Alex Asher Daniel (born May 14, 1973) is an American contemporary artist and composer. He uses a broad variety of materials including painting, sound installations, photography, drawing and film. A Los Angeles native, he has since lived and worked between London, New York City, and the Bay Area.
As a visual artist Daniel has worked primarily in painting, portraiture, drawing, and collage.[3] Inspired by nature, mysticism and the human form, Daniel's work explores meaning within the unseen space around his subjects and their relationship between the inner and outer world.[4][5][6]
As a portraitist Daniel works specifically from live sittings spending time assessing the aura of the individual subject and incorporating the colors into his work.[7]
As a music producer and composer he has collaborated and worked in various genres including Ambient, Rock, R&B and Electronica and remixed work for artists such as Maxwell, Warpaint, and UNKLE.[13]
Daniel has produced tracks for various members of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics and released his 2021 album Book of Spells on the Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings label. In 2013 he composed the original score and executive produced the Shomari Smith documentary Til Infinity: The Souls of Mischief.[16] The film reflects on the 20-year anniversary of the band Souls of Mischief's debut album 93 'til Infinity and includes over 50 interviews with prominent MCs, DJs, and producers of the era.
In 2021 he released his first full-length album, titled Book of Spells, celebrating the power of nature and the divine feminine featuring an all female line-up of guest musicians. The album includes the single and video "Lover's Prayer" featuring Doris Pearson of the 1980s pop R&B band Five Star[17] and remixes by Stuart Matthewman of Sade, Domino, and Breakbeat Lou. His self-produced remix and video "Dakini" (God's Eye Mix) features Phesto and Tajai of Souls of Mischief, and Sunspot Jonz of Living Legends.
