Holland Andrews
Holland Andrews is a composer, vocalist, clarinetist, and improviser whose work focuses on generating expansive tapestries of cathartic and dissonant soundscapes. Frequently highlighting themes surrounding vulnerability, healing, and transformation, 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 language disintegration, environmental foley, and vocal distortion. Andrews previously performed solo music under the stage name Like a Villain. Some of their notable musical collaborations include Son Lux, Christina Vantzou, William Brittelle, West Thordson, yuniya edi kwon, Jjjjjjerome Ellis, Peter Broderick, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Nils Frahm.
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. Their work is part of the 2024 Whitney Biennial featuring two sound installations, one in the central stairwell, titled, Air I Breath: Radio, and the other in the large elevator titled Hyperacusis Version 1: Sleeping Bag, and one performance, titled, Speaker.
Their previous work also includes composing film scores for Rebeca Huntt’s BEBA (nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and acquired by Neon and Onyx Collective/Hulu) and Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn’s Another Body (awarded SXSW 2023 Documentary Feature Special Jury Award for Innovation in Storytelling). Andrews has gained recognition from publications such as The Wire, The New York Times, Vogue, Le Monde, and BBC Radio. Holland Andrews is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Andrews is a FCA Artist Fellow (2023), USA Artist Fellow (2024), and Creative Capital Fellow (2025).