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Coby Sey is a British musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, artist, vocalist and NTS Radio host, based in London.[2][3] Sey released his debut album Conduit, in 2022 on AD 93 to critical acclaim.[4][5][6]

Career

Coby Sey has worked with musicians Tirzah,[7][8] Mica Levi,[8] DELS,[9] Kwes,[10] Laurel Halo,[11] Klein,[12] Lafawndah[13][14] and London Contemporary Orchestra,[15] artists Hannah Perry and Maëva Berthelot[16] and has remixed Kelly Lee Owens,[8] Max de Wardener[17] 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.[18] Sey is also a founder and member of a collective named Curl[19] with Mica Levi and Brother May, and is one-third of a group named Gaister, with Olivia Salvadori and Bo Ningen‘s Akihide Monna aka Monchan.

In September 2022, Sey released his debut album Conduit on AD 93 to critical praise.[20][21][22][23]

Personal life

Sey was born in and is based in Lewisham, London. His older brother is the musician Kwes.[24]

Discography

Studio albums

List of solo studio albums
Title Album details
Conduit[22][25]

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative studio albums
Title Album details
Colourgrade
(with Tirzah and Mica Levi as Tirzah)[26][27][28]
  • 1 October 2021
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming
GAISTER
(with Olivia Salvadori and Akihide Monna as GAISTER)[29]
  • Released: 1 November 2024
  • Label: AD 93
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming

Extended plays

List of solo extended plays
Title Album details
Whities 010: Transport for Lewisham[30][31]
River[34]
  • Released: 4 September 2020
  • Label: Curl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Passengers[1]
  • Released: 20 March 2026
  • Label: Cardinal Loom
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Soundtracks

List of solo soundtracks
Title Album details
MASS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[35]
  • Released: 5 June 2020
  • Label: Curl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
“Shields / I Have To” 2016 Non-album single
“Petals Have Fallen”[36] 2017
“Face” 2018 Passengers
“To” 2020
“Permeated Secrets”[37] 2022 Conduit
“Onus”

Collaborative singles

List of collaborative singles as part of a group
Title Year Artist(s) Album/EP/Mixtape
“Sento”[38] 2024 GAISTER (Olivia Salvadori, Akihide Monna & Coby Sey) GAISTER
List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Artist(s) Album/EP/Mixtape
“7-5 (Change)”[39] 2012 Kwesachu (Kwes. & Micachu), Grant Armour, Elan Tamara Kwesachu Vol. 2
“Devotion” 2018 Tirzah Devotion
“Alien”[40] 2020 Leifur James Angel in Disguise
“Oilseed Stone” Lol K Born Under a Bad One
“Tighter”[41] 2021 Cosha Mt. Pleasant
“Hive Mind” Tirzah Colourgrade
“So I Can See You”[42] 2022 TONE So I Can See You
“Splash” Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Momoko Gill POOL
“Grasp”[43] Nosaj Thing, Slauson Malone 1, Sam Gendel Continua
“Can’t Be Unstuck”[44] 2023 TYSON Sunsetters / Daybreakers
“On Grounds”[45] Speakers Corner Quartet Further Out Than The Edge
“Bites”[46] V/Z (Valentina Magaletti & Zongamin) Suono Assente
“Belleville”[11] Laurel Halo Atlas
“The Graves at Charleroi”[47][48] Rainy Miller x Space Afrika A Grisaille Wedding
“five”[49] Louis Carnell & Coby Sey 111
“Clean Slate”, “Ultimately” [50] 2024 Ben Klock & Fadi Mohem Layer One
“We Know What Gives”[51] Moin You Never End
“Yet To Know The Meaning of Forever”[52] 2025 Loraine James New Year’s Substitution 3
“Stay”[53] Raisa K Affectionately
“All Our Knives Are Always Sharp”[54] Tony Njoku All Our Knives Are Always Sharp
“Palimpsest”[55] Alpha Maid, Ben Vince Is this a queue
“Inner Link”[56] 2026 Carl Gari Carl Gari


Remixes

Title Year Artist(s) Album/EP
“Marilyn – Coby Sey Remix”[57] 2017 Mount Kimbie Four Years and One Day
“Melt! (Coby Sey Rework)”[8][58] 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)”[59] Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song Remix Series
“Aralkum – Coby Sey Remix”[60] Galya Bisengalieva Aralkum Remixes
“I Fucked It Up” [61] 2022 Goddess911 I.F.I.U (Remixes)
“All roads lead to London (feat. Coby Sey & Ersatz)”[62] 2023 Jockstrap & Taylor Skye I<3UQTINVU
“That Can Be Arranged (Coby Sey Remix)”[63][64] 2025 Tom Vek We Have Sound Remixes

Covers

Title Year Original Artist(s) Album/EP
“Kiss From a Rose“[65] 2021 Seal Non-album single
“Mentions“[66] 2025 HTRK String of Hearts (Songs of HTRK)

Videos

Song Year Director(s)
All Change 2017 Coby Sey and Alex McCullough[67]
Devotion 2018 Akinola “Crackstevens” Davies Jr.[68]
Hive Mind 2021 Leah Walker and Rebecca Salvadori[69]
Permeated Secrets 2022 Eva-Grace Bor[70]
all we got is us in the moment 2023 Rebecca Salvadori[71]
Onus 2023 Lallie Doyle[72]
Stay 2025 Basil Anthony Harewood[73]

Notes

  1. ^ Whities is known as AD 93 as of June 2020.[32]
  2. ^ Young Turks is known as Young as of April 2021.[33]

Touring band members aka Continue

  • Coby Sey – vocals, electric bass, keyboard, electronics[74]
  • 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

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