silent collision is the experimental project of an Oklahoma-based songwriter and producer who treats sound as a tool for exploration rather than confinement. Much of the music leans toward calm, downtempo atmospheres, yet the word “collision” evokes chaos and impact. That tension is intentional. For the artist behind silent collision, the project exists as a creative space where genres, textures, and emotions can coexist freely, stitched together like an eclectic quilt of sounds that may not seem connected at first, but ultimately form a unified piece.
At its core, silent collision is also a deeply personal outlet. Music has become a primary way for the artist to process emotions and better understand themselves, especially as someone who is autistic and often finds it difficult to articulate feelings through words alone. Nostalgia, reflection, and a quiet awareness of mortality frequently surface in the music, themes that even emerge during therapy sessions where the tracks themselves become tools for discussion. Through releasing vulnerable compositions and seeing how listeners respond, the project has also become a space for building trust, in both the artistic vision and the emotional honesty behind it.
This introspective approach continues in Air Vent Lullabies, an EP inspired by a simple late-night moment: lying awake in a quiet hallway and listening to the steady hum of an air vent. That sound, constant, grounding, and strangely musical, became the foundation for the record. By recording, stretching, and reshaping the vent’s natural frequencies, silent collision transforms an everyday noise into the centerpiece of an ambient soundscape. Combined with self-sampled fragments from earlier works, the EP captures the feeling of stillness and quiet reflection, inviting listeners to slow down and find meaning, or simply a few minutes of peace, within the subtle sounds of the world around them.
We chat with silent collision all about self discovery through sound, the new EP and how living in Oklahoma shapes the music. The result is an enjoyable and interesting read giving fans an inside look into the world of silent collison.
How did your musical project name silent collision come about?
I wanted to have an outlet where I wouldn't be locked down to just one genre but rather be able to collide many things together all in one place like a quilt that has many elements that may not seem to go with each other individually but when you stitch them all together they make a beautiful eclectic piece of work. I knew I wanted collision to be in the name because I know most of my music leans towards more calm or downtempo moods naturally and I like the juxtaposition between that mood and the word "collision" which is typically a very loud or chaotic word and after going on many walks and many bike rides "silent" felt like the right word to complete the name. It just feels so good to me and intriguing, and the most important thing for the name of a project for me is that it inspires me to create, and the name silent collision inspires me a great deal.
You describe the project as a space for self-discovery through sound; how has your understanding of yourself evolved through making music?
It has become very clear to me that nostalgia is a primary emotion I like to dive into. We use my music in my therapy sessions to try and figure out what has been going on for me (as being autistic can make it hard to verbalize my emotions, music is the best path of expressing myself and understanding myself) and it is clear that I am constantly pondering death and all the things that surround it. Great question btw, banger question. I think through starting silent collision the biggest part of myself that has evolved is trusting myself and my vision. The tracks of mine that have performed the best on a metric basis have been the songs I was the most afraid to release and I was the most vulnerable in and seeing how much people resonate with those songs and the dms I get and comments about how deeply these songs affect people has really helped me not only feel less alone but have more trust in myself and my art.
How does being an Oklahoma-based songwriter and producer influence your artistic perspective, if at all?
A great deal. My debut album storms within stillness is solely based off of oklahoma. Oklahoma is a pretty quiet place with plenty of silence to collect your thoughts, but every spring/summer we get tornados and massive storms and it is amazing how chaotic it can get here in such a quiet place from these acts of nature. Also there isn't much of a music scene in Oklahoma outside of country and rock (with a rising hardcore scene I might add), so I kind of feel like I'm on an island with the type of music I like to create and I enjoy that. My biggest inspiration is nature, so of course the nature in Oklahoma inspires my compositions. Also there is a fuck load of depression and trauma in Oklahoma, a lot of people struggling, and I think that comes through in my music as well.
Your work spans multiple genres. Do you see genre as a tool, a limitation, or something irrelevant to your process?
I see genres simply as a way for listeners to describe a combination of sounds. Genres are really more for an improved experience for listeners to help them find the mood they are after. All music is connected and most if not all artists understand and can see how these genres are all connected, but as a species humans like to categorize and genres are just the manifestation of that for music.
What was it about that late-night moment with the air vent that felt powerful enough to build an EP around?
A feeling. That's it. You feel it in your chest, you feel it in your face. When you think about a work and it makes you smile and stand up and run to the studio to try and execute the idea that is enough power to create. I have 8 fully finished albums right now on my hard drive. Maybe half will be released. Everything you make doesn't have to be released but I use a rule where I listen to records I make for a year in all seasons and all times of day and if they hold up over the course of a year and I still go back to them, then I release them. If not, then I don't. The experience of creation is what I live for.
What is your favorite song on the EP and why?
"With The Stars". It is the track that started it all and all those little ear candy glitches tickle my brain just right. With The Stars is probably tied with Darkness Within Darkness for me though, all the parts on darkness within darkness are recorded fluid with no bpm so you can't really ever catch your footing in that one and I love the off kilter nature of that.
You describe self-sampling as “eating my own leftovers.” When did you first start revisiting your own catalog this way?
This EP was the first time, and I am currently working on a new record sampling works of another unreleased ambient album I have on the hard drive. It is in very early stages right now and if it were to ever release it would be at least 3-5 years before the album I'm working on now would release just because I have so much music ready to go out.
Do you view self-sampling as a form of reflection, revision, or reinvention?
I view it as something I do when I'm bored of my writing. When I feel like I'm just not coming up with any fresh ideas or melodies, that is when I will go to sample my own past works and see what I can do.
What draws you to ambient textures and introspective soundscapes?
It's like recreating nature with electronics and how sick is that? It's fun. That's it. Really that simple, it's just fucking fun and when you are having fun everything else follows.
What do you hope listeners discover about themselves while hearing this record?
I hope they discover something about themselves. What that something is, I don't care. Maybe they don't discover anything about themselves and just have 15 minutes of peace and a distraction from life via weird glitchy noises and ambient drones, that's cool with me. It is a privilege and an honor that anyone shares any part of their day with my works, how they experience it doesn't matter to me. I'm happy they are experiencing it at all.
How does Air Vent Lullabies expand or shift from your debut record released in July 2025?
Well really it's kind of a remix album from my debut with how much I sampled the debut record haha. It is certainly different in the fact that it has drums and my first record is drumless. Certainly a lot more experimental. I've never really thought about this until right now to be honest, I usually just focus on what I am making and not as much with how it relates to other works, I don't need to think about that because if the music is authentic and coming from within you than it will inherently make sense with your other works that are coming from you because it is all you.
What are you currently exploring sonically that excites you?
I just got an Atrium from Whimsical Raps and it has been very exciting to use and play with. I also have been playing with lots of clicks and pops, you know the kind people usually want to remove from their mix, there must be something musical in that. It is like modern day vinyl crackle but it's just electronic pops and clicks. Idk, I'll explore it and get back to you.
What's next for silent collision?
I have a totally fucked song coming out in april called everything is fine with like a 90s pop kind of beat and me having an emotional breakdown on the mic, a couple instrumental compositions coming in march, and my second album coming later in 2026 with some slowcore songwriter stuff sprinkled between it all. Thanks for the interview, cheers!
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