Birth name Seth Gabriel Marton Labels High Score/Inertia Occupation(s) Rapper Name Seth Sentry | Instruments Voice Genres Australian hip hop Years active 2003–present Record label High Score Records | |
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Associated acts D.S.O.L.
Pez
360
Horrorshow
Grey Ghost Role Hip-hop artist · sethsentry.com Albums Strange New Past, This Was Tomorrow, The Waiter Minute, Waiter Minute Profiles | ||
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Seth Gabriel Marton (born 4 January 1983), who performs by his stage name Seth Sentry, is an Australian hip hop recording artist. He has issued two studio albums and an EP, This Was Tomorrow (14 September 2012) – which peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart and Strange New Past (5 June 2015) – which reached No. 2 and his EP titled The Waiter Minute. Three of his tracks have reached the related ARIA Singles Chart Top 100: "Float Away" (July 2012), "Run" (2014) and "Hell Boy" (2015). Each also received national airplay on the youth radio station, Triple J. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 he won Best Urban Album for Strange New Past.
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- Biography
- Touring
- Awards
- Appearances
- Personal life
- Albums
- EPs
- Singles
- References
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Biography
Seth Sentry was born as Seth Gabriel Morton in about 1983. He grew up in Sorrento. Sentry's first public appearances were during live performances with Melbourne hip hop and drum and bass outfit, D.S.O.L. in 2003. In 2005 he reached third place in the Revolver Battles competition, in addition to organising and appearing in a weekly hip hop night at The Old Colonial venue in Fitzroy—Sentry's involvement with the Old Colonial led to an appearance on the The Forthwrite Mixtape in 2007 and a guest appearance on Pez's 2008 album, A Mind of My Own.
After posting a number of songs on Triple J's Unearthed website, he was selected by Steph Hughes, host of the station's Home & Hosed programme, as a "Featured Artist". Sentry's contribution became the most downloaded track on the website. He followed with a 31-date national tour supporting Pez "Simple Game", Sentry's second single, received high rotation on Triple J. Sentry's The Waitress Song then reached No. 31 in Triple J's 'Hottest 100' for 2009 and appeared on the compilation The Best of Australian Hip Hop Vol. 1.
In 2010 Sentry continued to tour and finalised the recording of his debut album with Melbourne producer Matik. In August 2010 he was a guest on Horrorshow's Our Song, ahead of a national tour with the group, and Closer, a song by Australian hip hop artist 360.
Sentry's debut album This Was Tomorrow was self-released on 14 September 2012 on his label, High Score Records (distributed by Inertia Records). It was selected as the Triple J feature album in the week of its release. On 30 September of that year, it debuted at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for six weeks. Two of its singles, "Dear Science" and "Float Away", were listed in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2012 at No. 26 and No. 57, respectively.
Seth's debut EP album was called The Waiter Minute which was released in November 2008, he released it independently. This 'extended play' included 5 songs with the titles; Simple Game, Strange Lot, Train Catcher, The Waitress Song and Warm Winter. The most popular one of these would be Strange Lot, which is about Marton's view on the modern day society. He posted this song to his Facebook page stating that he “wrote most of it in between train rides back and forth to work.”
Sentry performed on the American late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! in April 2013, singing "Dear Science" and "Float Away".
On 5 June 2015 he released his second studio album, Strange New Past, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was also selected as Triple J's feature album. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 it won Best Urban Album.
Touring
Sentry's touring schedule has involved headline shows around Australia, as well as appearances at numerous festivals, such as Breath of Life, Fat As Butter, Come Together, Sprung Festival, Big Day Out (Melbourne), Homebake, Hyperfest, Groovin The Moo and Triple J's One Night Stand.
In May 2013, Sentry completed the 'Dear Science' Australian tour, before announcing the larger 'Vacation' tour that featured support from Mantra and Grey Ghost.
Sentry was part of the Circus under the Stars Tour with Bliss n Eso, Horrorshow and Ceekay Jones which started on 5 April 2014 and ended on 31 May 2014. The tour visited various small and large towns/cities of Australia.
Sentry's most recently completed tour was the Run tour, which ran from 20 February to 21 March 2015 to celebrate the lead single from his second album Strange New Past, "Run". Sentry's Strange New Past tour began on 11 June and is to conclude on 28 August 2015.
Awards
In 2009 Sentry was nominated for an Unearthed J Award; in 2012, Sentry won Channel V's Oz Artist of the Year award. In October 2013, Sentry's ARIA Award nomination in the "Best Urban Album" category was announced.
Appearances
Sentry appears on the following songs: "Phenomenon" by Grey Ghost, "Lazy" by Forthwrite (Pez & 360), "The Light" by Pez, "Our Song" and "Nice Guys Finish Last" by Horrorshow, "Closer" by 360 and "Put Your Dollar Up" by K21 & Trials, and "Reservoir Dogs" by Bliss n Eso (with 360, Pez and Drapht). He also makes an appearance in the music video for "The Festival Song" by Pez, in which he is lighting a "joint".
Personal life
Marton grew up in Sorrento, a small coastal town in Victoria. His stage name was inspired by the Marvel comic book superhero, Sentry. He is an avid gamer, sometimes referencing video games in his songs and posting YouTube videos in which he answers fan questions while playing video games.