Blanket Swimming
Thea Maloney is a sound artist, composer, and performer based in Kansas City, Missouri. Her work explores spiritual experiences, emotional landscapes, and the individuation process through sonic compositions, photography, electro-acoustic sound baths, and other expressions.
Under the moniker Blanket Swimming, she creates emotive ambient music, translating themes related to spirituality, nature, and human existence into delicate, dream-like, sound worlds.
Under her full name, Thea Maloney creates dynamic compositions using environmental sound, acoustic and electric instruments, tape, and a variety of processing and audio transformation techniques, creating works that challenge traditional forms of arrangement and encourage deep listening.
Maloney curates the label Asonu and operates her self-publishing banners, Open Colour Imprint and o/(0c)/i.