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| Every move is a total u-turn: a conversation about Crazylegs | November 27, 2014 |
An interview with the man behind one of Bristol's hottest new labels.
| Keysound’s Certified Connections: the producers speak | November 24, 2014 |
We speak to 14 of London's finest about what inspires their music
| Blackdown on sampling, Croydon, and Big Narstie | November 24, 2014 |
Blackdown on Big Narstie
| Swing Ting step out the Club | November 20, 2014 |
anchester's Swing Ting haven't tied itself down to a particular genre of music or sought international attention but they have, by all accounts, thrown some wicked events combining dubwise Bass and the North's longtime love of uptempo dance music - all elements that get Son Raw's seal of approval.
| Son Raw’s November Grime Wrap Up | November 18, 2014 |
Son Raw is bringing back the wrap up in a desperate attempt to catch up on some great music that didn't get posted. He sacrifices his lifestyle so you don't have to.
| Bloom’s Hydraulics: What the f… | November 11, 2014 |
Hindsight being 20-20, Belfast-based producer Bloom's Quartz EP was a major line in the sand for instrumental Grime. The Hydraulics EP, his first release in over a year, pushes his industrial aesthetic to its breaking point.
| Wiley climbs ladders, mostly avoids Snakes on new album | November 10, 2014 |
On Snakes and Lad.ders, Grime’s godfather bats way above average, delivering an album that stays true to the sound he’s created while celebrating its success.
| Rollo Jackson and Slimzee go on Terrible | November 6, 2014 |
Son Raw’s going on not that great On Danny Brown’s extremely entertaining turn on The Champs podcast, he once again reiterated how influential Grime was to his approach. In response, the hosts just couldn’t get their heads around how a guy from Detroit would like some weird shit from across the ocean – it wasn’t what the […]
| Mr Mitch Gets Emotional | November 3, 2014 |
Mr Mitch's Don't Leave EP and forthcoming debut LP Parallel Memories are undoubtedly the most emotional releases out the Boxed camp so far.
| The Astral plane explore Heterotopia | October 31, 2014 |
By connecting the club space to a virtual one, Heterotopia keeps a sharp focus without ever running out of ideas. That’s something anyone invested in dance music should aspire to.
