Sach O » Passion of the Weiss

Jan
11

Son Raw: Beatfighter steps into the arena

Son Raw is the message, the medium, the content and the platform. The first thing you learn in a 100 level communications class is that the medium is the message, or at least that’s what we learn in Canada. We’re very proud of Marshal McLuhan. You see, he was a theorist who…ok I’ll stop before… Continue reading »

Jan
10

Son Raw: Pinch emerges from the shadows

Yo Dawg, Son Raw heard you like mixes so he found a new mix to promote that new mix. In a year where electronic music enthusiasts had to deal with the ignorant and near-pedophilic youth-obsessions of bloated, aging leeches that pass as “music journalists,” watching them desperately try to save their vanishing print-media careers by… Continue reading »

Jan
04

Sach O: +Bongiovanni+ – The Boy is Mine (Juke Bootleg)

Sach O is a fan of The Booty Bakery It’s very hard to impress me with chopped up R&B vocals in 2012 and yet, here we are. I have to admit I was skeptical: 90s R&B is trendy, Juke is trendy and the name +Bongiovanni+ lands closer to a designer Kanye would name-drop than I… Continue reading »

Jan
02

Sach O: On Skream, Dubstep and 2012

Sach O would like to shout out Dan Love and Zilla Rocca for that epic New Year’s Eve. Aaaaannnddd we’re back, I think. New Year’s Eve was truly excessive and so your friendly neighborhood Passion of the Weiss staff are still shaking off the cobwebs. Seriously, had the word “epic” not been appropriated by PBR… Continue reading »

Dec
27

Sach O: Who da Coldest NYE – The Promo Video

Sach O is the East Coast promoter man. Flyer on the sidebar aside, I haven’t been promoting Who Da Coldest NYE too hard on this site. This is out of respect for Jeff Weiss’ baby but mostly because studies show that none of you guys both live in Montreal AND come out to raves. And… Continue reading »

Dec
15

Sach O: Throwing Snow – Too Polite

Sach OoooOOOooOO is forming a darkwave band. We’ve already handed in our year-end ballots so I’m calling it: first great single of the 2012 musical year. Opening with a Blockhead/DJ Shadow style psych-folk sample before a crunching guitar breakdown (!!!) leads into a Jungle-Juke workout, this is some Heart of Darkness voodoo shit right here.… Continue reading »

Dec
03

Sach O – Hessle Audio vs 502 on Rinse FM

Sach O‘s alternate post title: Ramadanman vs. Oneman – FITE! We interrupt your weekend and my endless march through the depths of academia to bring you this all-vinyl set from some of London’s finest. While I occasionally gripe about how gentrified and blog friendly London Bass music has become (irony noted), Hessle Audio have long… Continue reading »

Dec
02

Sach O: Coki doesn’t get it Twisted

Sach O wants to smack the Grammy nomination committee till they stop nominating. And breathing. Legendary DMZ producer Coki’s predicament reminds me of Raekwon’s late 90s situation: what do you do when an entire musical Universe bites your style and proceeds to miss the point entirely? As the innovator behind Dubstep’s wobbling bass lines, Coki… Continue reading »

Dec
01

Sach O: Zomby’s Labyrinth

Sach O kinda wishes this track had a Bowie sample. Zomby’s a weird dude. Unseen but always tweeting, dedicated to the future but still holding a torch for old school rave, constantly in demand but only occasionally making gigs. When he’s not busy chastising American reviewers for their take on British music, he’s reblogging chopped… Continue reading »

Nov
29

Sach O: Vilify Steps Up.

Sach O is going to grab a couple of tunes off of this one. Photo by Thorium Photography. Anyone can mix a couple of MP3s and call themselves a DJ this foul era – you find the hyped up genre of the day, jump on, have your lil’ 15 minutes and then you’re out the… Continue reading »