Austin Collins, stage name Au5, is an American electronic dance music producer based in Denver, Colorado. With one of the most recognizable sounds on the EDM scene, Collins is best known for his complex yet versatile production, which unites dubstep, progressive house, drum and bass, trance, and techno sub-genres.

Born September 18, 1992 in New Jersey, Collins got off to an early start in music production. Having begun classical piano lessons at age 4, Collins would experiment with original melodies at age 8, using Easy Beat by Ergonis Software on a Mac computer. By the time he was 11, Collins had moved to production with GarageBand, and picked up bass guitar and LogicPro electronic music production at age 13. Two years later, around 2008, Collins started producing trance music.

Collins made his debut in September 2010, with the self-released album Minimality, and ventured into dubstep with his self-release, Anchus Definy in June 2011. In May 2012, Collins released his first studio EP Iconoclast with Atom Recordings. The next month, Collins dropped a VIP remix of “The Seahorse", followed by the single “Iteration” on Rottun Recordings. At the time, Collins was a freshman in college, but decided to drop out and seriously pursue a career as an electronic producer.

In November 2012, Collins collaborated with fellow house producer BT on “Partysaurus Overflow”, a new rendition of BT’s “Partysaurus Rex” that would be featured on the Disney remix compilation DConstructed.

In January 2013, Collins and I.Y.F.F.E. jointly won a 2012 Seven Lions remix competition with their collaborative remix of “Days To Come”, which was later released on Skrillex’s label OWSLA.
The following month, Collins signed on to Canadian EDM label Monstercat and collaborated with Auratic and I.Y.F.F.E. on electro-house track “Sweet”. In March, Collins released a two-track EP, Singularity and two double-track singles, Crystal Mathematics and Flower Of Life / First Blood with I.Y.F.F.E.. In May, Collins joined Fractal on the drumstep single “Halcyon”, which catapulted to No. 1 on Beatport’s Top 100 Dubstep Chart. In July, Collins appeared on BT’s A Song Across Wires with triple collaboration “Surrounded”. Collins would later release a remix of the track with Fractal, who he joined on Subvert – EP. In August, Collins released his first two-track EP, Blossom, with Monstercat, followed by Metronic on Atom Recordings. In December, Au5 collaborated with Fractal on the EP Secret Weapon.

In March 2014, Collins collaborated with Danyka Nadeau on “Follow You”, which was accompanied by a remix EP in July. In August, Collins collaborated with I.Y.F.F.E on “French Cigarette”, before dropping his hit single “Snowblind” with Tasha Baxter, which debuted at No. 1 on Beatport’s Top 100 Dubstep Chart. In November, Collins joined Danyka Nadeau on “Crossroad”, and appeared on Enhanced Music with a remix of “Superhuman”.

In March 2015, Collins released the single “Serenata”, and in May, collaborated with Heavy J on “Dream of Love”, released on Simplified Recordings. In the following months, Collins fired off five singles: “Inside” with Danyka Nadeau (June), “Atlantis” and a remix of Infected Mushroom’s “Fields of Grey” on Dim Mak Records (September), “Guardians” with Fiora, and Ison / Pavonine with Fractal (November).

Collins would go on a national tour over the first half of 2016, joining the likes of Infected Mushroom, Liquid Stranger, and Space Jesus. In March, he appeared on Mr. Bill’s album Corrective Scene Surgery #1-15 with the track “Shlappy”. In June, he would release the single “Watership”, followed by the dual single Any Longer / Hit Rewind and the four-track EP Freefall with Christina Soto on GravitasRecordings.

In January 2017, Collins collaborated with River Accorsi on “Sea Rose”, and self-released a VIP remix of “Blossom” in March. In May, Collins released “I Miss You”, followed by “Arise” in June. In July, he joined River Accorsi again on “Yea Boi”. In November, Collins self-released “Cosmoscope”, released “Goo Lagoon” on GravitasRecordings, and collaborated with Last Heroes on his first NCS release, “Lush”.

In March 2018, Collins collaborated with Mr. Bill on the EP The Recency Effect, self-released “The Zero Point”, and released a second NCS single, “Closer”, with Danyka Nadeau. In June, Au5 appeared on New Dawn Collective compilation The Dawn: Chapter 1 with the track “The Aether”. In August, Collins returned to Monstercat with the single release “The Journey”, featuring Trove, and self-released “Cataclysm”, a collaboration with Crystal Skies. In October, Collins remixed Celldweller’s “Eon”, and collaborated with Nytrix on Monstercat release “Only In A Dream”.

In February 2019, Collins released the EP Energize and the single “Eden” with Danyka Nadeau on Monstercat in March. In May, Collins self-released the LP Divinorum and released a remix of “Island” on Ophelia Records. In July, Collins returned to Monstercat with AMIDY on “Way Down”. In October, he self-released the single “For You”, followed by the EP Dusk in November. Collins closed off the year with “Funk Ain’t Even”, a groovy collaboration with Nasty Purple.

In February 2020, Collins self-released the single “Seraphim” and collaborated with Nytrix on “Always in a Nightmare. In March, he joined Seven Lions and Crystal Skies on “Remember”, and released the single “Inflex” on Night Owl Collective. In April, Collins released a remix of “Potions” by SLANDER and Said the Sky, followed by the single “Goodbye” in May. In June, Collins released his third NCS single, “Interstellar”, with Danyka Nadeau. The next month, he collaborated with Prismatic on the EP Invasion and released his first single “Answers” on Enhanced Music. In August, he released the LP Alchemy, collaborated with Cristina Soto and Jeto on the single “Melt”, and joined BT on the track “The Light Is Always On”. In September, Collins released the single “Alien Weapon” on Subsidia Records and collaborated with Chime on the Monstercat release “Voidwalkers”. In October, Au5 returned to Enhanced Music with a remix of “Breathe In The Moment”. In November, Collins released the two-track EP Encryption and a triple collaboration with Tritonal and Dylan Matthew on “Happy Where We Are”.

In January 2021, Collins released the single “The Way To Infinity” on Heaven Sent Records, followed by a collaboration with SLANDER, “Anywhere” in February. The next month, Collins collaborated with HALIENE on the progressive house single “Was It You”. In June, Collins joined RUNN on “Make You Cry”, another release on Enhanced Music, followed by his first solo single, “The Paper Owl”, on Ophelia Records.