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Thorny — Immersive Electronic Music

Welcome to Witherwillow Sound, the web home of synthesist/bassist

J.D. Ryan (Thorny).

Image of Thorny, plaing a synthesizer

Latest news...

New performance video:
"Spores" from Circuits in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT 10.24.26

New live EP out!

I'm excited to let you know about a new live EP I have out today - Dark Threshold: Live in Brookline, on the Voidstar Productions label. It's a recording of a short set I recently played in Brookline, MA. It has all-new pieces on it, many of which are going to be appearing in longer form on my next studio album out (hopefully the end of the winter). Have a listen!

A few more shows...

On Oct. 24, I had the good fortune to play Circuits in the Woods, an all-day electronic music festival in Brattleboro, VT. Here's one of my tunes from that show, "Spores."  This will be on my upcoming album, which will hopefully be out by the end of winter.

It's been quite the year, having played quite a few great shows all over the Northeastern US. I have a few more this winter. I'm scaling back the live stuff so I can finish my album by the end of the winter.

There's still a few more New England shows on the shows page. Hope to see you at one!

Keep up on the latest releases and shows

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