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| Muggs in the Trap: bow bow bow BOW edition. | October 12, 2012 |
Son Raw wrote TWOOOOOOOO POSSSSSSTTTTSSSS. Speaking of the apocalypse and 808 workouts, this unexpected video by DJ Muggs finds the Cypress Hill producer looking like the rap game Machette while soundtracking a bizarro world version of million dollar baby where Hillary Swank is a trap-a-holic. On one hand, it’s utterly bizarre to see one of […]
| Joker: Dubstep Road Warrior | October 12, 2012 |
Son Raw is draped in mauve. Motorbikes? Check. Angry robots set to buzzsaw synths? Check. The color purple? Check. Sci-fi apocalypticism and funky futurism? Double check. Joker’s latest video meets all of the basic aesthetic requirements for a Mad Max reboot while keeping true to the Bristolian’s own analog-powered vision of life after a GOP […]
| Danny Brown vs. The Juggalos vs. Purity Ring vs. Trap | October 10, 2012 |
Son Raw is bringing back crunk. Danny Brown is perhaps the only person on earth who could release a collabo with a pair of living, breathing, American Apparel manikins AND a video detailing his trip to the Gathering of the Juggalos within the same 24 hour period. While I’m more disturbed by the former (at […]
| Jay5 mixes Deep Medi | October 9, 2012 |
Son Raw might start a petition. Or he might smoke something. Either or. Rinse FM is known for a tough-love approach to programming, mercilessly updating its roster to reflect current trends and musical styles. That’s all good, but the losing the Anti-Social show a few months back hurt my soul. Why Rinse? Was there no […]
| Hesk & Paveun React | October 8, 2012 |
Son Raw strongly identifies with this video. The underground music media does an absolutely horrible job of representing Montreal to the outside world. Whether it’s promoting hirsute and impish non-factors or confusing acts at hi-concept techno-tourist festivals* for stuff that gets played here on a regular basis, any coverage this city receives promotes a distorted […]
| Faze Miyake & Family Tree on Rinse.FM | October 3, 2012 |
Son Raw ain’t fazed. Faze Miyake plays the music we want to hear. So said Merky Ace on last week’s live Rinse session, and I know better than to argue with a man with “merk” in his name. For those unfamiliar with Faze, he produced last year’s Grime anthem Face Off, later used for the […]
| The Saturday morning swing of T-Williams | September 29, 2012 |
Son Raw would like to advise you that this video is vaguely NSFW As Jeff mentioned in his Fort Romeau post, House isn’t our forte around here: too fast, too close to disco and whether the fist-pumping or elitist varieties, you get the sense that Hip-Hop stoners such as us just don’t belong to the […]
| Grime Roundup: Album edition | September 27, 2012 |
Oh you know Son Raw wasn’t going to let these slip, right? Repeat after me: Grime is not an album genre. While the most dedicated fans might disagree, the general consensus about Grime is that it’s heyday was an era of pirate broadcasts and 12 inch singles, completely divorced from the album medium. Even mixtapes […]
| Trim & James Blake get a confidence boost | September 24, 2012 |
Son Raw doesn’t pose for no one. Maybe Brent Rollins. There’s no politically correct way of saying that James Blake’s music is infinitely better when he works with black voices so fuck political correctness. While a few twee outlets went nuts over his LP last year, almost everyone previously familiar with his work found it […]
| The History of Rinse.FM | September 24, 2012 |
Son Raw bombs the system The history of London’s urban pirate radio is still murky and half-told with details only beginning to trickle out now that the format has mostly migrated to legal online locations. For those of us on North-American shores who’ve grown up in the hyper-commercialized Clear Channel era, there’s still something unbelievable […]
