The producer, vocalist, and DJ, after years spent buzzing around the DIY artist circuitry of South East London, has developed a distinctive presence offering a shifting, disorienting vision of club music.

Photo: Ksenia Burnasheva

A long-time collaborator with Mica Levi, Tirzah, Babyfather, Klein, and Kwes, Sey’s work spans the realms of live instrumentation, sample-based productions, and experimental music, melding recognisable motifs of hip-hop, drone, jazz, grime and more into a dubbed-out anaesthesia. His long awaited debut album Conduit was released last year via AD93.

On stage, these dreamlike compositions are imbued with a heavy, uneasy dancefloor energy, fleshed out by live instrumentation courtesy of regular cohorts Leisha Thomas (Alpha Maid), Momoko Gill (MettaShiba), and Ben Vince.

Coby’s open-door approach to sharing and making music stretches to his work with London collective CURL, who release records and host events with a collaborative, improvisatory approach. He also hosts a monthly show on NTS radio, which offers a portal into his appealingly murky musical world.

  • Conduit, by Coby Sey

  • Conduit, by Coby Sey