Nicolas Collins




Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954 in New York City) is a composer of mostly electronic music and former student of Alvin Lucier.[1] He received a B.A. and M.A. from Wesleyan University.[2] Subsequently, he was a Watson Fellow.


Nicolas Collins was "a pioneer in the use of microcomputers in live performance, and has made extensive use of 'home-made' electronic circuitry, radio, found sound material, and transformed musical instruments."[3] He has presented over 300 concerts and installations in Europe, Japan, and the United States as a solo artist and as a member of various ensembles.[4][5] He is a member of The Impossible Music Group with David Weinstein, David Shea, Ted Greenwald, and Tim Spelios.


Collins is a prominent curator of performance and installation art, and has been a curator, policy adviser, and board member for numerous cultural organizations.[6] For example, in the early 1990s he was both artistic Co-Director at STEIM (Studio for Electro Instrumental Music), located in Amsterdam and a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) composer-in-residence in Berlin.[7] Collins is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Leonardo Music Journal, a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the MIT Press.[8] He is also the chair of the sound department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[9][10][11]


In 2006 Collins' book Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking was published by Routledge. An expanded, updated edition was published in 2009.[12] He was a major influence on the establishment of the Musical Electronics Library in New Zealand.[13]




Contents






  • 1 Discography


  • 2 Bibliography


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Discography



  • 1982 - Going Out With Slow Smoke (Lovely Music)

  • 1984 - Let The State Make The Selection (Lovely Music)

  • 1985 - Devil's Music (Lovely Music)

  • 1986 - Real Landscape (Banned Productions)

  • 1989 - 100 of the World's Most Beautiful Melodies (Trace Elements)

  • 1992 - It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (Trace Elements)

  • 1999 - A Host, Of Golden Daffodils (Plate Lunch)

  • 1999 - Sound Without Picture (Periplum)

  • 2005 - Pea Soup (Appelstaartje)



Bibliography


  • 2006 - Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking (Routledge)


See also



  • Bart Hopkin, another author with a focus on somewhat identical topics


References





  1. ^ http://www.lovely.com/bios/collins.html


  2. ^ http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/intervs/collins.html


  3. ^ http://www.kalvos.org/collins.html


  4. ^ http://www.kalvos.org/collins.html


  5. ^ http://www.saic.edu/people/Collins_Nicolas.html?color=ORANGE[permanent dead link]


  6. ^ http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/intervs/collins.html


  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2010-08-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link).mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  9. ^ http://www.saic.edu/faculty/fac_lists/index.html#alphasections/SLC_6091 Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine


  10. ^ http://ausland-berlin.de/hardware-hacking-nicolas-collins


  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-30. Retrieved 2010-08-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  12. ^ http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t903254931[dead link]


  13. ^ Kraus, Pat. "MEL prehistory 1". Musical Electronics Library. Musical Electronics Library. Retrieved 15 July 2014.




External links




  • Interview February 1995 by and copyright © Brian Duguid

  • Leonardo Online


  • Nicolas Collins's "Devil"s Music 1" (Excerpt) (3:15) published at Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • CDeMusic: Nicolas Collins

  • NewMusicBox asks Nicolas Collins: How do composers use the web as a creative medium for music?

  • NewMusicBox cover: Nic Collins in conversation with Molly Sheridan, April 18, 2007 (includes video)










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