William Fowler Collins

Originally from rural New England and now living in New Mexico, William Fowler Collins (b.1974) is a musician whose work explores and synthesizes both musical and extra-musical elements. His work has been described as a cinematic blending of several different genres of music including, but not limited to, dark ambient, drone, electroacoustic, and noise.

Collins records for the Type Records, Utech Records, and Handmade Birds record labels. He has also released music on the Digitalis and Root Strata labels. His most recent album, The Resurrections Unseen (TYPE103), was released in October 2011. His 2009 release, Perdition Hill Radio (TYPE046) received international critical acclaim and was listed by Boomkat as one of the top 100 albums of 2009. A track from 2007's Western Violence & Brief Sensuality, "Midday Sunshower", is part of the 20th anniversary issue of Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ20) (on the issue's accompanying CD).

In 2008, Collins founded and curated the SPECTRE SERIES, a year-long series of experimental music concerts featuring composer-performers who work inside (and outside) the musical fields of Electroacoustic, Acousmatic, Noise, and Free improvisation.

In 2004 Collins graduated from Mills College (MFA, Electronic Music and Recording Media) where he studied with Fred Frith, Annie Gosfield, Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, David Bernstein, and Pauline Oliveros. He was adjunct professor of Sound Art at the University of New Mexico in 2009.

He has performed at venues including the Issue Project Room (Brooklyn, NY), Yerba Buena Center For The Arts (San Francisco, CA), The Seattle Art Museum (Seattle, WA), San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA), UNM's Keller Hall (Albuquerque, NM), Eagle Rock Center for the Arts (Los Angeles, CA), Santa Fe Complex (Santa Fe, NM).

Recent festival appearances include Utech Records Music Festival (2011, Milwaukee), On Land (2009, San Francisco), Decibel (2009, Seattle), and the J. Donald Robb Trust Composers' Symposium (2009/2010, Albuquerque). Recent international performances include the Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art (2010/Aalst, Belgium), Café OTO (2010/London, UK) and the Courtisane Festival (2010/Ghent, Belgium).