Coby Sey

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Coby Sey is a British musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, artist, vocalist and NTS Radio host, based in London.[1][2] Sey released his debut album Conduit, in 2022 on AD 93 to critical acclaim.[3][4][5]

Born
Lewisham, London, United Kingdom
OriginLewisham, London
Occupations
  • Artist
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • DJ
  • radio host
  • producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
  • electronics
  • keyboards
  • drums
  • percussions
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Coby Sey
Born
Lewisham, London, United Kingdom
OriginLewisham, London
Occupations
  • Artist
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • DJ
  • radio host
  • producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
  • electronics
  • keyboards
  • drums
  • percussions
Years active2012–present
Labels
Websitecobysey.com
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Career

Coby Sey has worked with musicians Tirzah,[6][7] Mica Levi,[7] DELS,[8] Kwes,[9] Laurel Halo,[10] Klein,[11] Lafawndah[12][13] and London Contemporary Orchestra,[14] artists Hannah Perry and Maëva Berthelot[15] and has remixed Kelly Lee Owens,[7] Max de Wardener[16] and Leifur James. In 2019 he had a featured session on BBC Radio 3 Late Junction in an improvised collaboration with PAN affiliated artist Pan Daijing.[17] Sey is also a founder and member of a collective named Curl[18] with Mica Levi and Brother May, and is one-third of a group named Gaister, with Olivia Salvadori and Bo Ningen's Akihide Monna.

In September 2022, Sey released his debut album Conduit on AD 93 to critical praise.[19][20][21][22]

Personal life

Sey was born in and is based in Lewisham, London. His older brother is the musician Kwes.[23]

Discography

Studio albums

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Title Album details
Conduit[21][24]
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Collaborative albums

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Colourgrade
(with Tirzah and Mica Levi as Tirzah)[25][26][27]
  • 1 October 2021
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
GAISTER
(with Olivia Salvadori and Akihide Monna as GAISTER)[28]
  • Released: 1 November 2024
  • Label: AD 93
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
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Extended plays

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Whities 010: Transport for Lewisham[29][30]
River[33]
  • Released: 4 September 2020
  • Label: Curl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
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Soundtracks

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Title Album details
MASS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[34]
  • Released: 5 June 2020
  • Label: Curl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
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Singles

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Title Year Album
"Shields / I Have To" 2016 Non-album single
"Petals Have Fallen"[35] 2017
"Face" 2018
"To" 2020
"Permeated Secrets"[36] 2022 Conduit
"Onus"
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Collaborative singles

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Title Year Artist(s) Album/EP/Mixtape
"Sento"[37] 2024 GAISTER (Olivia Salvadori, Akihide Monna & Coby Sey) GAISTER
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List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Artist(s) Album/EP/Mixtape
"7-5 (Change)"[38] 2012 Kwesachu (Kwes. & Micachu), Grant Armour, Elan Tamara Kwesachu Vol. 2
"Devotion" 2018 Tirzah Devotion
"Alien"[39] 2020 Leifur James Angel in Disguise
"Oilseed Stone" Lol K Born Under a Bad One
"Tighter"[40] 2021 Cosha Mt. Pleasant
"Hive Mind" Tirzah Colourgrade
"So I Can See You"[41] 2022 TONE So I Can See You
"Splash" Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Momoko Gill POOL
"Grasp"[42] Nosaj Thing, Slauson Malone 1, Sam Gendel Continua
"Can't Be Unstuck"[43] 2023 TYSON Sunsetters / Daybreakers
"On Grounds"[44] Speakers Corner Quartet Further Out Than The Edge
"Bites"[45] V/Z (Valentina Magaletti & Zongamin) Suono Assente
"Belleville"[10] Laurel Halo Atlas
"The Graves at Charleroi"[46][47] Rainy Miller x Space Afrika A Grisaille Wedding
"five"[48] Louis Carnell & Coby Sey 111
"Clean Slate", "Ultimately" [49] 2024 Ben Klock & Fadi Mohem Layer One
"We Know What Gives"[50] Moin You Never End
"Yet To Know The Meaning of Forever"[51] 2025 Loraine James New Year's Substitution 3
"Stay"[52] Raisa K Affectionately
"All Our Knives Are Always Sharp"[53] Tony Njoku All Our Knives Are Always Sharp
"Palimpsest"[54] Alpha Maid, Ben Vince Is this a queue
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Remixes

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Title Year Artist(s) Album/EP
"Marilyn - Coby Sey Remix"[55] 2017 Mount Kimbie Four Years and One Day
"Melt! (Coby Sey Rework)"[7][56] 2010 Kelly Lee Owens Non-album remixes
"Bismuth Dream (Coby Sey Rework)" Max de Wardener Detuned Reworks
"Le Malentendu (Tirzah & Coby Sey Version)" 2011 Lafawndah feat. Lala &ce, Tirzah & Coby Sey The Fifth Season (Versions)
"Corner of my Sky feat. John Cale (Coby Sey Rework)"[57] Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song Remix Series
"Aralkum - Coby Sey Remix"[58] Galya Bisengalieva Aralkum Remixes
"I Fucked It Up" [59] 2022 Goddess911 I.F.I.U (Remixes)
"All roads lead to London (feat. Coby Sey & Ersatz)"[60] 2023 Jockstrap & Taylor Skye I<3UQTINVU
"That Can Be Arranged (Coby Sey Remix)"[61][62] 2025 Tom Vek We Have Sound Remixes
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Covers

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Title Year Original Artist(s) Album/EP
"Kiss From a Rose"[63] 2021 Seal Non-album single
"Mentions"[64] 2025 HTRK String of Hearts (Songs of HTRK)
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Videos

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SongYearDirector(s)
All Change2017Coby Sey and Alex McCullough[65]
Devotion2018Akinola "Crackstevens" Davies Jr.[66]
Hive Mind2021Leah Walker and Rebecca Salvadori[67]
Permeated Secrets2022Eva-Grace Bor[68]
all we got is us in the moment2023Rebecca Salvadori[69]
Onus2023Lallie Doyle[70]
Stay2025Basil Anthony Harewood[71]
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Notes

  1. Whities is known as AD 93 as of June 2020.[31]
  2. Young Turks is known as Young as of April 2021.[32]

Touring band members aka Continue

  • Coby Sey – vocals, electric bass, keyboard, electronics[72]
  • Momoko Gill – drums, vibraphone
  • Leisha Thomas (Alpha Maid) – electric guitar
  • Charlie Hope – visuals
  • Ben Vince – tenor saxophone
  • CJ Calderwood – alto saxophone
  • Sébastien Forrester – percussion, vibraphone

References

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