Sean Bw Parker (born 19 May 1975) is a writer, musician, artist and label manager. With the bands Scorpio Rising, Arch Inch, SPB, also solo and through his collaborations with experimental musician Ettuspadix, Parker has released six albums and numerous others on his Seraglio Point Productions label, including those by Mikey Georgeson (The Vessel from David Devant and His Spirit Wife), The Steve Dior Band and Metamono. He lived in Istanbul for ten years until 2014. Parker is also a prolific writer, having published two books and with work appearing in Cosmopolitan, Time Out, NME online, USA Today, Multicultural Guide, Louder Than War and regularly for Getintothis. He has made over 150 stage performances, appeared in 5 short films and radio and television a number of times. He has performed with Ed Harcourt, The Membranes and Turkish art rock band Replikas, as well as at a number of Turkish festivals. A stammerer himself, Parker presented a TED talk at Istanbul's Kadir Has University titled 'Stammering and Creativity', one of the most watched internet videos on the subject.
