May
23

Son Raw: Wiley – It’s All Fun and Games till…

Son Raw was doing this when you were in a diaper-per. When it comes to Wiley, who the hell knows? It’s fitting for a genre as weird and self-destructive as Grime that its Godfather and head cheerleader come off as a cross between Nas, Lil Wayne, Lee Perry and The Neptunes and Wiley’s evasiveness and… Continue reading »

May
21

Son Raw’s Top 3 Grime Dubplates

Son Raw would like to invite the producers of the following tunes to send him promotional copies. Dubplates. Originally a term referring to the actual physical acetates of unreleased material cut by Jamaican sound system DJs seeking an edge over their competitors, the meaning of the word had shifted in the digital era to mean… Continue reading »

May
18

Son Raw: The evolution of Swindle.

Son Raw is electric sliding to this one. “But is it Grime?” That question seems to be popping up with increasing frequency as the London based mutation of Garage and Hip-Hop nears its 10 year milestone. Whether it’s the rise of “road rap” explicitly rejecting dance music as a reference point or major label pop… Continue reading »

May
16

Son Raw: Stinkahbell, Psy-Am and P-Money think they’re hot…poo.

Son Raw thinks this song could use a better title, but what’cha gonna do. Dubstep no longer wobbles, it pummels the listener with a sheer wall of morphing subfrequencies heavy enough to split the atom and modify the listener’s molecular structure. Or maybe that’s the drugs, or the plot of a summer blockbuster – either… Continue reading »

Apr
30

Son Raw: Danny Brown – Blueberry (Pills & Cocaine)

Son Raw just punched an old lady while listening to this. In which my favorite active rapper spits bars over my favorite style of production. After months of casually referencing his love of Grime, Danny Brown finally delivers his outstanding collaboration with UK producer Darq E. Freaker, splitting the difference between Crunk-style ignorance and London… Continue reading »

Apr
11

Son Raw: Flow Dan says nothing

Son Raw comes from a distopian future You might remember Flow Dan’s booming baritone from The Bug’s best tracks and if you don’t, you should probably check out London Zoo – AKA the only album that can give Funcrusher Plus a run for it’s money when it comes to distopian cityscapes. The Roll Deep member’s… Continue reading »

Apr
10

Son Raw: Plastician stays Hard Kore

Son Raw can’t breathe The economics of dance music don’t favor production. Why spend hours upon hours crafting tracks that will be instantly bootlegged on dodgy Russian forums when you could be touring the world stacking that show money? The wise DJ keeps his tunes exclusive: keeping your arsenal close to your chest ensures that… Continue reading »

Mar
30

Son Raw: Mr. Mitch searches for Venus

Son Raw‘s looking at the night sky. Mr. Mitch is another Grime producer who’s been putting massive amounts of work which is now coming to fruition. His Beatfighter blog has rapidly become a must-see destination for DJs looking for new talent while his most recent single “The Last Stand”  is a thunderous production that takes… Continue reading »

Mar
27

Son Raw: Royal-T – Live at Butterz 2nd B-Day

Most of them wait for the drop, Son Raw starts straight from the top. Royal-T will probably drop my favorite album this year and in the specialist world of wot-you-call it UK mutations, it may just very well be the best. While the Grime underground is experiencing a renaissance all-around with producers like Faze Miyake… Continue reading »

Mar
13

Son Raw Live @ Low End Theory (Mix)

Son Raw still can’t believe he actually did this. Low End Theory is certainly the most unique show I’ve ever played. Coming from a Montreal rave scene that values dancing, partying and a certain sense of wild abandon, playing in front of a head nodding future Hip-Hop crowd was interesting to say the least. Going… Continue reading »

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