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| A$AP Rocky’s purple kisses | August 14, 2012 |
Son Raw’s sippin pepto bismol. Also that video’s got drugs and titties so NSFW. Biggie, Jay-Z or Nas? These days the discussion around these parts goes Kendrick, Danny or Rocky… with Bam Bam Bronson and Freddy Gibbs getting nods for good measure. While there’s still plenty of scrubs getting media attention (save Nicky and Azealia […]
| Fact Mix: DJ Q | August 13, 2012 |
Son Raw’s into the underground. The valley? Not so much. The mighty Fact magazine comes through this week with a particularly strong mix courtesy of Sheffield Bassline don DJ Q. This one’s unabashedly oriented towards the floor so if you like your music slow and low or made for bedroom listening, fall back and start […]
| New Hyperdub videos from Morgan Zarate & LV | August 10, 2012 |
Son Raw is playing some tunes at Off The Hook Clothing in Montreal right now. Come pay him a visit. Hyperdub’s output has been so unpredictable over the past couple of years that this video from Morgan Zarate feels almost as surprising as a Laurel Halo album. I mean, DUBSTEP? On Hyperdub? You must be […]
| 5 Million Rewinds: The Heatwave celebrate Jamaica’s 50th | August 8, 2012 |
Son Raw lick 50 shots. There’s a strong argument to be made that from the early 70’s on, every form of music I love and enjoy is directly or indirectly the result of Jamaican ideas and musicianship. Throw in an amazing run of 60s Ska, Rocksteady and Roots and it’s apparent that this tiny island […]
| Premiere: Hesk X Thomas White – Lullaby | August 7, 2012 |
Son Raw has climbed mountains but owns no electric guitars. Lots of interesting things happening on the margins in Montreal. A few months ago the Dubstep crowds and Bass-House kids couldn’t have been further apart musically, the former insisting on heavy-octane riffs and the later on a mix of 4×4 thumps and 10 year old […]
| Domo Genesis X Alchemist have No Idols | August 6, 2012 |
Son Raw quit smoking. No for real. Domo Genesis carries weed but he’s no weed carrier. That’s the mission statement behind No Idols, the first Odd Future release created entirely with an outside producer and Domo’s calling card to a wider rap world still unsure of where OF fit in. It’s a smart move, Rolling […]
| Slackk – Blue Sleet | August 3, 2012 |
Son Raw is a replicant. I’ve been meaning to post this video for Slackk’s frostbite inducing Grime anthem for a minute now but droughts and heatwaves aren’t conductive to this sort of thing. His recent Clash-mag mix and interview convinced me however: anyone who writes music while on codeine and who ponders whether or not […]
| R.I.P Bill Doss | August 1, 2012 |
Son Raw totally tripped out to Dusk at Cubist Castle. I’m probably not the man who should be eulogizing Bill Doss considering my generally low view of contemporary rock music; but it’s worth noting that the Elephant 6 era of which Bill Doss was a major part of through his band Olivia Tremor Control was […]
| Jack Sparrow – Good Old Days | July 28, 2012 |
Son Raw is playing Piknic Electronik tomorrow from 2-5 alongside Jacques Green, Lunice and Machinedrum. Fact: you can throw an old scratchy recording of a jazz man speaking over just about any ol’ beat and we’ll post it here on GP. It just feels right. Thankfully, Jack Sparrow’s meditative roller comes with a flawless pedigree […]
| The Soap Dodgers: Strobes | July 27, 2012 |
Son Raw gets trippy, mane. Amidst a generation of pill popping Avicii fans with a hazy understanding of subgenres and a counter-revolution of James Blake lovers who don’t drop the bass so much as gently cradle it to sleep, it’s easy to forget that Dubstep (actual Dubstep) doesn’t have to suck. The difference between the […]
