Interview explores James Fei's approach to experimental music, collaboration, and cultural practices at Mills College.
James Fei (*1974, Taiwan) is an electronic music composer, saxophonist, and clarinet player. He studied and worked with Alvin Lucier and Anthony Braxton. He has been an Assistant Professor at Mills since 2006. His recordings are released on Leo Records and Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI). The interview with James Fei presents a practice-based view of experimental music at Mills College, linked to the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Music is described as an open, situational process shaped by attention, collaboration, and diverse technologies rather than fixed concepts. Fei highlights community, DIY practices, and the influence of Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening, while also addressing institutional changes affecting the preservation and transmission of this legacy. Experimental music thus appears as a heterogeneous, process-oriented cultural practice
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