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Collin Thomas

About Me

Collin Thomas is an experimental musician, composer, and improviser. He is also the author of The Alphabet Method of Musical Construction, available completely free at www.collinthomas.netDownload my music from Itunes:

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Member Since: 31/05/2007
Band Website: collinthomas.net, twitter.com/jcollint
Band Members:
The Music Box Drum. from Collin Thomas on Vimeo .
Influences: Scanner, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Shuttle358, Taylor Deupree, Gregory Taylor, George Lewis, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Cecil Taylor, Air, Gamelan, Gagaku, Glenn Kotche, Susie Ibarra, Alva Noto, Richard chartier, Sigur ros, Alber Ayler, Ali momeni, AMM, Anthony Braxton, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Jackson Pollock, Matthew Barney, Allen Ginsberg, Bad Brains, Bjork, Black Flag, The Books, Milford Graves, William Parker, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Captain Beefheart, The Grateful Dead, Phish, Carl Stone, Charles Lloyd, Christopher Willits, The Clash, Cuong Vu, John Zorn, Sonic Youth, Derek Bailey, Burkhard Beins, Nick Drake, Fishbone, Flaming Lips, Four Tet, Frank Zappa, Fright Elevator Quartet, Gregory Whitehead, Robert Rauschenberg, Christian Marclay, Elliot Sharp, Laurie Anderson, Henry Rollins, Heribert Friedl, Hoodoo Gurus, Ikue Mori, Jason Kahn, Gunter Muller, Jim O'rourke, The Ramones, Kim Cascone, King Crimson, The Band, Malachy Papers, Mike Dillons Go-go Jungle, Miles Davis, Minor Threat, Mogwai, Miya Masaoka, Morphine, Nick Howell, Remember The Limit, Nine Inch Nails, Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan, Patti Smith, DJ Spooky, Pauline Oliveros, Portishead, Primus, Radiohead, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, The Ruts, Bob Marley, Stephen Vitiello, Stud, Talvin Singh, Television, Tetsu Innoue, Toby Twining, Tom Waits, Tortoise, Town and Country, Pillow, Vito Acconci, Velvet Underground, Brian Eno
Sounds Like: Drone, Experimental, Percussion, Composition, Improvisation, Lowercase, New London Silence, Berlin Reductionism, Trip-hop, Down-tempo, Avant-Garde, Left-field, Strange, Crazy, Slow-movie, Meditation, Minimalists, Chance Operation, Aleatoric
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Vital Weekly 655

Check out the latest review for for the painters& in last weeks Vital Weekly, no. 655.COLLIN THOMAS - FOR THE PAINTERS (CDR, private)Surely Collin Thomas likes painters - and quite different ones too...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:19:00 GMT

The Alphabet Method

After 6 years of experimentation, work, blood, sweat and tears, I have finally finished the Alphabet Method of Musical Construction.  Though I have a small stack of books that I have physically p...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:37:00 GMT

Words from Trent Reznor

If this was good enough for Johnny Cash to cover, it's good enough for my first, and possibly my only, blog."Hurt"I hurt myself todayTo see if I still feelI focus on the painThe only thing that's real...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:13:00 GMT