Princes Hill · Melbourne · ☴

Liam Tormey

Musician. Producer. Founder.
Recording as King Thunder. Debut album ICURUS drops 8 August 2026 on SAMDII / Riverun Records.
At home with Eve — the household cat. Soft node, full presence.
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ICURUS
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The work — releases

Releases

Debut album

ICURUS

8 tracks · boom bap, electronic, experimental · distributed by Ditto Music
8 August 2026
SAMDII / Riverun Records
Lead single from ICURUS

SCARS

First taste of ICURUS. Single edit + extended mix.
May/June 2026
SAMDII / Riverun Records
121 tracks · 78 unreleased

Catalogue

Vault sessions, demos, beats, side projects.
rolling, 2017–2026
self-released + label-released
SoundCloudSpotify (search)Apple Music (search)YouTube · @liamtormey8Instagram
Stages — live + cypher

Live

SOUND OF SILENCE — single release
All platforms · Ditto Music
Standalone single — separate from the album. Music video drops same day.
1 May 2026
ICURUS — album release
SAMDII / Riverun Records · Ditto
Debut album. 8 tracks. Boom bap, electronic, experimental.
8 August 2026
Published essays + thought-leadership

Writing

LinkedIn · April 2026
G'day Gutentag Namaste
Tri-greeting essay — global positioning, cross-cultural framing.
Companies, products, publishing

Beyond music

Founder & CEO
Riverun Pty Ltd
The music industry OS. ACN 663 364 154.
Label founder
Riverun Records
70–85% artist splits. Multi-artist roster.
Founder
RiverPay
Australian payment processor. 1.0% + 20c flat, NPP same-day.
Co-creator
Aurora
888fps spatial audio engine. Live streaming, music, chat.
Publisher
Camino News
Independent Melbourne news. No paywalls.
Curator
Camino Guide
The pilgrimage guide — Camino Francés meets Melbourne.
Founder
Patient Rights AU
Mental Health Act resource, post-tribunal April 2026.
Founder
Lion Mail
Sovereign inbox. Stage 2.
About

Bio

Liam Edward Tormey (also known as DON VIBRATON et al.) may appear as mercurial as the great bear or as relatable as a manic pixie elf. He has sought health, wealth and stealth. A perennial pilgrim, ascetic indulger, musical magician, flow master supreme, R.A.P (relatable artistic prophet) STAR, bozo-sattva, and a one time zig zagging, sun seeking, soul surfing zinger stringer.

He has raged mad ahab in the belly of the beast and sat in peace gazing upon Himalayan heights. Some say he's a skillful scribe, others a proficient omniscient prompter, some don't know what he's talking about, other's just pass him on by on the merry-go-around-again.

Professionally he's known as an actuarial artisan, marketing swindler, high frequency trading bot, theological synchrotron and in exchange for poems will happily turn lead into gold.

It's rumoured he has a piece of paper that says BACHELOR of MUSIC and one of these days he might get another bit of paper that says MASTER of TEACHING. But until then he's striving to be MASTER of EVERYTHING.

On weekends he likes to get hyperborean in his delorean and on weekdays he physically isolates and oscillates from Uluṟu to Mt. Meru…all the while still calling burn city home…And YES! he will send you salubrious salutations on LinkedIn!

Bookings, collaborations, press

Contact

General + bookings
liamtormeyguitar@gmail.com
Label / business
board@riverun.com.au
Studio
8 Keeley Lane, Princes Hill VIC
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