THUNDERCROW

is a musical art project, based on the (sliding-) didgeridoo and bass-clarinet.
The combination of these instruments together with live looping, acoustic and electronic sounds results in: Hybrid World Beats.

In 2017 they released their debut album: Drop It 
After playing shows in Europe and the USA for over two years, their music grew a lot in to an energetic live act!

With their new album ELLIPSIS (2022) THUNDERCROW delivers a great show with dynamic bass-clarinet riffs, beats, live percussion, live looping and epic didgeridoo-sounds.
Hybrid World Beats.

THUNDERCROW is:
Daphyd Sens
Zachary Bainter
Jakob Hoffman

(Slide-) Didgeridoos by Rob Gandara (Carbony.com), William Thoren (WET Didgeridoo), Sound of Hemp Didgeridoo

THUNDERCROW and friends making a huge didge party on stage at Faerieworlds, Oregon, USA

Daphyd Sens (1988) has been playing Sliding Didgeridoo for over 18 years. Daphyd kicked off his professional career in 2010 when he performed at Lowlands Festival with the South African rapper Jack Parow. In 2011 he became part of the famous Pagan Folk band OMNIA with which he played over 200 shows in Europe, Mexico and USA. 

In the years that followed, Daphyd has been rocking the stage all over Europe and USA, at festivals such as  Castlefest (Netherlands), Faerieworlds (USA), Tribal Elek (France). Daphyd also has been performing as a guest artist with bands such as Dikanda (Poland), and the Dutch bands Shireen and Sunfire. 

Daphyd spreads his love for didgeridoo by regularly organising workshops for all ages!

Styles: Hybrid Beats, Drum ’n Bass, World, Dance
Skills: Sliding Didgeridoo, Didgeridoo, mouthharp, additional vocals, dragon voice, overtones, flute and beats

Zachary Bainter (1994) has been playing bass clarinet and didgeridoo for over 10 years.
He started playing with THUNDERCROW in 2018 as a guest musician but after a year he officially joined as a full member and became a significant part of the Hybrid World Beat sound.
With his unique Bass Clarinet playing and amazing live looping skills he became an important part of the bands new sound.

Styles: Hybrid Beats, Drum ’n Bass, World, Dance
Skills: Bass clarinet, Didgeridoo, additional vocals, dragon voice, Live-looping and beats

Jakob Hofmann (1993) has been playing drums and percussion for over 24 years. He has been playing in various bands since his teenage times. After school he focused on Latin and Oriental percussion, which he studied as Bachelor and Master in Germany and the Netherlands. Later Jakob also started playing string instruments such as guitar, Irish bouzouki and Turkish bağlama, adding them to his multi instrumentalist setup.

In 2018 he joined the famous pagan folk band OMNIA for two festival shows. In 2022 he was part of the Mitos Orchestra at the Labyrinth Musical Workshop in Crete, Greece, where he played together with Ross Daly, Kelly Thoma and many more. In 2023 he first joined Thundercrow on stage for a full show and became a member of the band.

Jakob is playing with the bands Reikas Tanz (medieval-street-folk), J.O.E. (progressive/singer-songwriter/punk), Grandessa (gypsy swing, world music) and is guesting in many other national and international projects.

Styles: World Music, Folk, Hybrid Beats, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Dance
Skills: darbuka, frame drum, riqq, cajon, bodhrán, djembe, drumset, Irish bouzouki, guitar, bağlama

THUNDERCROW and friends on Festival Mediaval 2023