Sebastian Reynolds - Live
Live footage from Jericho Tavern performance, Oxford, November 2024. Filmed by Adam Hale with Yade Berhanu.
Sebastian Reynolds - available for live shows 2025
Sebastian Reynolds is a British music producer and composer, based between Oxford and Swindon. In 2023 he released his debut album, Canary, to critical acclaim with tracks from the album such as Cascade and Fetus picking up multiple radio plays on BBC 6Music from DJs such as Deb Grant, Mary Anne Hobbs and Steve Lamacq and glowing reviews from Earmilk, Bandcamp Daily and Louder Than War. Sebastian has started to perform the Canary material live, alongside tracks from his previous solo releases. He has luanched his entrancing new AV live show with a performance at the Swindon Shuffle festival and headline shows at the Jericho Tavern and The Library in his native Oxford. A stalwart of the Oxford music scene, Sebastian was known as founder of live electronic ensemble Keyboard Choir and psyche rock band Flights of Helios. Sebastian has a series of live performances planned for 2025 including festival dates and shows across the UK.
Prolific to say the least, Sebastian’s recent projects have included Mahajanaka Dance Drama, the Thai inspired dance and music show that he collaborated on with Neon Dance which toured in the UK in November 2019. An integral part of the live show, Sebastian performs live electronics alongside two Thai traditional instrumentalists, as well as two dance artists and original animated scenes. The tour was rapturously received, with dates in Oxford and at the British Library selling out. In October 2019 Sebastian released a new EP, Maṇīmekhalā, via PinDrop which featured music from the soundtrack for Mahajanaka Dance Drama and includes a guest performance from Anne Müller (Erased Tapes). The EP received glowing press online and airplay on BBC 6Music from Gideon Coe and Tom Ravenscroft.. The other dance show that he has scored for Neon Dance, Puzzle Creature, has toured in the UK and Japan, with the show featuring a specially composed surround sound score by Sebastian, tour venues included The Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool and Bristol Beacon, with both residencies featuring sold out performances.
In 2016 Sebastian formed the trio Solo Collective with German classical/experimental musicians and composers Anne Müller (cello) and Alex Stolze (violin) and the trio’s first collective release, Solo Collective Part One, was released in November 2017 via Nonostar Records, and Solo Collective Part Two was released in June 2019, also via Nonostar. Both releases were critically acclaimed, and the trio have completed successful tours in the UK and Germany.
Live shots from The Library, Oxford, 14th February 2025. Photo credit Ian Hanham.
Upcoming Shows
Debut Album - Canary
Press for Canary
“Canary gazes into the abyss... a world shaken by explosive events, the fragmentation of our collective consciousness, the rise of machine intelligence, the tragic loss of a child at birth, and the everyday reality of living without one's parents. Yet, amidst this turmoil, Reynolds consistently manages to find a heartbeat in his blend of electro-organic sounds." - Earmilk
"One of my favourite electronic music producers around” - Steve Lamacq, BBC 6Music
"The expansive electronic songs on “Canary” reflect both a sense of unease about the world’s future and finding hope to carry on" - Bandcamp editorial
“Self-help guidance with the neurons fired-up, the mind open, Canary counterpoints mistrust with wonderment, alarm with the rational and the optimistic. It has taken a while to arrive, but Reynolds debut expanded album of thoughts and ideas is a mature statement of quality.” - Monolith Cocktail
“An opus of beauty, intensely powerful and emotionally intense, adroitly composed and performed. It is evident that Sebastian Reynolds’s moment has come.” - Louder Than War
“A stunning piece of work, it’s about loss, grief and recovery, all feelings expertly and uniquely expressed courtesy of Sebastian’s mastery of electronics.” - Elizabeth Alker, Unclassified, BBC Radio 3