The Sei

The Sei are an Irish–Swedish collaboration between Stace Gill (writer, singer, film artist, co- producer), Ross Dowling (writer, producer), and Maria Nilsson Waller (choreographer, dancer, writer, singer, violinist). Their music has been described as “computer death,” “music for sad robots,” and “like an encounter with a loved one in a dream—ethereal electronica that leaves a strange pull in your stomach and a lingering sense of weightlessness.”

Gill and Dowling have collaborated closely since 2007, working across multiple projects and artists. Dowling has produced all records by the late Talos and has worked with Ólafur Arnalds, Atli Örvarsson, Bell X1, and James Vincent McMorrow. Gill was Creative Director of D-Light Studios in Dublin, where she met Nilsson Waller in 2016 — a meeting that proved pivotal.
In 2017, Gill and Nilsson Waller co-founded the dance company Flora Fauna Project. Through this work, Gill’s multidisciplinary practice found new coherence within a national and international dance context. Nilsson Waller’s influence opened pathways into expanded creative forms, shaping the group’s interdisciplinary approach. The Sei now serve as music directors for Flora Fauna Project, releasing music scores alongside Nilsson Waller’s choreographic scores, including Praying Positions/Metamorphosis and Bluebells. These projects offer guidance for audiences to dance anywhere, bringing the listener into a unique intimacy with the music.

Nilsson Waller’s career spans performance, choreography, teaching, and design. She trained at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, ECSD Rosella Hightower (Cannes), and the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, and has worked freelance across Europe since 2004. She has been based in Ireland since 2009.

Since 2016, The Sei have released music through independent labels including Beatyard, Feel Good Lost, and, since 2018, Paragon Records. They have performed at festivals and venues across Ireland alongside artists such as Four Tet, Toro y Moi, Neneh Cherry, Woodkid, Oh Land, iamamiwhoami, Talos, and Bell X1, appearing at events including Forbidden Fruit, Body & Soul, Electric Picnic, and Beatyard Festival, as well as venues like Vicar Street, Whelan’s, and St Luke’s Cork.

Their music has featured across major television productions for Apple TV, BBC/Hulu, and Sky Atlantic, including, Day of the Jackal, Normal People, Conversations with Friends, and Truth Be Told. Their creative process prioritises time over speed, with releases paced to honour long-form collaboration and experimentation. After years of intensive studio work and dance production, The Sei are now entering a new phase — sharing a broader body of work, beginning with the EP We Must Be Still Alive?, released this April via Paragon Records. The record includes guest contributions from Dave Geraghty (Bell X1) on guitar for the track “Plasma.”
The Sei have also collaborated with Daithí on his Mercury Prize–nominated album, co-writing and performing “In My Darkest Moments,” and feature on Talos’ Wild Alee (Deluxe Edition) on the track “Kansas.”