, the same sound is carried through a whole building, and its rooms, corridors and stairwells become part of the performance.
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