Nicolas Collins

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Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954 in New York City) is an composer of mostly electronic music and former student of Alvin Lucier.

He often uses home-made electronics and found sound such as skipping CD players or radio broadcast and is currently Editor in Chief of the Leonardo Music Journal. He is also the chair of the sound department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He is a member of The Impossible Music Group with David Weinstein, David Shea, Ted Greenwald, and Tim Spelios. From 1992-1995 he was artistic Co-Director at STEIM (Studio for Electro Instrumental Music) in Amsterdam

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Sound Without Picture with Ben Neill and Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Devil's Music on Lovely Music, Ltd.
Pea Soup Limited Edition miniCD Live Recording.
"Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking" (c) Nicolas Collins. Routlage, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group New York London
100 of the World's Most Beautiful Melodies (Trace Elements 1018, 1989) featuring John Zorn, Ben Neill, Christian Marclay, Anthony Coleman, Elliott Sharp, Tom Cora and others.