Coby Sey

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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
Website cobysey.com

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]

Contents

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

List of solo studio albums
TitleAlbum details
Conduit [21] [24]

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative studio albums
TitleAlbum details
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

Extended plays

List of solo extended plays
TitleAlbum details
Whities 010: Transport for Lewisham [29] [30]
River [33]
  • Released: 4 September 2020
  • Label: Curl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Soundtracks

List of solo soundtracks
TitleAlbum details
MASS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [34]
  • Released: 5 June 2020
  • Label: Curl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Shields / I Have To"2016Non-album single
"Petals Have Fallen" [35] 2017
"Face"2018
"To"2020
"Permeated Secrets" [36] 2022 Conduit
"Onus"

Collaborative singles

List of collaborative singles as part of a group
TitleYearArtist(s)Album/EP/Mixtape
"Sento" [37] 2024GAISTER (Olivia Salvadori, Akihide Monna & Coby Sey)GAISTER
List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearArtist(s)Album/EP/Mixtape
"7-5 (Change)" [38] 2012Kwesachu (Kwes. & Micachu), Grant Armour, Elan TamaraKwesachu Vol. 2
"Devotion"2018 Tirzah Devotion
"Alien" [39] 2020 Leifur James Angel in Disguise
"Oilseed Stone"Lol KBorn 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 GillPOOL
"Grasp" [42] Nosaj Thing, Slauson Malone 1, Sam Gendel Continua
"Can't Be Unstuck" [43] 2023TYSONSunsetters / 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 Sey111
"Clean Slate", "Ultimately" [49] 2024 Ben Klock & Fadi MohemLayer 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 NjokuAll Our Knives Are Always Sharp
"Palimpsest" [54] Alpha Maid, Ben VinceIs this a queue


Remixes

TitleYearArtist(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 SeyThe Fifth Season (Versions)
"Corner of my Sky feat. John Cale (Coby Sey Rework)" [57] Kelly Lee OwensInner Song Remix Series
"Aralkum - Coby Sey Remix" [58] Galya Bisengalieva Aralkum Remixes
"I Fucked It Up" [59] 2022Goddess911I.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

Covers

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

Videos

SongYearDirector(s)
All Change2017Coby Sey and Alex McCullough [65]
Devotion2018 Akinola "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]
Stay2025 Basil Anthony Harewood [71]

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]

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References

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