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
---------------------------
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
---------------------------
Currently Watching:
The Imitation Game
Blade Runner
Guardians of the Galaxy
Adventure Time
---------------------------
Currently Reading:
Brian Coleman - Check the Technique II| Sach O: MTL JUKE | February 14, 2011 |
Sach O would like to invite Chicago producers to send him some Juke tunes as well. I wasn’t able to hit up DJ Rashad’s set last Friday (damn) but my spies report that he was well received though the music apparently bewildered some people out of dancing. That’s how it is with Juke, a music […]
| Son Raw: Skream vs. 112 – Sublemonavailable | February 14, 2011 |
Sach O: What the Game’s Been Missing. Not a fan of Valentine’s day, Mash-Ups or the latter day work of 112 but sometimes you gotta drop one for the ladies. This is an Ableton-recreated mash up of a blend from my set last night which pitted Croydon’s own Ollie Jones vs. Q, Mike, Slim & […]
| Sach O: Adele – In the Deep (Gimme Bass Mix) | February 12, 2011 |
Sach O is rolling in the shallow. Abe Beame’s fearless coverage of Bad Boy’s golden era and Trey Songz’ arthouse predilections frees me to cover more R&B, a development that bodes well for this site’s already robust funk-quotient. My personal affinity for the genre leans towards dance floor remixes, an obvious development but not an […]
| Son Raw: Not just an internet phenomenon | February 10, 2011 |
Sach O: Master of the shameless plug Though the urge to to harness this site’s reach for maximum synergy is strong, I usually refrain from undue self-promotion around here, if only because there’s only so many ways to say “you should really come out and see me mix records!” That said, you really should come […]
| Sach O: Math Rosen – Highway91 | February 9, 2011 |
Sach O can only think of one intro line a day. I have no idea who Ottawa’s Math Rosen is but I like the cut of his jib. I was linked to this tune on Facebook by Montreal’s Living~Stone (whom you’ll hear more about tomorrow) and immediately started rocking to it, before realizing that I […]
| Sach O: Geoff Barrow is ALWAYS right. | February 9, 2011 |
Sach O’s like: WHO TOLD THEM CATS THAT IT’S OKAY??? I think I was fair to James Blake in my album review (not to mention the two other pieces I wrote about him), mostly because I made a point to rate it based on solely on the music rather than any preconceived notions about the […]
| Sach O: Exit Records – Mosaic Vol 1 | February 8, 2011 |
Sach O was too young to go rumble but would have probably really liked Jungle. Chillness is a volatile commodity. After a great run in the 90s, (Trip-Hop! Acid-Jazz! Ambient! Chill-out!) the bottom fell out around 2002 as electro-trash took center stage in a vain attempt to convince the world that everything was ok and […]
| Sach O: Joe Nice, Bob Marley & Sunday Morning Stella | February 6, 2011 |
Sach O shouldn’t mix drinks. Even I who usually abhor the sporting life, am gearing up to watch the big game as soon as I ward off last night’s hangover but at the risk of being contrarian, I’ll avoid posting anything “Black and Yellow” related here lest I incur the wrath of Zeus. Besides, did […]
| Sach O: Raekwon – Rock & Roll | February 2, 2011 |
A Seven Nation Army couldn’t hold Sach O back. I don’t know enough about the crack game to compare, but rap certainly reminds me of the pimp game in that it’s all about confidence. Theoretically, Rae shouldn’t be able to pull a track like this off but he knocks it out the park on momentum […]
| Sach O: ▽NKOWN SHΔPES – If I should Die | January 31, 2011 |
S▽ch 0 is all about weird spelling, mostly because it hides his typos. Anonymity comes standard in the world of electronic music and to me, it’s a major plus. At a time when rappers compete to see who can dress like the bigger douchebag rather than who’s got freshest rhymes, it’s a relief to hear […]
