William Edwards Thoren is a photographer and didgeridoo player based in Los Angeles, California.
Photo
William’s work as a Portrait photographer and photojournalist has been published in Rolling Stone, NPR Music, Smithsonian, Red Bull, XXL and many other publications. An apprenticeship with legendary photographer Douglas Kirkland shifted William’s nature photography roots to the world of portraiture. This new direction landed him a job as George Clinton and P funk’s touring photographer, where he began to build a body of work that now includes many musicians.
Didgeridoo Music
William started playing the didgeridoo at the age of 11 in in the United States. The instrument became a more serious pursuit for him after a life changing trip to Australia. He traveled as a photographer and musical student with one of Australia’s most well known players, William Barton. Barton connected him with master of the Yidaki (one of the traditional words for Didgeridoo) Djalu Guruwiwi and his family in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. Here he learned more about the living traditional practices of the instrument.
The trip inspired William to explore the instrument more deeply, and to find new ways of playing it. He is now best known for developing the Multidrone Didgeridoo, which combines didgeridoo technique with that of brass instruments to achieve playable scales. This is facilitated by shaping the instrument in ways that produce western musical scales. You can find more information on WET Didgeridoo.
William performs as a solo artist and as half of the duo Gorangutang.
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William performs as a solo artist and with the bands Gorangutang and George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic.
Gorangutang’s debut album “Sounds from the Gorabitat” is now available on iTunes, Amazon & Spotify: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sounds-from-the-gorabitat/id819613564
Preview available on Soundcloud:
Photography inquiries:
will@williamthoren.com
Musical performance and didgeridoo workshops:
info@wetdidgeridoo.com
Gorangutang band:
info@gorangutang.com
www.wetdidgeridoo.com
www.gorangutang.com
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@willthoren
@williamthorenphotography
@wetdidgeridoo
@mobdidgeridoo
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