Vincent is based in Sydney Australia and is of Latin American heritage. His career as a music producer, percussionist and dj is founded upon a vast depth of knowledge about his Latin American roots and a passion for  music technology, creativity, spirituality, events, and performance. His accolades includes a vast career supporting artists such as Santana, Seun Kuti, Ricky Martin, Los Amigos Invisibles, Los Van Van, Katy Perry, and Earth Wind and Fire, and working at some of the most prominent local and international festivals. He creates innovative music events which specialise in global sounds, electronica, and and and live performance. He leads the innovative electronic music group OYOBI, which incorporates machine performance with folkloric rhythms and whose debut release was number #1 on the Traxsource Afrolatin charts. He has produced records and remixes for artists such as Pepe Citarrela (Italy), Jorge Montiel (UK), Myles Bigalow (Canada), Qvln (USA), Selomi (South Africa), Barrio Lindo (Berlin) and released music on various global labels such as Imagenes (UK), Prison Records (UK), Vamos (Fr), United Music (HK), Ocha Records (USA) and Atjazz Record Company (Uk). He was the in-house percussionist for the NTT band on the American television show 'Name that Tune' with Randy Jackson and Jane Krakowski, and is endorsed by some great brands including Toca Percussion, Wincent sticks and Protection Racket.  He is also a PHD researcher whose work investigates music-based spiritual practices and their global development. This research is important for understanding how music practice produces transformative experiences, well-being, and knowledge, which Vincent explores in his own music performances and creative projects.

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Vincent also co-manages the recording and production studio "The Nest" an inner city creative hub dedicated to providing music production, recording, and creative composition work. This space caters for an array of emerging professional projects, innovative musical works and collaborations. He is also the founder of XOOK, an online arts platform that initiates conversations with artists on diverse topics such as spirituality, culture, tradition, and art.

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Extended biography

Vincent Sebastian is a music producer, percussionist, DJ, and creative entrepreneur that incorporates his passion for Latin folkloric sound and rhythm into his contemporary electronic music, art, and performances. This is most evident in the work of his music group OYOBI, which blends folkloric concepts, rhythm, and sound with modern machines and technology. This ideology is extended onto his music events and creative arts projects which showcase diverse diasporic music, art, and performance from the local Australian music scene. His events depict his passion for experimentation, collaboration, and originality which surfaces in his own compositions and in his collaborations with local artists and performers. This depth of interest stems from his study of the music of his heritage, depicted in his current doctorate work that investigates the music of ritual and its relevance for music performance and art. 

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Vincent has recorded on over 10 albums and is an original member of Aria Nominated band Watussi. He has toured alongside Santana and opened for Los Van Van, Earth Wind and Fire, & Sean Kutu, and regularly plays at Australia's most renowned festivals and venues such as Bluesfest, Vivid, and The Opera House. He has composed music and sound design for documentary, film, and corporate media such as Last Man Pictures, Trackdown, The Small Experiment, and Coast Modelling Agency. 

He has played with renowned electronic producers Ron Carroll, Love Tattoo, Rob Vission, Sandy Rivera, Chuck Love, & Richard Earnshaw, and is DJ for major corporate events across Australia. Furthermore, his vocals appear on collaborative tracks with All Good Funk Alliance, Rephrase, Merenia Gillies, and Omegaman. He was the in-house percussionist for the NTT band on the American television show 'Name that Tune' with Randy Jackson and Jane Krakowski, and is endorsed by some great brands including Toca Percussion, Wincent sticks and Protection Racket.

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He has toured internationally, appearing at the Rainforest Festival (Malaysia), Bogota Festival De Teatro (Colombia), Ulsan Festival (Korea), Osaka Kokolo Festival (Japan), NOMA (thailand), and Ku De Ta (Indonesia). He has also released his own club music productions on French label Vamos, London's Prison Entertainment and Imagenes Records. In 2015 he founded the band Roots Percussion Group and produced and mixed their first self-titled Ep . In January 2017 he released his first self-titled EP Satori on Uk label Imagenes Records. 

Previously, he was responsible for establishing the successful Salsa club Club Havana and the renowned live music event Tatlers Underground Latin Jams. These projects are consistent with Vincent's love of Latin culture and electronica and a desire to extend this passion onto an Australian audience.

Vincent graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology and a Bachelor of Sound and Music Design (First Class Honours). His academic career has allowed him to further investigate the intricacies of Latin American folkloric music and its application for Western music composition. His honours research project explored Cuban Bata drumming, and culminated with an EP of original works.  In 2016 he was awarded the UTS University medal for outstanding achievement for this work. 

In 2017 he received a scholarship from the University of Newcastle to undertake a PHD that investigates the development of ritual music in emerging forms of  electronica . In this research he unites his vast academic and practical music experience to explore the psychological, technical, and aesthetic developments .