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| Dark Transmissions: an introduction to Loom | October 30, 2014 |
An interview with Loom about digital distortion, pirate radio, and outside influences, ahead of his Gobstopper Debut.
| Back to 2009 with Silkie, Quest and Antisocial | October 28, 2014 |
We take a look back at Silkie and Antisocial's jazzy Dubstep variations in this vintage live recording from 2009.
| Murlo appears out of the Mist | October 24, 2014 |
There's always been a weird uncanny valley effect to Murlo's music where South and East Asian tonalities and instruments collide to create world music from a country that doesn't really exist.
| Dusk & Blackdown told you so | October 22, 2014 |
Back 2 Go FWD is a victory lap of sorts - a knowing smirk acknowledging that the sounds Dusk & Blackdown are shepherding are once again at the vanguard of the Hardcore Continuum's latest transformation. Far from overpowering the music however, this new-found swagger suits the duo like a glove, resulting in their most physically engaging production yet.
| Music is My Sanctuary and Son Raw present: Classic Grime Riddims | October 21, 2014 |
46 raw beats from the Fruityloops era mixed at high speeds in a pirate radio style.
| R.I.P John Holt | October 20, 2014 |
We pay tribute to reggae legend John Holt
She's Drunk's Physical EP is one of the more interestingly experimental dance releases that's landed in my inbox recently, one that avoids easy classifications and formulas in favor of an open-ended approach to urban music.
| Shriekin’s Orchestration | October 14, 2014 |
Son Raw takes a look at Irish Grime producer Shriekin's debut EP and discovers music that deserves to go far beyond that genre's confines.
| Spinn & Taso Burn that Kush for Rashad | October 9, 2014 |
Today would have been DJ Rashad's Birthday. Hyperdub and Teklife celebrate his life via video
| Moving the Movement: an interview with Slackk | October 9, 2014 |
Son Raw interviews Slackk about coming up in Liverpool, his debut album Palm Tree Fire, and literary track titles.
