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| Druid Cloak as “Cryptosystem I” Chills and Soothes with His New Project “Mortalscapes” | February 25, 2015 |
A surprising slice of meditative texture from the Bancamp files
| The Wrath of Kahn, Neek and Gorgon Sound | February 13, 2015 |
Kahn and his partner in crime Neek have unleashed a torrent of tracks operating in hyper-specific genre confines, thriving in the process. While both producers have released free-form material as part of the Young Echo collective, their Roots, Dancehall, Dubstep and Grime tracks under their principal aliases and as Gorgon Sound stand as some of the strongest sound system music in recent memory.
| Girl Unit is in Hysterics | February 6, 2015 |
As far as second acts go, Girl Unit's re-invention as Hysterics sets the gold standard for producer seeking to shed their old sounds without losing what made their music so special.
| This month in Spooky | February 2, 2015 |
Son Raw is spooky white. No seriously, he’s translucent. And he’ll be gone to some islands to catch some sun by the time this post is live. Spooky deserves an award for being Spooky. He doesn’t release albums full of ambient explorations, or drop music inciting writers to pen corny think pieces but he’s on pirate […]
| Tee Vish & Jenna G don’t hold back | January 27, 2015 |
Tee Vish and Jenna G's Don't hold back helps Son Raw deal with the frost.
| It’s a Cold World: The Gaslamp Killer Burns Down IglooFest | January 21, 2015 |
After seeing his set at Montreal's IglooFest, Son Raw pays tribute to the Low End Theory detonator.
| 2015: Year of the Novelist | January 20, 2015 |
2015 is Novelist's to lose. He's got top producers in his corner, the game's biggest independent labels backing him and a flow accessible to a generation that's more Piratebay than Pirate Radio. No pressure.
Son Raw talks to Melbourne's Air Max '97, repping the Tropical Waste Crew, synthesizing club and bass in singular ways.
| Butterz connects past, present and future | January 15, 2015 |
Butterz' latest Scars EP feels particularly significant, since it positions the imprint as a connector between the old school and new.
| Passion of the Weiss Mix XVI: College Hill | January 12, 2015 |
This week's mix comes from Maryland's College Hill, and t's a definite treat for fans of Afrofuturism and forward thinking electronic music in general.
