About

Based in rural New Mexico, William Fowler Collins (b.1974) is a composer, recording artist, and performer. His music extends across and beyond many genres (including modern classical, drone, minimalism, and free improvisation). He records and performs in both solo and group contexts.

Collins has released music on the SIGE, Type, Karl Records, Blackest Rainbow, Handmade Birds, Daymare, Sicksicksick, Tapeworm, and Root Strata labels. He also performs and records in the duo Mesa Ritual with Raven Chacon. Additionally, he has co-founded several collaborative projects including Thalassa with Aaron Turner (SUMAC, Isis), a duo with James Jackson Toth (Wooden Wand), and Summer of Seventeen (with Aaron Turner, Faith Coloccia, Monika Khot, Daniel Menche). Collins has also recorded/performed/collaborated/toured with Margarida Garcia, Monika Khot (Nordra), Johanna Hedva, Marshall Trammell (Music Research Strategies, Black Spirituals), Faith Coloccia (Mamiffer), John Dieterich (Deerhoof), Jeremy Barnes, Heather Trost, Maria Valentina Chirico, SUMAC, and Emma Ruth Rundle among others. He is on Swamp Booking's roster for European concerts. For EU booking: giorgio@swampbooking.com

In 2004 Collins graduated from Mills College with an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media.

William Fowler Collins has licensed music for dance, video, and installation.

Any film/tv/dance/art licensing and/or booking inquiries should be directed to William Fowler Collins: williamfowlercollins@gmail.com.

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