The music of Mr. Sosa is going deep. And it’s soft, yes — but not in a fragile way. More like a tide. Quietly pulling you under until you forget where you started. “I like music that hits you hard in any way,” he tells us, reflecting on the emotional undercurrent that runs through his debut album Undetected Plagiarism.
Growing up in the UK, Mr Sosa’s first musical loves weren’t electronic at all. He collected old hip hop tapes and rock records, sampling them on an MPC, and learning the rhythm of raw sound before ever setting foot in a club. But when the lo-fi house movement exploded around 2016, something clicked. “It was the perfect fusion of hip hop and dance music,” he says. “I loved it so much I decided to have a crack at production and never looked back.”
That instinct — to create without overthinking — remains at the core of his work. With Undetected Plagiarism, Mr Sosa allows genre to melt away, letting ambient, garage, acid, and breakbeat flow into each other without interruption. “I just sat back and let it all come together as one,” he explains. “It felt right to create an album out of it — to tell the story and showcase the variety of sounds.”
In our interview, we speak about growing up between genres, the need for silence, and how his measure of success has changed over time. It’s not about mastering the process, but about trusting it — and knowing when to let go.
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I’ve just started listening to your debut album “Undetected Plagiarism” and I have to say — it’s stunning. Deep, melancholic, and full of emotional layers. It really feels like a jewel of a record. I’m curious: what first pulled you into the world of electronic music?
My younger years were spent listening to hip hop, rock and metal. I’d be buying old hip hop vinyls and tapes and one year my nan bought me a turntable just to mess around on. Then I bought an MPC for some reason just to chop and sample these records and make some pretty janky boom bap beats. I got some pioneer decks when I started going to house parties just messing around with my friends and it went from hip hop to house music but never thought about producing anything until the lofi house scene exploded around 2016/17. To me it was the perfect fusion of hip hop and dance music and I loved it so much I decided to have a crack at production and never looked back. I was addicted to synths and sampling from then on.
You said this is the first time your sound really came together. Why did now feel like the right time to make a full album?
I’d go through phases of what I like to produce. One week I’d be making housey stuff then UKG etc the next and kind of just kept changing the style of music I was making. It did make me feel like my music was a little miss matched as a collective. But I think for the album and more recent times I’ve almost completed all the production styles of what I’m into, to the point where I just sat back and let it all come together as one. It felt right to create an album out of it to tell the story and showcase the verity of sounds. Although I’d probably need 3 albums worth to do that properly. (laughs)
“Most of my music is pretty deep… I like music that hits you hard in any way. It’s all really subconscious and natural — so I guess I do have quite a deep personality.”
I really like how you blend different genres on the album, but there’s still a clear thread running through all the tracks. Do you feel like the album reflects your personality in some way — maybe a deeper side of you? (smiles)
For sure! Looking back, most of my music is pretty deep, I like music that hits you hard in any way. Probably need to make a conscious effort not to go too dark with it these days but I think my roots in listening to rock, nu metal and hip hop always come through when it comes to melodies and bass lines. But yeah it’s all really sub conscious and natural what comes out so I guess I do have quite a deep personality.
If someone could only listen to one track from Undetected Plagiarism to understand you as an artist — which one would it be, and why?
I’d probably say Sometimez but that’s a really tough choice due to the need for a whole album haha. Sometimez has everything you’d probably need to understand me as an artist. When it comes to structuring, textures, vocal chops, sound design and drum patterns. It’s a bit of UKG, reggaeton and house. Really love how it turned out and feels very natural to me as an artist.
What’s your relationship like with silence? Do you need it in order to create for example?
Ooof good question. Yes, my mind moves at 100mph, especially when being creative so I get distracted easily. If there’s stuff going on around me I can’t lock in to a production rabbit hole. I still like doing studio sessions with other artists and I’ve made some great tracks like that but it’s just not the same as me on my own in the studio producing one song for like 12 hours straight. Some really crazy things happen that way that I couldn’t reach if I didn’t have silence.
“Success to me would be being able to keep doing what I love without compromising… to travel, meet fans, and for my music to reach as many people as possible.”
What does success look like for you right now — and has that vision changed since you first started making music?
I think success looks different for everyone depending on how easy their journey in this industry has been, how it started or how it’s going. I was never going into this industry for financial gain or even for a career so success to me originally was 1000 plays on SoundCloud or just people digging my music on YouTube comments. Since I now have a full time career in it and learned all the struggles, it’s definitely changed and I think now success to me would be being able to keep doing what I love without compromising, being able to travel, meet fans and for my music to reach as many people that would enjoy it as possible.
The most important thing in life is?
Freedom, having a good group of family and friends and just enjoying life in general as you only get one crack at it!
Thank you so much for your time! Thanks for having me!
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