Sevish
- This page is about the artist. For the scale, see Sevish (scale).
- See also: User:Sevish
Sean Archibald, also known as Sevish, is an electronic music composer. He is mainly known for his drum'n'bass tracks, following his motto "microtonal music with a beat", but also ambient tracks and everything in between. He also started several projects related to the promotion of microtonal music.
Projects
In 2010, Sevish founded the digital record label split-notes, dedicated to "microtonal music with a beat".
Since 2014, he runs a blog on his website where he posts about various subjects mostly related to microtonal music, including a few theory and software tutorials. He also produces similar content on his YouTube and Twitch channels.
Since 2017, he is the main developer of Scale Workshop, a web app for microtonal scale design and playback.
In 2018, he cocreated the podcast Now&Xen, which he cohosted for some time with Stephen Weigel.
Discography
Microtonal releases
- Golden Hour (2010)
- Human Astronomy (2010)
- Sean but not Heard (2012)
- Rhythm and Xen (2015)
- MK-SUPERDUPER (2016)
- Harmony Hacker (2017)
- 3 Remixes (2019)
- Horixens (2019)
- Odds and Ends (2020)
- Bubble (2021)
- Re-Tuned (2021)
- Formless Shadows (2021)
- Morphable (announced for August 5th, 2022)
12edo releases
- Sevish EP (2005)
- Crowded Images (2008)
- Exposure EP (2009)
- day:dot EP (2013)
Microtonal collaborations
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Burning Pine" | Crack My Pitch Up (Various artists) |
| 2011 | "Trapped in a Cycle" | 2 Minute Masterpieces (Various artists) |
| "Waveblender" | Subversio (Sevish, Jacky Ligon & Tony Dubshot) | |
| "Mashroon" | ||
| "Xenomic" | ||
| 2013 | "Chattering Circuits" | 2 Minute Masterpieces 2 (Various artists) |
| 2014 | "Twisted Flax" | 23 (Jacky Ligon, Sevish & Tony Dubshot) |
| 2016 | "Narrative Wars" | Next Xen (Various artists) |
| 2019 | "Operator (Sevish Remix)" | 3 Remixes (Brendan Byrnes, acreil, ZIA & Sevish) |
| "archicembalo antidiagonal (Sevish Remix)" | ||
| "Greater Good (Sevish Remix)" | ||
| "Disorient" | Possible Worlds Vol. 4 (Various artists) | |
| 2021 | "Fuschiamarine" | STAFFcirc vol. 7 - Terra Octava (Various artists) |
| 2022 | "Ancient Love" | Single (Sevish & benyamind) |
| "Maglonia (Remix)" | Single (M F Tronix & Sevish) |