Originally from rural New England and now living in New Mexico, William Fowler Collins (b.1974) is a musician whose work explores and synthesizes both musical and extra-musical elements. Improvisation, field recordings, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, laptop computer, processed recordings, micro-cassette tape recorders, and home-made electronic devices all play roles in the creating, performing, and recording of his music.

In 2004 Collins graduated from Mills College (MFA, Electronic Music and Recording Media) where he studied with Fred Frith, Annie Gosfield, Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, David Bernstein, and Pauline Oliveros.

He has performed at many venues including the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn (NY), Yerba Buena Center For The Arts in San Francisco (CA), The Headlands Center For The Arts in Marin County (CA), San Francisco Art Institute (CA), J. Donald Robb Trust Composers’ Symposium (NM), and Eagle Rock Center for the Arts (Los Angeles).

In June 2009 Collins’ second album, “Perdition Hill Radio”, was released as a double LP and CD by Type Records.