A simple ambient soundscape created using 5-string electric violin and a reverb pedal.

Electric Drone

A traditional Irish folk tune. The sweet solo fiddle sound is achieved by blending the signals from a microphone and pick-up microphone.

Banish Misfortune

A musical setting of a short story by Edward Gorey. The text was NOT written by me but the accompanying music is entirely my own composition. Composed and performed using acoustic violin, electric 5-string violin, a reverb pedal and samples of copyright-free field recordings.

For more information on Gorey or access to an online shop of his work, look here: https://edwardgoreyhouse.org/

"The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary" by Edward Gorey

The result of a 5-string electric violin being slapped, plucked and bowed.

Swamp Thing

Sorcha is a violinist living in Berlin. Although she grew up learning classical repertoire and playing in orchestras, her interests have since extended to genres as diverse as Irish folk and synth pop. She is active in several bands demonstrating the versatility of the violin as both melodic and rhythm instrument, as synthesiser and fiddle. No matter the musical context, Sorcha combines genre-specific techniques with her own musical ear to create an authentic, individual sound, whether on stage or in the recording studio.

Sorcha Thompson