T.H.F. DRENCHING WAS BORN IN "THE CAPITAL OF THE FENS" IN THE SUMMER OF '77. HE HAS BEEN MAKING MUSIQUE CONCRETE OF VARIOUS TYPES SINCE 1989, AND CO-FOUNDED THE PLEASURE-DRENCHING IMPROVERS DUO WITH SONIC PLEASURE IN FEBRUARY 2001. PRIOR TO HIS DEFECTION INTO FREE IMPROVISATION, HE WAS THE GUITARIST IN POP GROUP PENCE ELEVEN. HE HAS ALSO PUBLISHED 4 BOOKS OF SUPPOSEDLY "HISTORICAL" POETRY UNDER THE NAME "STUART CALTON". DURING THE DAY, HE AMENDS STANDING ORDERS IN A WELL-KNOWN INTERNET BANK AND IS A MEMBER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST ORGANISATION, THE SOCIALIST WORKERS' PARTY (UK).
SONIC PLEASURE WAS BORN IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1975. IN HER EARLY LIFE, SHE MANAGED TO UTTERLY IGNORE AGE-APPROPRIATE YOUTH CULTURE, instead IMMERSING HERSELF IN THE SECOND VIENNESE SCHOOL. SHE STUDIED COMPOSITION AT SUSSEX WITH MICHAEL FINNISSY AND MARTIN BUTLER AND COMPLETED HER MASTER'S DEGREE AT YORK IN 1999 under nicola LeFanu. her composed and improvised work have enjoyed an easy, 'though functionally seperate, co-existence. taking the lead from characters like XENAKIS, FELDMAN, derek BAILEY AND simon FELL, HER AESTHETIC is a rare combination of hard-line modernism and a jovial hatred of dogma.
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