Pool Of Sound - Blue Saint

Daniel Sebuyange, known professionally as Blue Saint, is a Congolese and British rapper, singer-songwriter, spoken word poet, actor, producer and graphic designer. Over his music career he has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a range of influences and genres, often combining and blending elements of hip-hop, R'nB and electronic music. Blue Saint’s music lyrically incorporates a range of political, social, philosophical and cultural references with themes usually centred around social injustices. His projects tend to be conceptual in nature. As a child, who had a great fascination for the creative arts, Blue Saint began to aspire to become an inventor, eventually equipping himself with a product design engineering degree, before discovering rap; a musical form he instantly developed a love for. Enamoured of storytelling he began to view rap as a medium conducive to telling a story, and by the age of seven and eight, was already writing lyrics. A part of Writing on the Wall’s Liverpool Young Writers at the age of twelve to sixteen, a winner of The Poetry Society’s SLAMbassadors Award at fourteen, a MOBO BeMOBO Award nominee at the age of fifteen and winner of Merseyrail Soundstation 2014 at the age of twenty, he was a prize celebrating breaking new talent in the Liverpool music scene. The same year he released his debut concept EP, 'Enter Mynd, Part 1', packed with some head-bopping, chilled back, hip hop, neo-soul and RnB-ish tunes. Daniel said, " It’s kinda like a mix of different things." Blue Saint has also gone on to receive various accolades and achievements for his music, community work and activism. In 2015 he was the Liverpool Echo's selection for their ' Buzz Band of the Week' with them saying, " The fiercely prodigious 20-year-old blends cosmic RnB, deep-thinking lyrical nous and more ideas than a Microsoft brain-storming workshop. In short, he's one to watch."

At the Threshold Festival on Saturday 28th March 2015.

Throughout his years he has performed at events alongside UK chart topping artists such as Ed Sheeran, Plan B, Wretch 32, Akala, Sway, Lowkey, Benjamin Zephaniah and Jerry Dammers of 'The Specials', as well as American artists such as Pharoahe Monch and Saul Williams. He has performed in many places including the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, Somerset House, Sofar Sounds and has also collaborated with the Royal Northern College of Music session orchestra. His semi-autobiographical concept EP series titled 'Enter Mynd' received great media attention and support from media outlets such as music blog Getintothis, Bido Lito! Magazine, BBC Introducing and Capital Liverpool (previously Juice FM) as well as being featured in various newspapers and articles from the local Liverpool Echo to the nationals, The Independent and The Skinny. Planet Slop in 2018, as Out of Context celebrated their first birthday with a huge line-up of locally based talent, and the Liverpool-based rapper and singer-songwriter gave a set that was part hip hop and part performance art. After encouraging the audience to participate and come to the stage he 'invaded' the room as his alter ego 'Razor Raze' whilst singing the surreal track, 'Dr Frankenstein'. His Congolese roots were remembered in the soulful 'Sweet Waters', before returning to rap with Lamith Tramell. It was hard not to be moved by Blue Saint‘s energy and the force of his personality. Jimmy McGovern's story of Anthony Walker, a black teenager murdered in a racist attack in Merseyside in 2005, and how his life could have been, was shown on TV in 2020 and Blue Saint appeared in it. He was included in Liverpool Echo’s “30 under 30: The young people changing the face of Liverpool in 2020” and in The Common Sense Network’s “North30: 2021 North of England’s 30 Under 30 Trail Blazers”.

 

He released a new track, 'The Meadows' in May 2021, an emotive overflowing story that explores the experiences of refugees (what it means to be displaced from one’s home, finding yourself being adopted to a new one and having to navigate and adapt to one’s new environment whilst simultaneously trying to make sense the new reality one has found themselves in). The cycle of references tells the story of displacement “row the boat, row the boat” is a symbolic voice for refugees. Produced by Bobby Thomas Jr, Blue Saint tells his truth over a soothing beat; he blends rap into his art. Blue Saint’s lyrical inspiration is a response to social injustices. Also in 2021, as an original member of Writing on the Wall’s Liverpool Young Writers, Blue Saint and WoW’s young writers took over Tate Liverpool for Black History Month where Blue Saint and his team of young writers responded to the work of the outstanding Black artists in Tate’s collection, offering new interpretations and reflections. The residency in the gallery saw him working with WoW’s Young Writers, aged 11-15 and with young people from the public aged 16-24. Blue Saint has gone on to receive many accolades and achievements for his music, community work and activism. Writing on the Wall is Liverpool’s longest-running writing and literary festival. They celebrate and inspire creativity and writing in all its forms through inquiry, debate, performance and publishing. On March 2022 on Twitter he announced, " My debut independent album 'Mémoire' is out now on Bandcamp".

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