''Conduit'' is the debut studio album by British musician

Coby Sey Coby Sey is a British musician, songwriter, artist, vocalist and NTS Radio host, born and based in Lewisham, South East London. He has worked with musicians Tirzah, Mica Levi, DELS, Kwes, Laurel Halo, Klein, Lafawndah and London Contempora ...

. It was released through

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on 9 September 2022. The album features Sey on vocals, multiple instruments and production, with instrumental contributions from Ben Vince, Biu Rainey and

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members Raisa Khan and CJ Calderwood. The album was supported by singles "Permeated Secrets" and "Onus".

Touring

Sey toured through Europe intermittently to support the album before, during and after its release in 2022 and 2023 with a band consisting of musicians Alpha Maid, Ben Vince, CJ Calderwood (of

), Momoko Gill and Sébastien Forrester and visual artist Charlie Hope. This included several music festival appearances including

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, Rewire Festival in

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and

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alongside movement artist Maëva Berthelot. Sey was also the supporting act for three dates of

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's 2022 European tour and collaborated with composers George Barton and Robert Ames to perform a special version of the album's closing track "Eve (Anwummerɛ)" with the

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in Cheshire. 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

Year-end lists

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes of ''Conduit''.

Musicians

* Coby Sey – primary artist, instrumentation, vocals, electronics, electric bass, drums, keyboards, percussion * CJ Calderwood – featured artist, , alto saxophone * Raisa K – featured artist, , electronic percussion * Biu Rainey – featured artist, , electric guitar * Ben Vince – featured artist, tenor saxophone

Technical personnel

* Coby Sey – production, mixing, engineering

Artwork

* Coby Sey – artwork, art direction, photography, photography direction * Ksenia Burnasheva – photography, photography direction * Tasker – art direction * Nicola Tirabasso – art direction * Kassian Troyer – mastering

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2022 debut albums Coby Sey albums AD 93 albums