On "Loud", "Rise, Set, Fall", "Saddle Bags"
Tim Collins - vibraphone, electric vibraphone, piano, glockenspiel
Charlie Hunter - electric bass
Simon Lott - drums
Ulrike Schmitz - violins
On "Fade" and "Lake George 1983":
Matt Blostein - alto sax
Zach Brock - violin
Marla Hansen - viola
Chris Hoffman - cello
Matt Clohesy - bass
Tim Collins - vibraphone
On "Mystified":
Tim Collins - all instruments
Influences
bach, beethoven, barber, debussy, shostakovich, bill evans, miles davis, john coltrane, milt jackson, bobby hutcherson, chick corea, gary burton, frank zappa, phish, pearl jam, stevie wonder, carole king, james taylor, mary j. blige, brad mehldau, keith jarrett, mccoy tyner, jimmy smith, oscar peterson, paul motian, ahmad jamal, bobby mcferrin, herbie hancock, dave holland, joe henderson, kenny barron, stan getz, art blakey, dizzy gillespie, charlie parker, led zeppelin, rush, queen, the who, ben folds, dave mathews, pat metheny, lee morgan, sinatra, ella fitzgerald, louis armstrong, astor piazolla, sting, the police, al green, stravinsky, poncho sanchez, steve reich, john adams, sonny rollins, thelonius monk, gustav mahler, bela bartok, nat king cole, arsenio rodriguez, victor feldman, bjork.....more to come
I'm a musician in NYC. I play vibes/piano/drums and compose lots of music. I play all kinds of music, including jazz, funk, R&B, rock, HARD ROCK, destroyer jazz, indie-punk, klezmer, classical, new wave, 80s glam band, angry chick rock, brit-pop, bluegrass, jug band, electronica, and, oh yeah country.
Feel free to tell me what you think of my songs, good or bad. Also, if you want to add me as a friend it would be nice to get an email from a real human and not those stupid auto-myspace-friend-adding crap programs. Thank you.
With the release of his new album “Fade”, vibraphonist Tim Collins has found a way to meld raw grooves, lush arrangement, and haunting melody into a powerful unit. Critics and fans alike have hailed Tim as “a world class vibes player” (CJSR-FM), “one of the best vibraphonists” (KMVR-FM) “an exciting player” (All Music Guide) and “nothing less than exemplary” (Downbeat).
“I wanted to make a record that would somehow reflect my love for Milt Jackson, The Police, and Bjork all at the same time,” Collins says.
He uses the vibraphone like a guitar – creating layers with a myriad of effects and sounds that largely haven’t been used by vibraphonists. Ring-modulators, distortion, delay, pitch bending, bowing - all are used by Collins on this album, and it proves to be a rocking combination with bassist Charlie Hunter and drummer Simon Lott.
“I’ve never heard anyone use the vibes like this,” say Hunter, who also produced the record with Collins.
On songs like “Loud” and “Cave Dweller”, the heavily distorted vibes sit on top of dirty punkish grooves. Delay and reverb give Steve Reich-esque qualities to other songs, such as the strings-driven “Lake George 1983” or the trance inducing “Mystified” and “Stop or I’ll Throw My Keys”.
Still other songs are flat out pop songs – with vibes as the lead singer. “Three of these songs actually do have lyrics,” says Tim.
The first of these, “Dear Old Friend” is a hauntingly simple piano melody reminiscent of the Beatles “Abbey Road” era, while “Joyride” is an irresistably catchy pop tune more akin to Green Day or the Foo Fighters.
The title track “Fade” is another song with lyrics, and it’s also one of two tracks that feature a string ensemble. It is performed beautifully by Zach Brock (violin), Marla Hanson (viola), Chris Hoffman (cello), Matt Clohesy (bass), and Matt Blostein (alto sax).
The same ensemble is featured also on “Lake George 1983”, a song that uses the strings as percussion instruments, propelling the groove with their hypnotic, minimalistic rhythms.
For all of the experimental sounds on this record, “Fade” never forgets how to rock. This is most evident on both “Saddlebags” - a rousing tribute to Milt Jackson relentlessly propelled by Lott and Hunter – and “Rise, Set, Fall”, a song which uses piano and glockenspiel to invoke a ‘music box’ feel.
"Fade" can be purchased at CDBaby or through Ropeadope.com in August.
wauw ,man listened to your new tracks and i really liked it,put you in my top ten friends ,and i probably gonna buy your cd,your a great musician deserves more recognition if you ask me
Saw your name mentioned in the Jonathan Scales article in TRAPS magazine. Cool! That's great; One time I heard Charli Persip say "If you don't have ink, you stink". Congrats on the ink.
hey,tim ,i've got a deagan electravibe ,a vibe mike mainieri helped deagan to develop in the 70ties ,you say in your profile u got a electric vibe as well ,what is it, i for instance trigger synths with it ,listen for example to berimbau where the vibe triggers three synths ,are you into k&k as well;like your music
Thank you, Tim, for adding me! I like your "Sounds like..." But in fact I think these arrangements are very interesting and not really like the sound of an ice cream truck...;-) I like "Fade" a lot! Yours ANYA
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TIM,GREAT MUSIC & I WELCOME YOUR FRIENDSHIP.I'VE BEEN IN A MUSIC CONTEST SINCE JAN & THERE ARE TWO DAYS REMAINING. WOULD YOU VOTE FOR ME THE NEXT TWO DAYS.YOU CAN USE MY POSTER TO GO TO PATRICIAS PG. AND LEAVE HER A MESSAGE TO VOTE FOR BILL. THANKS A LOT.
Hi Tim, thanks for the add. I found you quite by chance, listened to one track and decided to add you. Now I've listened to all of them. Great vibes playing, really interesting tunes. I'll be back :)
Hello I really appreciate all the tracks when you are alone.. "multi-instrumetiste" (mystified)or with the others musicians. All my best. Olivier Marchand a musician from Paris
