CLANN

About

The artist

CLANN is the music project of Montréal composer, filmmaker, and visual artist Seb McKinnon. McKinnon developed the project alongside KIN Fables, a multimedia world created with his brother Benjamin McKinnon that connects original films, illustration, narrative, and music. The album KIN Fables gathered music associated with the early short films and introduced a sound built from ambient electronics, cinematic orchestration, restrained beats, violin, and voice. Seelie expanded that language in 2017 through pieces including Caves, I Hold You, The Stolen Child, and The Faerie Court, with recurring contributions from vocalist Charlotte Loseth, also known as Sea Oleena, and violinist Chloé Picard. McKinnon directs, composes, performs, and produces under the CLANN name while working with collaborators as the material requires. The 2023 single Arise continued the project after its two principal albums, and artist-controlled platforms still list new and archival music. CLANN also remains active in the public music-rights sphere: in 2026 McKinnon resolved a licensing dispute involving the use of The Return during an Olympic figure-skating performance. Current artist-controlled Bandcamp metadata identifies CLANN with Montréal, Quebec, and Billboard Canada independently described McKinnon as a Montreal-based artist in its coverage of that event. Those sources provide current city, province, identity, and activity evidence for publication.