freddie Murphy

Booking Agent : Federico Zanatta

freddie Murphy is a sound artist based in Torino, IT.

His sonic research has shifted from cathartic performances to express the Catholic sense of guilt to an intimate investigation on feelings of loss and acceptance connected with grief.
As a founding member of the duo Father Murphy he released albums with labels such as The Flenser, Joyful Noise, Avant and God Unknown and performed extensively in Europe (including performances at Roadburn Festival, Le Guess Who?, Supernormal…) North America (toured with Xiu Xiu, Jarboe, Ice Age, Deerhoof), Russia and Australia (Dark Mofo), before ending the project in 2018 with a final release in the form of a Requiem for the band itself.

His latest output, “The Night shows no Dawn” is a sonic exploration into the practice of funeral laments, a formal device used in many cultures to express and contain the emotions of grief. In different parts of the world, such as China, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean area, during the observances held to commemorate a loss, professional mourners (weepers) lamentations were common. Their dirges were recognized by the whole community for their peculiar musicality that used breathing patterns turned into sobbing sounds, rather than just for the words they were chanting.
In this performance dedicated to a possible future extinction of the human collectivity Murphy, like a modern weeper, deals with breathing and sobbing as sounds that allow mourning to become a collective act bringing along acceptance.
A very personal form of lamenting to acknowledge not just the losses of the past but also the loss of a future.

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