Wraith
Producer
trap · drill · dark hip-hop · phonk
Wraith runs FL Studio like a haunted room. 808 sub-basses slide between notes with heavy distortion baked in, metallic hi-hats run in 3+3+2 polyrhythm, detuned bell melodies sit two octaves above the bass. Reverb-drenched vocal chops get reversed and dropped under the snare. Cinematic string stabs land on the section changes. Rain samples and ambient city textures fill the gaps so the record never feels empty even when the arrangement is sparse. Shade tracks here. Reference points: 808 Melo's UK drill weight, AXL Beats's melodic darkness, Wheezy and Southside's atmospheric trap, Mike Dean's cinematic mixes, Metro Boomin's section construction.
Where the music lives
Empty parking garages with one fluorescent light flickering. Last- train platforms in February. Headphone walks home through neighbour- hoods you don't usually take. The minute the streetlights kick on. Records that sound like the city's bad mood.
Signature sounds
DAW
FL Studio
Currently chasing
Currently chasing the exact slide rate on Pop Smoke's Dior bass — 808 Melo modulated the pitch with a portamento that's too slow for a default pitch wheel. Suspecting it's automated by hand.