Son Raw is Passion of the Weiss’ resident expert in Urban Electronic sounds, which means that he specializes in music with a lot of air horns, gun shots, broken beats and laser sounds. Having written about Hip-Hop, Rare Groove, Bass Music and Grime and having DJ’ed everywhere from Los Angeles’ Low End Theory to Paris’ Rinse France and London’s NTSLive – we figure he knows what he’s talking about.
When asked to describe his musical philosophy he mumbled something about musical viruses and “searching for the next fix" before concluding that sunshine does indeed play a major part in the daytime.
12 1/2 songs that influenced Son Raw
1. Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M
2. Portishead – Sour Times
3. Skream – Midnight Request Line
4. Ruff Sqwad – Future
5. MF DOOM – Dead Bent
6. The Bug – Skeng
7. The Diplomats – DJ Enuff Freestyle
8. Wiley – It’s Wiley (Royal-T Remix)
9. Nas – Project Window (Original Version)
10. DJ Rashad ft DJ Spinn – Drank Kush Barz
11. Logos – Ex101
12. Freddie McGregor – Tomorrow is like Today
13. The second half of Erykah Badu’s Master Teacher
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Currently Listening:
Mumdance & Logos - Proto
D'Angelo - Black Messiah
Mr Mitch - Parallel Memories
Coyote Records - Coyote Kings II
Rick Ross - Hood Billionaire
Yamaneko - Pixel Wave Embrace
Lil Herb - Pistol P
Wayne Shorter - See No Evil
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Son Raw - Conscious Wave Mix
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Currently Watching:
The Imitation Game
Blade Runner
Guardians of the Galaxy
Adventure Time
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Currently Reading:
Brian Coleman - Check the Technique II| Son Raw’s October Instrumental Grime Wrap | October 30, 2015 |
Ziro, Hi5 Ghost, Jook, It's Foundation, Geng Grizzly, and White Peach records.
| Son Raw Vocal Wrap-Up: October Edition | October 21, 2015 |
Novelist, YGG, President T, Maxsta prod. by Maniac, DJ Cable ft. Mez, and JME bring the fire this month.
| Testimony: L.A.’s Letta Will Hold You Down in Cold Weather | October 14, 2015 |
South London's Coyote Records not only gets on the board with a proper release, but also helps bend grime's geographical constructs.
| “I Just Made Music That Was Honest”: An interview with Swindle | October 9, 2015 |
Son Raw talks with Swindle about getting schooled by his father, why he doesn't worry about genre, and recording every chance he got on tour.
| Premiere: Mo Kolours mo’ vibes with “Foundation” | October 7, 2015 |
The album, 'Texture Like Sun', is out October 30th via One-Handed Music
| Every Base Covered: An interview with Local Action’s Tom Lea | October 5, 2015 |
Son Raw talks with Tom Lea about turning his record picks into a label, his thoughts on release schedules, and what getting verified on Twitter can do for your business.
| Grime Wrap Up: September | September 30, 2015 |
Royal T's "Shotta" gets remixed, Finn's at the door, Rabit provides a proper John Carpenter tribute, and more.
| Teklife, Hyperdub and moving FWD | September 25, 2015 |
The latest from Kode9, DJ Spinn, and DJ Taye.
| Son Raw’s September Vocal Grime Wrap-Up | September 14, 2015 |
Weighing in on Novelist's recent departure from The Square, and the best tracks in vocal grime from the past few weeks
| Just A Lil Bit: DJJ Knows That Summer is a State of Mind | September 10, 2015 |
French House in a theme park, thanks to DJJ and Crazylegs
