Music Artist

THF Drenching

THF Drenching is a free improvisor and composer of musique concrète, based in Manchester, England.  As a dictaphone-player, he was one fifth of Derek Bailey's final band Limescale, and has played with many of the UK's best improvisors.  He was also half of the bricks and dictaphone duo Pleasure-Drenching Improvers.  As a poet (writing under his slave name, Stuart Calton) he's published four books.  Three came out on Barque Press and one is self-published.  His fifth and sixth are awaiting publication.  As a composer, he's completed sixteen and a half albums of musique concrète, electronic music and various dubious overdubbed semi-improvised amalgams.  Most of these have been on sale at Fenland Hi-Brow Recordings for years, but are now being made freely available on Free Music Archive inste

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Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

109

Albums

14

Total audio

9h 17m 57s

FMA listens

16,667

Favourites

15

Avg bitrate

270 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Experimental34
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 108
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 1

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
Operation Cheerleader EnfranchismentFood Miles20033m 28s1,236
I ♥ ParisPunishing Moral Code EP03m 09s859
Cash Converter, Acoustic / Loopzukie (For Tony Gage)Cash Crops200124m 49s797
Labour ToastPunishing Moral Code EP02m 45s703
Soul On IceSoul On Ice199938m 18s564
Bad-Boy Nova-Twat, Grave Historical EventsFood Miles20033m 01s507
The 1947 Sonata (Part 5)The 1947 Sonata20035m 55s451
Active Listening Motherfucker (Live)Accident Consultancy Live / Undead20032m 38s392
Total Newside Swarming Face-BaptismBitches In Winter!20002m 21s380
15-Ton Bach StreetPersonal Injury Assist20022m 08s376

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
Under 1 min810%
1–3 min3442.5%
3–6 min2632.5%
Over 6 min1215%

Release Timeline

6
0
1
1999
6
2000
2
2001
18
2002
42
2003
7
2004
24
2005
2
2006
1
2014

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Track Catalogue

80 tracks shown of 109

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
38 Peahens In Unattributable Review [1, 30, 38, 41, 247] Classwar Karaoke – 0025 Survey 2014 Experimental 4m 10s 313 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Gate Holder For Tape [247] Gate-Holder For Tape 2006 Experimental 44m 43s 40 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Goat Shoulder For Tape [247] Goat Shoulder For Tape 2006 Experimental 46m 13s 67 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Cup Tree [250] Cup Tree 2005 Experimental 7m 18s 45 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Death Drive [250] Cup Tree 2005 Experimental 5m 21s 69 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Dog House [74, 250] Cup Tree 2005 4m 57s 321 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Ring Road [250] Cup Tree 2005 Experimental 8m 44s 50 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Wipes Tub [250] Cup Tree 2005 Experimental 15m 11s 32 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
TTJ1 [41, 247] Tape Team J19 2005 Experimental 1m 29s 35 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
TTJ2 [41, 247] Tape Team J19 2005 Experimental 1m 14s 24 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Kabul [41, 247] Tape Team J19 2005 Experimental 5m 38s 52 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Dostum [41, 247] Tape Team J19 2005 Experimental 1m 19s 25 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
TTJ5 [41, 247] Tape Team J19 2005 Experimental 2m 05s 27 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
TTJ6 [41, 247] Tape Team J19 2005 Experimental 3m 02s 23 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
TTJ7 [41, 247] Tape Team J19 2005 Experimental 2m 41s 24 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.