Charlie Collins


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Experimental musician based in Sheffield, UK, active since early '70s. Involved in early Industrial movement as saxophonist/percussionist, latterly creative percussionist and free polyrythmic drummer, working within all forms of contemporary music. One of only a handful of musicians to have played both Derek Bailey's Company Week and Top Of The Pops.

ALBUMS


Eun-Jung Kim & Charlie Collins
Shining Days
2019, CD, Album, Linear Obsessional Recordings
Peter Hope & Charlie Collins
Post Industrial Forgery
2017, CDr, Album, Wrong Revolution, Wrong Revolution
Hope* / Collins*
Impedance
2017
Eun-Jung Kim & Charlie Collins
Travelling
2015
Eun-Jung Kim & Charlie Collins
A Dream Of Clouds
2014, File, FLAC, MP3, WAV, Comp, Linear Obsessional Recordings
Eun-Jung Kim, John Jasnoch, Charlie Collins
Kim, Jasnoch, Collins
2012, CD, Album, Found Property Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Beatrix Ward-Fernandez and Charlie Collins
View From The East
2009, CDr, Album, Found Property Recordings
Outward Sound Ensemble With Martin Archer, Mick Beck, Charlie Collins, Nick Robinson
Thunder In A Clear Sky
2006, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Free Improvisation
Charlie Collins and John Jasnoch
Desire & Need
2004, CD, Album, Slam Productions, ,
Free Improvisation
Charlie Collins & John Jasnoch
Flandering
2004, CD, Mini, EP, Found Property Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Charlie Collins, Rob Dainton, John Jasnoch, Derek Saw
The Field Effect
2002, CD, Album, Found Property Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Charlie Collins
The Earth Ensemble
1985, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Charlie Collins Self-Released)
Beatrix Ward-Fernandez
Trio
2008, CD, Discus
Hornweb*
The Rosemary Songbook
2006, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Army Of Briars
Army Of Briars
2006, CD, Album, Discus
Martin Archer
Heritage And Ringtones
2004, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Martin Archer
English Commonflowers
2003, CD, Album, Discus
Martin Archer • Geraldine Monk • Julie Tippetts
Fluvium
2002, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Martin Archer, Geraldine Monk
Angel High Wires
2001, CD, Voiceprint, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Flex 13
Paint My Legs
1998, CD, Album, Liquid
Hornweb Saxophone Quartet
Universe Works
1998, LP, Album, Discus
Martin Archer
Ghost Lily Cascade
1995, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Modern Classical/Musique Concrète/Experimental
Martin Archer
Wild Pathway Favourites
1988, LP, Album, Ladder Records (2), Ladder Records (2)
The Bone Orchestra
When Will The Blues Leave?
1987, Cassette, ,
Avantgarde
Art Bears
The Art Box
,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Collins/Hope/Infanti
Losing A Caravan
2023, Lathe, 7", Single, Do It Thissen Records
Left Hand Right Hand
Hidden Hands
2022
Roman Nose
Roman Nose
2018, LP, Album, Singing Knives, Humane Pyramid Records
Clock DVA
Fragment
2015, ,
Industrial/Abstract/Minimal/Post-Punk
The Box
@Doublevision
2014, CD, Comp, Klanggalerie, ,
Jazz-Funk/Post-Punk/Industrial/New Wave
Flex 13
Sound Of Darkness
2013, CDr, Album, Wrong Revolution
Clock DVA
Horology - DVAtion 78/79/80
2012, ,
Abstract/Industrial/Experimental/Minimal
Swift Are The Winds Of Life
the leroy ep
2007, CD, Album, Found Property Recordings
Ask
Acoustic Quartet 2006
2006, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Free Jazz
The Navigators
Scala
2005, CD, Album, Found Property Recordings, ,
Free Improvisation
Ask
The Formulary Of Curses
2004, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Free Improvisation
Flex 13
Candy
1999, CD, Album, Liquid
Left Hand Right Hand
In Mufti
1995, CD, Album, Musica Maxima Magnetica
Left Hand Right Hand
Rise And Fall
1994, 7", N D
Left Hand Right Hand
Legs Akimbo
1993, ,
Leftfield/Avantgarde
Feetpackets
Listen, Feetpackets!
1989, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Free Jazz
Hornweb Saxophone Quartet
Hornweb Sixteen
1987, LP, Album, Ladder Records (2),
Peter Hope & The Jonathan S. Podmore Method
Kitchenette / The Unknown Industrial Fatality
1986, 12", Native Records, ,
EBM/Industrial
The Box
Live - Muscle Out
1985
The Box
Muscle Mix
1984, 12", Promo, Doublevision, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Avantgarde
The Box
Great Moments In Big Slam
1984, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Avantgarde
The Box
Muscle In
1984, ,
New Wave/Avantgarde/Experimental
The Box
The Box
1983, 12", EP, Go! Discs, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Avantgarde
The Box
Old Style Drop Down
1983
The Box
Secrets Out
1983, ,
New Wave/Art Rock/Avantgarde
Clock DVA
White Souls In Black Suits
1982, ,
Industrial/Experimental
CLOCKDVA*
4 Hours
1981, ,
Goth Rock/Experimental
Clock DVA
Thirst
1981, Vinyl, ,
Post-Punk/Industrial/Experimental

