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
Son Raw is a sorcerer Ben UFO is a wizard. When Hessle Audio artist Bandshell gave a Soundcloud throwaway that title, he found a clever way of saying what everyone already knows: Ben UFO is a very, very good DJ. Combining sounds from the Dubstep Diaspora to more traditional House and Techno in a seamless […]
| Pharell goes Nuclear | January 16, 2013 |
Son Raw is studying hard to get his R&B critic license. We slept on this Destiny’s Child reunion track because hey, it’s a Destiny’s Child reunion track and the proud writers of Passion of the Weiss haven’t listened to nearly enough Brandy album cuts to pass the required R&B-critic approval process and/or care. Besides, if […]
| Live from New York: A Review of A$AP Rocky’s “LongLiveA$AP” | January 14, 2013 |
Son Raw had to come back for this one. Kendrick may have more to say, Danny Brown may have more personality and Action Bronson wins for slick talk, but in the next great rapper sweepstakes, A$AP Rocky came through with the most fully realized sound. Grafting southern-psychedelia to dusty New York samples and Houstonian pimp […]
| Son Raw: The year in MEDI | December 4, 2012 |
Son Raw has no inner peace. Or outter peace for that matter. Quiet as kept, Deep Medi creeped up to become my label of the year singles-wise. That will probably make me an exception to the rule as their tempo of choice is out of fashion amongst the trend-spotters and their groove is too broken, […]
| The Tribal Dread of Beneath’s Illusions | November 30, 2012 |
Son Raw is dreader than dread. Of all of Keysound Records’ qualities, and there are many, perhaps the most notable is the label’s hunger for progression. While artists and labels on both sides of Dubstep’s noise/dance divide have responded to larger audiences by smoothing out their rough edges and generally becoming more accessible, the house […]
| Geng Grizzly on the Sabbath | November 28, 2012 |
Son Raw is Iron Man. I’ve probably, nay, DEFINITELY listened to Master of Reality more times this year than I have any contemporary rock music so I was sold on Geng Grizzly’s chopped and Screwed version of Sabbath from the start. It’s all there in the formula: foundational metal band’s catchiest, hookiest material made even […]
| BLCKHRTS – Goth-Swag | November 14, 2012 |
King Foe “Goth Swag” from BLKHRTS on Vimeo. Son Raw always had a thing for goth chicks. To art rap or not rap? Fuck if I know: I think A$AP Rocky is top 5 spitting right now but you couldn’t pay me to write about LE1F or Dominic Lord. No seriously, no publication that cares […]
| HGLDT reflects on the void | November 13, 2012 |
Son Raw keeps a full fridge. When I last spoke to HGLDT (in the back of a rather smoky car on a deserted Canadian highway for those keeping score), he laid out as concise a mission statement as any for his new record: the tempo’s changed, there’s a few extra drums but what matters to […]
| Butterz brings back the tape pack | November 12, 2012 |
Son Raw is bringing back the 8-track. New York invented the mixtape but London perfected the tape pack: multi-cassette recordings of the best Jungle and Garage raves for those too young attend and those who want to relive the magic. In the days where 12” singles were the medium of the mix, these epic compilations […]
| Lockah brings the hurt | November 9, 2012 |
Son Raw is the Michelangelo of this Trap-Rave shit. Up is down, down is up, clothing labels release more music than record labels and it’s perfectly acceptable to mash together 90s piano house and southern rap drum patterns. As 2012 comes to a close, it’s clear the single best strategy to continue enjoying new music […]
