Kolosine began his career in the music business in college radio, where he was Music Director, local music producer and engineer for WVFS in Tallahassee, FL. He also earned degrees in Political Science and English at Florida State University, and served a stint in Florida state government working in Press and Communication.
Kolosine next took a job in Promotion at New York-based record label Caroline/Astralwerks. Over the subsequent 14 plus years, Kolosine rose to General Manager in 1999 and oversaw all elements of the label, including marketing, promotion, identity and A & R. Kolosine's Astralwerks’ successes boasts a long list of innovative, top selling, Grammy winning international artists, including Air, The Beta Band, Beth Orton, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, The Basement Jaxx, The Ben Folds Five (on Caroline), Caesars, The Kooks, Royksopp and many others. He has worked closely with some of the most critically acclaimed and popular artists in today’s music scene and worked extensively in the areas of soundtracks, licensing, branding, sponsorships and new media initiatives. "Being John Malkovich", "V For Vendetta", "Adaptation", "Flushed Away" and "SSX-3" where among the soundtracks Kolosine oversaw at Astralwerks. Kolosine also received an Executive Producer Grammy Nomination for the critically acclaimed soundtrack “Six Feet Under”.
Since leaving Astralwerks, Kolosine has been operating Modern Frequencies, an umbrella for his various work that includes Online Media Director & Futurist for The Chemical Brothers; managing artists, executive producing and supervising soundtracks (“Heroes” & "Rango"); and consulting an array of other artists, soundtracks and labels (including Chimera, Anti, Southern Fried & many others).
Kolosine in 2010 joined the NYU/Clive Davis Institute Of Recorded Music as Professor and has since also been Business Area Head, and Business Lab and Capstone Director.
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