APPEARANCES +


Mzylkypop
A Blood Red Prayer EP
2022
Dean Honer, Supreme Vagabond Craftsman
Frogman
2022
Randomworld
Two
2021, File, WAV, Album, Discus
P. Hope / Exploding Mind*
Grǫftr
2019, CDr, EP, Ltd, Wrong Revolution, ,
Experimental/Noise/Techno
Mzylkypop
Mzylkypop Presents Xzyles
2019, Vinyl, ,
Experimental/Industrial/Spoken Word
Workforce
Live Amsterdam 1986
2018, 2xFile, FLAC, Sheffield Tape Archive
Mzylkypop
Kiedy Wilki Zawyja?
2018
Linda Sharrock, The Linda Sharrock Network
They Begin To Speak
2016, 2xCD, Album, Improvising Beings, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
frostlake
White Moon, Black Moon
2015, CD, Album, Discus
Tim And Julie Cole
Sea Longing
2014, CD, Album, Not On Label
The Box (3) Vs, Aleš Veselý
Bohemia 2.12.1983
2014
Clutter
3 Sheffield Duets
2011, CDr, Mini, Clutter Music, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Ambient
Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer
Tales Of Finin
2011
The Hunter Gracchus
Companions Of The Porch
2009, CDr, Golden Lab Records, ,
Experimental
Mick Beck
Life Echoes
2009, CD, Album, Discus, Discus
Peter Hope & The Jonathan S. Podmore Method
Dry Hip Rotation
2009, CD, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental/Industrial
Martin Archer
In Stereo Gravity
2008, 2xCD, Album, Discus, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Masayo Asahara
Saint Catherine Torment
2005, CD, Album, Discus
Various
Beats Working For A Living! [Rare Forgotten Demos 73-84]
2005
Combat Astronomy
The Dematerialised Passenger
2005
Vitor Joaquim
La Strada Is On Fire (And We Are All Naked)
2003, CD, Album, Enh, Crónica
Martin Archer
Winter Pilgrim Arriving
1999, CD, Album, Discus, ,
Folk Rock/Modern Classical/IDM/Experimental
Martin Archer & Simon H. Fell
Pure Water Construction
1998, CD, Album, Discus
Various
Sound Gallery
1997, CD, Comp, Discus
Shock Headed Peters
Tendercide
1996, CD, Album, Cyclops Prod, ,
Abstract/Industrial/Psychedelic Rock
John Jasnoch
That Other Worldly Feeling
1995, CD, Mini, Edition El C., ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Triphoprisy II
1995, ,
Abstract/Trip Hop/Breaks
Various
The Indie Scene 81
1992, CD, Comp, Connoisseur Collection, ,
Alternative Rock/New Wave/Goth Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/Post-Punk/Psychobilly/Synth-pop
Ashley+Jackson*
Sweet Time
1991, Vinyl, ,
Acid Jazz
Ashley + Jackson*
Solid Gold
1991, ,
Leftfield/House/Jazzdance
Jass
Theme (W.R.)
1988, ,
Industrial/Electro/Experimental
Various
State Of Affairs
1984, Cass, Comp, Pleasantly Surprised, ,
New Wave/Goth Rock
The Bongos
Time And The River
1982
The Bongos
Drums Along The Hudson
1982
Various
Hicks From The Sticks
1980, Vinyl, ,
New Wave
Various
Utterances
2016, 112xFile, FLAC, Comp, Linear Obsessional Recordings, ,
Sound Collage/Sound Art/Experimental/Minimal/Spoken Word/Speech/Abstract/Lo-Fi
Various
Crisis Music
2015, File, WAV, Album, Comp, Crisis Music
Various
Two Minutes Left
2014, 87xFile, FLAC, Album, Linear Obsessional Recordings, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Minimal