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| Coyote’s Kings II: the producers speak | January 6, 2015 |
Son Raw speaks to Coyote Records about their latest compilation, and the inspirations behind their tracks.
| Son Raw’s 2014 Grime-related wrap up | December 29, 2014 |
As 2014 comes a close, Son Raw wanted to reflect on the past 365 days of music he's covered here.
| Gage & Kevin JZ Prodigy: next level chaos | December 23, 2014 |
UK producer Gage and Philly Ballroom commentator Kevin JZ Prodigy come together to craft organized noise.
| Tis the season: Son Raw Holiday mix | December 19, 2014 |
Son Raw's latest mix featuring unreleased Grime Dubplates, White labels and some of his own production
| JT The Goon and Murlo end the year off in style | December 12, 2014 |
JT the Goon and Murlo are Starsky and Hutch, except English. And they're not cops. And they produce music. Basically the only thing these two duos have in common is the cool factor, but I think that's enough to warrant the comparison nonetheless.
| Passion of the Weiss Mix XV: OH91 | December 11, 2014 |
The next installment in our mix series comes straight outta Bristol, a city with both a long musical history (I'll spare you the rehash) and a vital role in contemporary Grime. OH91 is a certified badman producer with riddims blending the raw and aggressive side of classic Grime to contemporary Hip-Hop 808 booms and hi hat rolls - a combination that keeps things current without gussying up the proceedings.
| Manchester’s Levelz are very High | December 9, 2014 |
Protip: if you want to peak my curiosity, you could do far worse than describing yourself as 'Wutang, meets Happy Mondays in the 21st Century' while bragging about handing melons out a stretch hummer during your press engagements.
| K9 bares fangs and emotion, on Mad in the Cut | December 5, 2014 |
K9's Mad in the Cut is dark, raw and angry. Fans of hardcore rap should pay attention.
| Passion of the Weiss Mix XIV: Sounds of Riz La Teef | December 2, 2014 |
A new mix by South London's Riz La Teef with exclusives from Gundam, JT the Goon, Grandmixxer and more.
Son Raw speaks to the man behind Grime's most emotional album yet about growing up in Catford and moving forward as a musician
