January 24, 2012 : "On Perdition Hill" from my 2009 album Perdition Hill Radio is featured as the soundtrack to Claudia X. Valdes' film, "The Sixth Magnitude". This will be shown in Vancouver at the Cinesonika 2 Festvial. February 17-19. More information here.
December 12, 2011 : The Resurrections Unseen is now available for download (MP3, FLAC) at Boomkat and other download destinations. In other news, I've begun recording with Aaron Bradford Coloccia Turner.
October 25, 2011 : My new album The Resurrections Unseen is coming this Halloween on Type Records. *UPDATE: The Resurrections Unseen is now for sale at Boomkat and will be available in the USA from November 7th. 500 copies on vinyl with initial copies in red. This will be released as vinyl and digital only.
October 12, 2011 : In the November 2011 issue of Decibel Magazine, writer Scott Seward says his Album of the Year is the William Fowler Collins/GOG collaboration Malpais (URCD063). Read the review here if you like. You can still buy a copy in my shop. I have a new album, "The Resurrections Unseen", coming at the end of the month on Type Records. Vinyl is the format. More details and release date soon.
June 19, 2011 : The Utech Records Music Festival was an amazing time. Thanks to Keith Utech and everyone who performed and came. The new William Fowler Collins/GOG collaboration Malpais (URCD063) was released on June 18! You can now buy a copy in my shop.
June 03, 2011 : The Utech Records Music Festival is coming up on June 11 at the Cactus Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Show starts at 7:00 PM. kfjc.org will be providing a live video stream of the festival. The new William Fowler Collins/GOG collaboration Malpais (URCD063) will be available at the festival and the first review of that is up now at The Inarguable.
April 04, 2011 : I'll be playing the Utech Records Music Festival on June 11 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The bill features HORSEBACK (NC), LOCRIAN (CHICAGO), MAMIFFER (WA), HOUSE OF LOW CULTURE (WA), JAMES PLOTKIN (PA), JON MUELLER (WI), GOG (AZ), WILLIAM FOWLER COLLINS (NM), URAL UMBO (CHICAGO/SWI), RM74 (SWI) and ITHI (NY).
November 15, 2010 : A track from Western Violence & Brief Sensuality, "Midday Sunshower", is part of the 20th anniversary issue of Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ20). It is on the issue's accompanying CD which was curated by Tara Rodgers. Today an interview with me by writer Elliott Sharp is out on the Tiny Mix Tapes site. My recent cassette releases and my collaboration with Mike Bjella (GOG) got mentioned in Scott Seward's "Wages of Din" column in the December issue of Decibel magazine.
August 20, 2010 : My cassette release (c30) Hiding in Light is limited to 100 copies and is already sold out at the source (Digitalis Ltd #147). I have a few of these to sell here at my shop. Also, the limited Root Strata casette release (c30) Enter the Host is now available for download at iTunes and Boomkat. Thank you.
July 23, 2010 : Digitalis cassette Hiding in Light is available and there are only 100 copies: digitalisindustries.com/ltd147.html. Here's a nice plug with samples from the folks at self-titled magazine: TEST PRESSING
July 20, 2010 : Samples from my upcoming Digitalis cassette Hiding in Light are up: http://dialsquaretapes.wordpress.com/. This should be released very soon so stay tuned...
June 09, 2010 : New cassette out on Root Strata, Enter the Host. I also have a cassette, Hiding in Light, in production and it will be released by Digitalis later this year. I'm also happy to report that I've gotten started on my next release for Type. In addition to solo work, I have several collaborative projects that I've either finished, started or will begin working on. I've finished my collaborative album with Mike Bjella (GOG) and that will be out on CD next year on Utech Records. I've begun a project with Jenks Miller (Horseback). I will begin a project with Steven Hess (On, Ural Umbo, etc.) later this year. I will begin a collaborative album with Aaron Turner (Isis, House of Low Culture, Jodis, etc.) later this year. I also have more work in store for my MESA RITUAL duo with Raven Chacon. Further down the road I'll be working with John Twells (Xela) on a project. Excited to be working with each and every one of these fine individuals. More soon...
March 24, 2010 : Video footage of a live set with myself and Svarte Greiner. From March 14 at Café Oto, London:
Part 1: William Fowler Collins/Svarte Greiner at Cafe OTO (see all 4 parts here) from william fowler collins on Vimeo.
January 25, 2010 : Announcing a new gig on March 14 at Café OTO in London with Svarte Greiner. March 13th I'm in Aalst, Belgium at Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art with Claudia X. Valdes on live video and March 18th is at the Courtisane Festival in Gent.
January 25, 2010 : I'm playing at the Santa Fe Complex February 8th with Daniel Higgs and Stellar Om Source. 7-10 PM.
January 06, 2010 : Happy New Year! Perdition Hill Radio made a lot of "top" lists, and I'm grateful that so many people listened. I will post the lot eventually but a few highlights in addition to the Boomkat lists were from Other Music in NYC, and both Simon Scott and Richard Chartier's lists for Headphone Commute. 2010 will have much activity and my also first European tour that thus far includes gigs in Belgium for the Courtisane Festival and the Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art. I also have some exciting shows coming up in New Mexico. Stay tuned!
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