Sebastian Azul, is an artist, producer and songwriter from East London, Hackney. He is trilingual and mostly known for exploring mental health in his music, Azul’s sound is innovative, authentic and purposeful in its mission to uplift and educate.
Stemming from his personal, family and community struggles, Azul’s music spreads messages of triumph, love, hardships, acceptance and inspiration. Many of his songs boldly tackle the stigmas associated with mental health - Alongside his more didactic tracks, Azul puts out more upbeat, commercial and fun loving records that get you vibing — his R&B-leaning track 'Goodbye' for example, or the hip-hop/afrobeat crossover hit 'Girl I Like You' and his latest release ‘’Special'' and Querida.
From producing beats to writing stories, Azul first began making music as a hobby before realising its benefits as a creative and educational outlet. Azul started to pursue his musical talent more professionally in order to raise awareness. He setup a home studio to continue his music passion. Azul’s artistry and inspiration stems largely from long admissions stays in hospital wards, visual art, comic books and graphic novels such as Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, Preacher, Asterix and Obelix, Tintin, DC comics, The Watchmen, Lucky Luke, Marvels, Naruto, Fist of the north star, Jimmy Five to drawing. “I love creativity, “It can distract and take your thoughts into a different dimension.” Hospitalised most of his entire childhood, Azul has endured many struggles from civil war trauma to finding escape and therapy in reading and writing stories.
Those were my boredom killers as well as relief'' Azul creates tracks that are both conscious, uplifting and enjoyable, his remarkable passion and integrity can be heard in his music.
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