Coby
Sey
Fri 28 apr
THE BIG STAGE 22.30
The producer, vocalist, and DJ – after years spent buzzing around the DIY artist circuitry of South East London – has developed a distinctive presence as a performer and producer offering a shifting, disorienting vision of club music.
A long-time collaborator with Mica Levi, Tirzah, Babyfather, Klein, and Kwes, Sey’s recorded work spans the realms of live instrumentation, sample-based productions, and experimental music, melding recognizable motifs of hip-hop, drone, jazz, grime, and more into a dubbed-out anaesthesia. On stage, these dreamlike compositions are imbued with a heavy, uneasy dancefloor energy, and fleshed out by live instrumentation courtesy of regular cohorts Leisha Thomas (Alpha Maid), Momoko Gill (MettaShiba) and Ben Vince.
Sey’s open-door approach to sharing and making music stretches to his work with London collective CURL, who release records and host events with a collaborative, improvisatory approach. He also hosts a monthly show on NTS radio, which offers a portal into his appealingly murky musical world. His long-awaited debut album Conduit was released last autumn through AD93.
https://cobysey.bandcamp.com/album/conduit