Nick Collins (born 1975) is a British academic and

computer music Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and ap ...

composer. From 2006–2013 he lived in

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

, UK, and ran the music informatics degrees at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. In 2013 he became Reader at the

University of Durham Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charte ...

. He is an experienced pianist and laptopist, and active in both instrumental and electronic music composition. He has toured extensively with the audiovisual duo 'klipp av' and as a solo musician. Alex McLean of Slub and Nick Collins are the inventors of the Algorave.

Books

* Collins, Nick (2009). ''Introduction to Computer Music''. Chichester: Wiley * Collins, Nick and d'Escrivan, Julio (eds.) (2007). '' The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * Collins, Nick; Schedel. Margaret and Wilson, Scott (2013). ''Electronic Music''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

References

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External links

Official site

University profile
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