Son Raw wants to thank Low End Theory for the hospitality. From the outside looking in, Planet Mu impresario Mike Paradinas is carrying Juke on his shoulders, pushing it to a world that perhaps isn’t quite ready for a sound combining minimalist sample flips, high speed dance moves and bewildering rhythms seemingly designed for octopus […]

Son Raw didn’t know it was cool to use the word crystal in regards to music again. This is retromania I can ride by although I can’t really give you a valid reason why beyond the rather subjective fact that it kicks ass. Updating the classic early 90s rave profile without indulging in cheese or […]

  Son Raw can’t Juke in this weather. It’s safe to say that 2011 was good year for Travis Stewart. Even if you weren’t over the moon with the lushness of his Sepalcure project (I wasn’t,) his Machinedrum release caught the zeitgeist in a choke-hold, combining a nostalgia for old rave music with Juke’s avant-hood […]

Son Raw could always eat another shrimp burrito. I get it. After chilling in LA with the homie Jeff, I’m forced to admit that Dubstep can only make so much sense in a city that rolls at a medically induced 85BPM tempo. Cruising Angeleno streets, Curren$y, Spaceghost, Kendrick, Lotus, those are the names one draws […]

Son Raw’s going, going, back, back to Cali, Cali. Burial is an anomaly. You get the impression that the Mercury Prize for Untrue and the adoration from the Aphex Twin crowd were more bother than reward for a shadowy producer who grew up on Jungle and Garage on UK pirate radio and just wanted to […]

Son Raw wouldn’t suggest crowd surfing at a Dilla tribute night. iPhone footage from last night’s BadBadNotGood tribute to J Dilla at The Belmont in Montreal won’t do the show justice but it’ll have to do for now. All you need to know? These kids are the real McCoy and they brought the jams in […]

From Jack to Juke: 25 Years of Ghetto House from Sonali Aggarwal on Vimeo. A quick but thorough history lesson straight from the horses’ mouths. Rightfully placing Ghetto-House in America’s storied tradition of urban music rather than in a more nebulous international dance music context, this documentary makes a strong argument for discussing Chicago, Detroit […]

Son Raw is an urban hippie minus the long hair and overly-sincere attitude. OK, just urban then. Some groups are easier to like than love and others are easier to love than write about. LHF falls in the later category as RZA-influenced junglist beat music will be awesome long after bloggers have run out of […]

Son Raw felt sort of obligated to post about this. Damn blog hype. So he’s releasing music but isn’t part of Odd Future anymore? Is that what we’re supposed to infer from yesterday’s is-he-or-isn’t-he clusterfuck? If so, that’s a shame as both parties could benefit from working together far more than whatever will come of […]

Son Raw really wants to tour Japan one day With New Epoch, Japanese producer Goth-Trad has created a rare beast: an album providing plenty of top-quality DJ-food for selectors that also stands up as a straight-up front to back listen. It’s a tough trick to pull off as the extended intros and breakdowns inherent in […]