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| Saga’s Treachery | April 15, 2015 |
Lost Codes alum Saga drops an EP of dark DJ tools to get the roughest dancers moving. Dark0 and Visionist are on the remixes.
Bangers are out of fashion! Invest in experimental grime!
| Jammz Steps Up with “Hit and Run” | April 6, 2015 |
East London emcee Jammz stands out from the pack of emerging grime youngers with classically-tinged production and uncut bars.
| Son Raw’s March Grime Wrap-up Pt. 2 | March 31, 2015 |
In the immortal words of Ghandi: Fucks with me and my record store bills.
| Son Raw’s March Grime Wrap-Up Pt. 1 | March 17, 2015 |
Son Raw catches up on 2 months of Grime singles. Airhorns not included.
| Passion of the Weiss Mix XVIII – Vilify (Dancehall Special) | March 16, 2015 |
New Dancehall mix by Berlin-Via-Montreal rudegyal Vilify for the Passion of the Weiss mix series. Do the dutty wine to it.
| Introducing Edgem: Nothing less than Hardcore | March 11, 2015 |
Catch Sach in the evening, he got mental 'til dawn
| Skream Presents: 2001-2005 live at XOYO | March 9, 2015 |
Youngsta plays 3 hours of Skream's XOYO residency on his Rinse FM show. Plastician, Coki, Hatcha, Loefah and Benga guest.
| Skepta Shuts it Down | March 6, 2015 |
His latest single is 100% uncut Grime and Son Raw is celebrating
New Bristol-based label Blacklink Sound launches with a free compilation.
