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| The Council: Streets of Jamaica | June 16, 2020 |
Son Raw takes a look at the Jamaican rap crew's newest project.
Ahead of their sure to be titanic Instagram Live battle, Son Raw weighs the rap chart heavyweights' two 2000 releases against each other.
| 20/20 Vision: Quasimoto – The Unseen | May 5, 2020 |
Continuing Son Raw’s look back at 12 of the most interesting and impactful albums of the year 2000. The April edition was slightly late because… pandemic.
Son Raw speaks to the London DJ/producer duo about technique, their label Keysound, and the online community of More Cowbell.
| 2020 Vision: Bad Company – Inside the Machine | March 26, 2020 |
Next up in Son Raw's series on albums from 2000 is the influential album from the UK drum & bass group.
| Conducta’s Kiwi Sound is a Ray of Sunshine in Cloudy Times | March 11, 2020 |
Son Raw finds the perfect antidote for the relative decline in UK Garage music.
| 20/20 Vision: Radiohead — Kid A | February 25, 2020 |
Son Raw comes not to praise rock but to bury it -- in part 2 of a 12-part series of the music that shaped the year 2000.
| 20/20 Vision: Three 6 Mafia — When the Smoke Clears | January 17, 2020 |
The first in a new series, Sach O revisits the Memphis rap legends' 2000 LP.
| Gun Metal and Black Sands: Nomad Carlos’ Blvxk Desert EP | December 3, 2019 |
Son Raw throws darts about the Kingston-born MC's newest release.
| Five Steez and J-Zen’s Pantone EP | October 9, 2019 |
From Jamaica to France, a musical bond forms. Sach O explores.
