Anthony Collins

1) DJ/producer on the French house and techno scene
2) British conductor and composer (3 September 1893 11 December 1963)

1) Young DJ/producer Anthony Collins has proved to be the rising star on the French house and techno scene. Since his first release in 2005, he has accumulated releases on labels including Get Physical, Minisketch, resopal, Criminal Rec, Tuning Spork, Liebe Detail, Micro-Fibres, Highgrade and now Freak n'Chic.

Born to an American father and to a French mother, Anthony grew up both in New York and the South of France. His first taste for music was given to him by his father who shared his passion for jazz with him and had his own recording studio in Los Angeles. It was in France that Anthony later discovered electronic music and fell in love with it. He acquired his first pair of decks at the age of 17 and had his first gig the following year.

To push his career a step further, Anthony left his home ground and moved to Paris. Due to hard work and by forcing his way into the shows that matter, he quickly established himself on the scene and was booked regularly to play at the city's most prestigious clubs and also abroad.

Anthony describes his style as a mix of deep house, house, minimal and deep tech. He's not the type who puts one hit record after another but always blends meticulously chosen tracks with a real artistic reason to it.

2) British conductor and composer (3 September 1893 11 December 1963) Vanity Fair
Anthony Vincent Benedictus Collins was born in Hastings, East Sussex in 1893. At the age of seventeen he began to perform as violinist in the Hastings Municipal Orchestra. He then served four years in the army. Beginning in 1920 he studied violin with Achille Rivarde and composition with Gustav Holst at the Royal College of Music. In 1926, he began his musical career performing as principal viola in the London Symphony Orchestra. For ten years he performed in that orchestra and also in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra.
He moved to the United States in 1939 to conduct orchestras in Los Angeles and New York as well as composing film music for RKO Pictures. He was nominated for three Academy Awards for best music and original score in three consecutive years (19401942) for Nurse Edith Cavell, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_(1940_film)]Irene[/url] and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_(1941_film)]Sunny[/url]. He returned to England in 1945, continuing to conduct the major British orchestras and also compose for British film studios. He retired at the end of the 1950s, returning to Los Angeles, where he died at the age of 70 in 1963.
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