Improviser, composer, educator and engineer living in Oakland, California. He grew up in Lubbock, Texas.
ALBUMS
Zachary James Watkins
Affirmative Action
2024, LP, Album, Ltd, SIGE
Zachary James Watkins
Solo Live 2021 / 2017
2022, Cass, SIGE
Watkins* / Peacock*
Acid Escape Vol 3
2021
Watkins* / Peacock*
Acid Escape Volume One
2020, Cass, Ltd, The Tapeworm
Watkins* / Peacock*
Acid Escape Vol 2
2020, Cass, Album, F R E A K S
Steffey*, Stanley*, Tinker*, Watkins*
3 Pieces
2015, Cass, C42, Self-help Tapes, 
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, Experimental/Noise
Zachary James Watkins
Moveable
2014, Cass, Cassauna, 
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, Experimental
Zachary James Watkins
Mixed Raced
2014, ,
, Contemporary/Abstract/Drone
Group Three (2), Zachary James Watkins, Kaori Suzuki (3), Marshall Trammell
Live
2013, File, MP3, 320, Touch
Zachary James Watkins
Country Western
2010, Cass, Ltd, c43, Teosinte
Zachary James Watkins
Suite For String Quartet
2010, CDr, MiniAlbum, Confront, 
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, Abstract/Drone/Contemporary
Floss (4), Zachary James Watkins
Vitamin A
2010, CD, Album, Ltd, Monktail Creative Music Concern
Zachary James Watkins
Black Spirituals
2010
Zachary James Watkins / Charles Johnson*
Zachary James Watkins / Charles Johnson
2009, CDr, Sixtyhurts
Ritmos Tropicosmos
La Vida Es Pa' Vivir
2024, LP, Album, Econo Jam Records, ,
, Cumbia
Jordan Glenn
Flustered
2022, Cass, Album, Ltd, Full Spectrum Records
Bourgeois Speedball / Knee
Bourgeois Speedball / Knee
2017, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Bourgeois Speedball Self-released), Not On Label (Knee Self-released)
Black Spirituals
Black Listening
2013, ,
, Experimental
The Darts
The Darts
2005, CDr, Mini, Num, emr
Black Spirituals
Black Access / Black Axes
2018, ,
, Free Improvisation
Black Spirituals
Black Treatment
2016, Cass, SIGE
Black Spirituals
Black Tape
2016, Cass, Album, Ltd, Monofonus Press, Astral Spirits
Black Spirituals
High Vibration Resonance Vol.1 - Live At Disjecta
2015, Cass, Ltd, The Tapeworm, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Black Spirituals
Of Deconstruction
2014
Pink Canoes
Pink Canoes
2010, ,
, Experimental
Black Spirituals
Black Interiors
2015
APPEARANCES +
Zachary James Watkins
Chatty Mandrill, Vol. III
2024, 10xFile, WAV, Sixtyhurts
Zachary James Watkins
Suite For String Quartet
2011, File, MP3, 320, Touch
Zachary James Watkins
23five Live Archive
2011, File, MP3, 192, 23five, ,
, Abstract/Experimental/Minimal
George Chen
Word Origami [Deluxe]
2019
Kronos Quartet
Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra
2024
Torben Ulrich, Lori Goldston
Oakland Moments: Cello, Voice, Reuniting (Rejoicing)
2021, Cass, Album, Ltd, Obscure & Terrible, ,
, Spoken Word/Free Improvisation
Ritmos Tropicosmos
Cumbia En La Sierra
2021, 7", Discos Más
Hits
Sediment Seen
2020, Cass, Ltd, Paisley Shirt Records
M-KAT Ensemble
Eight Durations
2020, CDr, Album, Edgetone Records, ,
, Experimental/Contemporary Jazz
Dire Wolves Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band*
I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times
2019
Instagon
Planets: Pluto
2019, CDr, ,
, Space Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation
AMé*
Vodou / Rara
2019
Dire Wolves
Grow Towards The Light
2019, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Preening
Nice Dice
2018, ,
, Post-Punk/No Wave
Dire Wolves
Paradisiacal Mind
2018
Mark Fell Featuring Rhodri Davies, Okkyung Lee
A Pattern For Becoming
2015, Cass, Ltd, The Tapeworm
Eat The Sun
The Djerassi Sessions
2014, CDr, Album, Edgetone Records
The Norman Conquest
Myriad
2013, Cass, Ltd, The Tapeworm, ,
, Noise/Experimental/Modern Classical
Andrew Poppy
Infernal Furniture
2012
Othon*
Silky Hands Of A Rough Piano Boy
2011, Cass, Ltd, The Tapeworm, ,
, Neo-Romantic/Post-Modern
Various
Live From The Devil's Triangle Volume 14
2011, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, KFJC, ,
, Sludge Metal/Surf/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Post-Punk/Hardcore/Folk/Country/Garage Rock/Ethereal/Experimental
Gino Robair
I, Norton: An Opera In Real Time
2009, CD, Album, Rastascan Records, ,
, Opera/Free Improvisation
Various
The Harmonic Series (A Compilation Of Musical Works In Just Intonation)
2009, ,
, Drone/Experimental/Ambient/Contemporary
Muchos Backflips!
The Reckit
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label
Floss
Unwaxed
2004, CD, Album, Ltd, Monktail Creative Music Concern, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Phillip Greenlief
Bellingham For David Ireland
CD, Album, Edgetone Records, 
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, Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary
Various
Gravity Spells II: Bay Area New Music And Expanded Cinema Art
2022, 2xLP, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Mixed, S/Edition, Mix + 4xD, Bimodal Press
Various
Zum Audio Vol 4
2021, 32xFile, FLAC, Comp, Zum
Various
A Can Of Worms
2017, ,
, Experimental/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Abstract/Ambient/Minimal/Techno/Berlin-School/Contemporary/Field Recording
Various
Not Songs But Anthems - Volume 2
2012, File, FLAC, Album, Cody Records
Various
The Tapeworm Comes Alive!
2010, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Mixed, Smplr, The Tapeworm