Coby Sey / Elaine Howley / David Murphy
Test Site, Kyrl's Quay
Sat 29 Jun 2024 (note: this event has already taken place)
7:30pm
18 + booking fee
Very excited to welcome Coby Sey, Elaine Howley & David Murphy to Test Site at the end of June.
Tickets are limited.. up on eventbrite at the link.
Coby Sey (solo)
Coby Sey is a songwriter, producer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ, who, after years spent buzzing around the DIY artist circuitry of South East London, has developed a distinctive presence as an artist and performer.
Coby’s recorded work spans the realms of live instrumentation, sample-based productions and experimental music, melding recognisable motifs of hip-hop, noise, jazz and grime into a dubbed-out anaesthesia. On stage, the dreamlike compositions are imbued with a heavy, uneasy dancefloor energy.
Coby’s open-door approach to sharing and making music is evident in his long-term collaborations with Mica Levi and Tirzah, as well as with Speakers Corner Quartet, Klein, TYSON, Laurel Halo and more. He is also a founding member of London’s CURL collective (with Mica and Brother May), and hosts a monthly radio show on NTS since 2015, offering a peek into his appealingly murky musical world.
Coby’s long-awaited debut
album “Conduit” was released in September 2022 through AD 93.
Elaine Howley
Elaine Howley is a vocalist and producer who merges an expansive tapestry of experimental, analogue processes with a love of classic songwriting and melodic hooks, to create a sound world that is distinctly her own.
Immersed in both the experimental music scenes in her adopted home of Cork, and the DIY ethos of Ireland’s alternative rock community, Elaine’s music grew out of years of varied, extensive collaborative practise, performance and experimentation. Howley released her first full length solo album ‘The Distance Between Heart and Mouth’ in 2022 through Touch Sensitive Records to critical acclaim. Pitchfork praised the album as “a spectral slow burn that refuses to trip over itself to get anywhere in particular. By absorbing the wisdom of the process, Howley permits her craft to resound deeper than ever”.
Elaine uses tape to process voice, drum machines and synthesizers, creating production that works in tandem with her songwriting to weave an intimate sonic tapestry that feels warm and esoteric all at once. The album emanates an intimate quality; blending deep synths, whisper-soft melodies, echoes, loops, beats and murmurs, recalling the likes of Trish Keenan, Tirzah and Leslie Weiner, while Elaine’s unmistakable voice cracks through the analogue gauze like a crystalline glint of daylight.
David Murphy
Cork multi-instrumentalist David Murphy has taken the pedal steel guitar outside the confines of its traditional roots and into a range of genres, spanning pop, Americana and folk to ambient, experimental music and film soundtracks.
His first full-length studio album ‘Cuimhne Ghlinn: Explorations in Irish Music for Pedal Steel Guitar,’ moves it from the well-worn roads of the dusty American south to a new place in modern Irish music. This all-instrumental debut recasts ancient Irish harp tunes and historic airs into the 21st century, showcasing its versatility and true potential.
