Edwyn Stephen Collins (born 23 August 1959) is a Scottish musician, producer and record label owner.

[8] After three more singles with Postcard, Orange Juice signed to Polydor Records in October 1981 and released their debut album, You Can't Hide Your Love Forever, in March 1982.

After the closure, Collins experienced a "falling out" with Creation Records founder Alan McGee, who had financed Elevation.

In a BBC 6 Music radio interview on 18 February 2005, Collins said he felt unwell, but ascribed the nausea and vertigo to food poisoning.

Two days later, he was admitted to intensive care in London's Royal Free Hospital after apparently suffering a major cerebral haemorrhage.

While still recovering, Collins returned to singing live, including playing a gig at The Arts Theatre in London, UK.

[17] A BBC Scotland documentary, Edwyn Collins: Home Again, narrated by Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos, was broadcast on 19 May 2008.

"[20] On 20 February 2010, he joined The Maccabees onstage at Brixton Academy for their encore, performing vocals on a rendition of "Rip It Up".

For the album, he collaborated with The Cribs' Ryan Jarman and Johnny Marr, Franz Ferdinand, The Magic Numbers singer Romeo Stodart, The Drums and Roddy Frame.

[22]In 2009, during the making of Losing Sleep, Lewsley observed Collins gradually regain his musical proficiency—Lewsley explained: "The studio is more of an instrument again for Edwyn.

"[22] The cover art for the album features a collection of bird drawings that Collins started working on in 2005.

[21] On 30 September 2010, Collins and his band broadcast three live songs from the Royal Beacon Hotel in Exmouth for BBC Radio 2's "Radcliffe and Maconie Show".

[25] During the 2012 Kendal Calling event Collins sang "A Girl Like You", with Roddy Frame on guitar and Tim Burgess on backing vocals.

[26] Collins's eighth solo album, Understated, was released in March 2013 on his own AED Records label and was critically well received, with God Is in the TV stating:

[27]A documentary film about Collins entitled The Possibilities Are Endless, directed by James Hall and Edward Lovelace, was released in November 2014.

[28][29] Collins has been friends with Roddy Frame, the frontman for the new wave group Aztec Camera, since they were both signed to Postcard Records in the 1980s.

[30][31] Collins and Frame collaborated on the Aztec Camera album Stray, including a live performance of the song "Consolation Prize".

[31] Collins has also worked extensively as a record producer with other artists, including Terrorvision, Vic Godard,[22] Robert Forster, The Cribs, Little Barrie, and Hooton Tennis Club.

In addition to his music career Collins also produced and starred in the Channel 4 television show West Heath Yard.

[5] In 2010 he received an honorary master's degree from the Buckinghamshire New University, in recognition of his "strong influences and contribution to the national and international music industry over the last three decades".