Nicolas Collins
American composer and sound artist trained by Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, and David Tudor; a pioneer of microcomputers in live performance.
Nicolas Collins (b. 1954) trained in the experimental compositional tradition of Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, and David Tudor, all of whom he went on to work with closely — performing as a member of Tudor’s live-electronics ensemble Composers Inside Electronics (founded 1973), and assembling and mixing Tudor’s Three Works for Live Electronics using a microcomputer-automated mixer of his own design. In the 1980s he became a pioneer of microcomputers in live performance, working extensively with homemade circuitry, radio, and transformed found instruments; he later edited the Leonardo Music Journal.
Works in the Library
Ron Kuivila, Nicolas Collins ALBUM 1982
Split album between Ron Kuivila and Nicolas Collins, released 1982 on Lovely Music.
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Nicolas Collins BOOK 2006
Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking
Nicolas Collins's practical guide to circuit bending, hacking, and building electronic instruments.
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