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TCH

March 7th, 2010

TCH

Biography
TCH (AKA Timothy C Holehouse) is the alter ego of Tim Holehouse the folk/ blues musician; this is his more leftfield material ranging from noise collages to ambient guitar sound tracks. In mid 2008 Tim Holehouse decided that, his two styles of writing where falling into two very separate camps of music and decided to split himself up.
Thus Timothy C Holehouse was born.

Releases
Debut Album “…to the Howls at midnight”
This is a recording that was done miles from anywhere in deepest darkest Dorset during New Years Eve 2006 to New Years Day 2007. With only a bottle of wine for company, this record was recorded in one 18 hour sitting by Timothy C Holehouse. Its minimal drones, tones, sparse guitar work, distant vocals, field recordings and drum machines create an air of emptiness and solitude of a cold winter’s night.
After this a full band album in “in search of the Binary star” was recorded in Leeds Janruary 2008 with Robert Hobson of Silent City studios and saw a development in the sound and compositions developing the drone sounds from “… to the howls at midnight”.
A 3rd album with all the members of Electric Mud Generator was recorded April 2010.
These albums are released through Dead Pilot records thanks to a very kind chap named Daniel.

Split tape Cassette Series
Along with the more ambient realms of Timothy C Holehouses he also deals in more violent noise collage pieces pulled together from various sound sources none of which include a guitar currently. The split tape series on his own Analogue dislocation tape label with split tape releases planned with people from all over the globe.

Collaborations
Timothy C Holehouse is not afraid to collaborate with artist from all genres and is even looking to in 2009 collaborate with visual artist as well as other Musicians. Along with his collaborations with Veee Deee, he has plans to release collaborative work with the hardcore band Attack! Vipers!, Same Actor as well as working with other musicians realizing his own recordings.

Live Shows and Touring
Timothy C Holehouse plays live solo and with other Musicians and in 2009 undertook a tour with Electric Mud Generator members of whom he has worked with in recording the album “In search of the binary star“ and “The earth crumbled into the ocean as flames licked the sky, we hung our heads knowing that the end is nigh!” Albums.

He has also toured with such acts as Veee Deee (At War with false noise records) in the UK and Japan, the US with USAISAMONSTER (Load records) Shows with Ólafur Arnalds and My Summer As A Salvation solider in Iceland.