Soulful Spider
Producer. Turning dusty records and stray sounds into beats.
Read the story →Plays Through
Light Hairlines, Plays Through
Warm, widescreen instrumental hip-hop. Beats and fragments pulled from a vast archive: soulful loops, dusty breaks, vocal samples and live instruments. In the vein of RJD2 and AIM.
“Light hairlines, plays through” is how record sellers grade a used record. Faint surface marks, no skips.
The player appears here the moment the album is live.
North London,
by way of Brighton
Soulful Spider is producer Daniel Moross: North London born and bred, turning dusty records and stray sounds into beats.
It began with a teenage band, then a Fostex four-track in his bedroom, where he tinkered with sounds and samples and made lo-fi loops and beats from his dad’s CD collection.
At university in Brighton he met producers, MCs and DJs who got him DJing at house parties, student nights and clubs. That scene produced Infinite Potential: Soulful Spider and Kojak, with frontmen Amber MC and Dizraeli. They released two EPs on Catskills Records to acclaim in the UK hip-hop scene, with rave reviews, radio play and live bookings at UK venues. Later they formed the IP Band with lead vocals from LeaLea Jones, performing at Ronnie Scott’s and recording for BBC Introducing at Maida Vale Studios.
He has since produced on every album in Canadian rapper Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide series. The Rap Guide to Consciousness played off-Broadway at New York’s Soho Playhouse.
The new album, Light Hairlines, Plays Through, is his first solo release.
Who he’s worked with →Three partnerships
that shaped the sound
From Brighton house parties to an off-Broadway run, most of it made with other people.
Infinite Potential
Soulful Spider and Kojak, with Amber MC and Dizraeli out front. Two EPs on Catskills Records, radio play and live dates across the UK.
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LeaLea Jones & the IP Band
IP as a live band with LeaLea Jones on lead vocals. Ronnie Scott’s, the Jazz Cafe and a BBC Introducing session at Maida Vale.
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Baba Brinkman
Production across the Rap Guide series, from Evolution to Consciousness, which played off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse.
Read the story →What people say
A tight EP heavily recalling the old school vibe of Black Sheep, but with progressing contemporary technique.
About half the tracks here are instrumentals where Kojak is unleashed on a variety of these samples over Spider’s memorable beats.
One of the most exciting and original teams to emerge from the steadily growing Hip-Hop scene in the UK.
The subdued shindig ‘La Entrada’ shows off some Latin-themed footwork and the title track gets deeper in thought.
Like listening to a cross between Shakespeare and Mike Skinner… a joyful experience.
High-octane lyrical content… a cerebral, savvy production that explores our modern social contract with vivacity and zeal.
The story
in six key moments
The short version. Every release, video, review and photo is on the full timeline.
Full timeline →- A12004As The Record RevolvesInfinite Potential. Catskills Records, CATP004.
- A22005Open Up Your MindThe second Infinite Potential EP, with Dizraeli.
- A32008The Rebel CellEdinburgh Fringe. Produced with Tom Caruana and Mr. Simmonds.
- A42010BBC Introducing, Maida ValeLeaLea Jones records ‘Cake’ with the IP Band.
- B12014–19The Rap Guide seriesBaba Brinkman: Wilderness, Religion, Climate Chaos, Consciousness.
- B22026Light Hairlines, Plays ThroughThe first solo album.
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