Conduit | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 9 September 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2017–2021 | |||
Studio | Lewisham, London Hackney, London [1] | |||
Length | 37:35 | |||
Label | AD 93 | |||
Producer | Coby Sey | |||
Coby Sey chronology | ||||
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Singles from Conduit | ||||
Conduit is the debut studio album by British musician Coby Sey. [4] [5] [6] It was released through AD 93 on 9 September 2022. [7] [8] [9] The album features Sey on vocals, multiple instruments and production, with instrumental contributions from Ben Vince, Biu Rainey and Good Sad Happy Bad members Raisa Khan and CJ Calderwood. The album was supported by singles "Permeated Secrets" [2] and "Onus". [10] [3]
Sey toured through Europe intermittently to support the album before, during and after its release in 2022 and 2023. This included several music festival appearances including Pitchfork Festival in London, Rewire Festival in The Hague and Le Guess Who in Utrecht alongside movement artist Maëva Berthelot. Sey was also the supporting act for three dates of Grouper's 2022 European tour [11] and collaborated with composers George Barton and Robert Ames to perform a special version of the album's closing track "Eve (Anwummerɛ)" with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Bluedot Festival in Cheshire. [12]
This was later followed by Sey's first tour in Australia in June 2024 including Rising Festival and Misellania in Naarm / Melbourne and Phoenix Central Park in Gadigal / Sydney.
Country | Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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UK | Resident Advisor | The 10 Best Albums of September 2022 | -- | |
The Quietus | The 8 Best Albums of September 2022 | |||
US | PopMatters | The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of September 2022 | ||
Bandcamp Daily | Album of the Day 2022 |
Country | Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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US | Pitchfork | The 50 Best Electronic Albums of 2022 | 6 | |
UK | Boomkat | Top Releases 2022 | 4 | |
The Wire | Rewind: Top 50 Releases of 2022 | 22 | ||
Rewind: 2022 Electronic Releases of the Year | 4 | |||
God Is in the TV | Nick Roseblade's Musical Memories of 2022 | 1 | ||
BBC Radio 3 Late Junction | 2022 Albums of the Year | - | ||
Japan | ele-king | Top 30 2022 Albums of the Year | 2 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Etym" |
| Sey | 4:16 |
2. | "Mist Through The Bits" (feat. Raisa K) |
| Sey | 2:27 |
3. | "Permeated Secrets" |
| Sey | 3:25 |
4. | "Dial Square (Confront)" |
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| 3:18 |
5. | "Night Ride" |
| Sey | 4:56 |
6. | "Onus" |
| Sey | 3:14 |
7. | "Response" (feat. Ben Vince, CJ Calderwood and Biu Rainey) |
| Sey | 10:06 |
8. | "Eve (Anwummerɛ)" |
| Sey | 5:59 |
Total length: | 37:35 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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9. | "Night Walk" | Sey | Sey | 3:05 |
10. | "Pilgrimage" | Sey | Sey | 2:04 |
Total length: | 43:00 |
Credits adapted from liner notes of Conduit. [1]
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 9 September 2022 | AD 93 | [7] | |
22 December 2022 | [16] | |||
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