Press kit, Holland Andrews · Press kit, official use
Holland Andrews is an extended technique-vocalist, clarinetist, composer, and improviser whose work focuses on expansive sonic tapestries to build cathartic and dissonant soundscapes. Frequently highlighting themes surrounding vulnerability, transformation, and the unknown, Andrews composes music with their voice, clarinet, and electronics to serve as a vessel for these themes. As a musician, their influences stem from a dynamic range of styles, including contemporary opera, free jazz, american experimentalism, as well as ambient, drone, and noise music. A self-taught vocalist and improviser, they have also been cultivating a unique vocal style, which integrates these influences with opera, language disintegration, environmental foley, and vocal distortion. Andrews previously performed solo music under the stage name Like a Villain. Some notable musical collaborations include Son Lux, Christina Vantzou, William Brittelle, Jjjjerome Ellis, yuniya edi kwon, Shahzad Ismaily, West Thordson, Peter Broderick, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Nils Frahm. Andrews also develops and performs soundscapes for dance, theater, sound installations, and film, and their work has toured internationally with artists such as Bill T. Jones, Sonya Tayeh, Dorothée Munyaneza, and Will Rawls. Andrews is a Guggenheim Fellow, Creative Capital Awardee, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Awardee and United States Artists Fellow. In addition to creating solo work, Andrews composes and performs for dance, theater, and film, and their work is toured nationally and internationally with artists such as Bill T. Jones, Dorothee Munyaneza, Will Rawls, Sonya Tayeh, Jenn Freeman, and poet Demian Dinéyazhi. Andrews has also collaborated with visual artists, including Oliver Beer and Narcissister.
