Siah aka Spyderman aka Scofield, real name Siah Tobechi Abeng was born on the 21st of November 1987 in hackney east London UK.
Spyder is a hugely talented artist, lyricist, poet, mc, songwriter and singer who has been writing, recording, producing and performing music from the age of 13. He grew up in and around a musical environment; His mother who is a school teacher was a huge roots and reggae lover and would play her music loudly. Education and African culture was very important in his family growing up and listening to the likes of Bob Marley, Buju Banton, The Abyssinians, Sizzla gave him inspiration at an early age. His father was also a talented musician and poet whos influence can be found in Spyder’s music.
being around during the house and garage era caused him to get involved in MCing and DJing as hobby whist in school. His older brother bought him his first recording mic and studio equipment after realising his talent, this quickly became a love. writing recording, producing and engineering was now a necessity and a way of life for Spyder who has never looked back to this day.
Listening to Pirate radio was a daily thing, with stations like Mystic 98.1, Déjà v 92.3, Raw Mission 90.0, Rinse Fm103.2, Heat Fm 96,6 and Flava 87.6 being amongst the few that shaped the way Spyder would approach music. This was because these stations were some of the first to play the modern grime music sound that you hear today. It wasn’t long before spyder began appearing on these radio stations with a crew going by the name genesis crew. Which consisted of his brother, a group close friends from school and also other talented mc’s from the local area. In this time Spyder had many mentors one of them being Babysham of the Tu Tuff crew who introduced him to many familiar figures in the scene.
It wasn’t until the age of 16 that Spyder began loving and listening to other music such as hip hop, indie rock, soul, blues, jazz to name a few. Listening to a wide range of genres enabled spyder to become the multitalented artist that you year today bringing and combining different sounds from all genres and cultures and applying it to his music
Today Spyderman has releaced 5 cds. “BIG ON THE ROAD LIKE” BUS (2006), “32 BARS FAMZ” (2008) 32 Bars Famz is the 2 man group with fellow team member ‘jungle’. “DISPARATE – MOTIVES &THOUGHTS” (2009) the “THE SCOFIELD PROJECT” (2010) and the latest being “THE 7 DAY THEORY” (2010) THE FIRST IN THE SERIES. (see music)
Siah is currently excited to be working on his album “pressure makes diamond” set for release later this year (2011)
“Music is my love, music is a passion, music is my expression of self, music is my strength, music is a story, music is emotion, music is a duty, music is powerful and music is dangerous if used wrongly. Music is life, music is my life” (Siah Tobechi Abeng)
