Sebastian Mullaert & Tamarma make their debut on ASW with 'Being Colours'

The first single “Being Colours”, taken from the upcoming album entitled “Holds the Sky” by Sebastian Mullaert and Tamarma is an evocative and beautiful exploration in lush layers of vocals, pads and found sounds. Underpinned by a minimal and yet strident rhythm with shades of dub, tip-hop and deep deep house, this first outing from the duo is compelling.

Sebastian’s rework of Being Colours adds the dance floor element to the lush sound of the original. Bringing his signature deep grooves to an already stunning future classic, Sebastian has taken the original and re-worked it into a minimal and deep classic! With beautiful arpeggios underpinned by warm lush pads and his trademark stripped back beats, the Minilogue veteran delivers warmth to the dance floor.

Swedish composer and producer Sebastian Mullaert joins forces with Georgian composer, vocalist and electronic artist Tamarma (Tamara Davitashvili) for a deeply personal and genre-fluid album, ‘Holds the Sky’, set for release on September 25.

Spanning ambient, experimental and alternative electronic forms, the album is preceded by three singles, alongside a set of dancefloor-oriented reworks that expand the project’s sonic spectrum.

At its core, ‘Holds the Sky’ is the result of an unusual artistic convergence that traces back to 2020. During the global isolation of the pandemic, Tamarma entered Mullaert’s In Bloom mentorship programme on a scholarship. Over multiple iterations of the programme, evolving from foundational courses into a year-long deep exploration of album creation, her work revealed a rare clarity and emotional depth.

One piece in particular became the catalyst. Developed further through Sebastian’s 4 step studio process, it unfolded into a full length album collaboration. What began as a single composition has since grown into an album that documents an organic and intuitive exchange between two distinct artistic voices.

Tamara's background is rooted in the landscapes and traditions of Georgia. Raised near the Caucasus Mountains, classically trained in piano and shaped by years as a jazz vocalist, her work carries traces of Georgian polyphonic singing and a strong connection to nature and place. Her transition into electronic music is not stylistic but transformational; a recontextualisation of heritage into new sonic forms.

Sebastian, widely recognized for pushing the boundaries of live electronic performance, from his early work with Minilogue to projects such as Circle of Live, brings a compositional sensitivity that merges improvisation, long-form development and spatial awareness. His work has consistently explored the intersection between structure and spontaneity, club culture and introspective listening.

Together, they create a body of work that resists easy categorization. The album moves through intimate, meditative passages and more rhythmically driven moments, always anchored in a sense of presence and emotional immediacy. It is less a collection of tracks than a continuous unfolding; a dialogue shaped by trust, listening and shared curiosity.

Rather than aiming for a fixed genre position, Holds the Sky operates as a living process: a meeting point between tradition and experimentation, between voice and synthesis, between two artists allowing something larger to emerge through their collaboration.

⏵ ‘Being Colours’ EP features two tracks - the original and Sebastian Mullaert’s rework - and will be available from June 26th.