Conduit (Coby Sey album)

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Conduit
CobySey Conduit.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 September 2022 (2022-09-09)
Recorded2017–2021
Studio Lewisham, London
Hackney, London [1]
Length37:35
Label AD 93
Producer Coby Sey
Coby Sey chronology
River
(2021)
Conduit
(2022)
Singles from Conduit
  1. "Permeated Secrets [2] "
    Released: 21 June 2022
  2. "Onus [3] "
    Released: 3 August 2022

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]

Contents

Touring

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.

Accolades

Semester-end lists

CountryPublicationListRankRef.
UK Resident Advisor The 10 Best Albums of September 2022
--
The Quietus The 8 Best Albums of September 2022
[8]
US PopMatters The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of September 2022
[9]
Bandcamp Daily Album of the Day 2022

Year-end lists

CountryPublicationListRankRef.
US Pitchfork The 50 Best Electronic Albums of 2022
6
UKBoomkatTop 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

Track listing

Conduit track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Etym"Sey4:16
2."Mist Through The Bits" (feat. Raisa K)
  • Sey
Sey2:27
3."Permeated Secrets"
  • Sey
Sey3:25
4."Dial Square (Confront)"
  • Sey
  • Sey
3:18
5."Night Ride"
  • Sey
Sey4:56
6."Onus"
  • Sey
Sey3:14
7."Response" (feat. Ben Vince, CJ Calderwood and Biu Rainey)
  • Sey
  • Vince
  • Calderwood
  • Rainey
Sey10:06
8."Eve (Anwummerɛ)"
  • Sey
Sey5:59
Total length:37:35
Cassette edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
9."Night Walk"SeySey3:05
10."Pilgrimage"SeySey2:04
Total length:43:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes of Conduit. [1]

Musicians

Technical personnel

Artwork

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various9 September 2022 AD 93 [7]
22 December 2022 [16]

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