Son Raw with the shameless self promo If I mostly keep my DJing off of this site, it’s not out of a sense of self-modesty, it’s that I hate writing about my own music. I’m still on radio Wednesday 1-3EST, follow the Twitter above for regular updates. Otherwise, I usually try to use this site […]

Son Raw is back on his bizzy A tension between sonic variety and cohesiveness is the lifeblood of a music scene. Too much similarity and things get formulaic – think Brostep, Arena Drum & Bass or bone-dry Tech House. Open things up too much however, and you’re likely to hear artists writing concept albums about […]

Son Raw scored like 10 on his IQ test I’m not entirely certain what to call this, but I like it. SD Laika makes riddims that sounds like dirt, broken electronics and bad dreams – perfect for Tri Angle, a label specializing in bringing richly textured nightmares to life, or at least to MP3. This […]

Son Raw on the interview tip for 2014 Nearly a dozen new Grime labels have popped up over the past 2 years, but only one capped off 2013 with a full-length compilation. Coyote Records is the brainchild of Mixmag Editor and Grime-advocate Tomas Fraser and is one of instrumental Grime’s most vital new outlets. Across […]

Son Raw’s continuing look at the instrumental Grime scene. Ya ‘dun know. Part 1 here.  15 – Bloom Bloom fucked with everyone’s head in 2K12 and kept the madness rolling this year with choice remixes and a release on Visionist’s Lost Codes label. His music wasn’t pretty but it damn sure was effective thanks to […]

Son Raw wrote up this damn list himself. Duh ha, duh ha, you never thought that this weird instrumental Grime music I started writing about in 2010 would take it this far! And to be honest, neither did I: 2013 was an outstanding year for Grime and Grime-related music, so much so that it’s been […]

Son Raw ain’t your motherfuckin’ boy. Like GZA said in 95 – you gotta read the label. If Dubstep had one advantage over Grime early on, it was  independent outlets such as Tempa and Planet Mu spreading the sound beyond the South London boroughs. Grime on the other hand, mostly existed through a sub-underground economy: […]

Son Raw has to wear gloves from now through April Wiley continues his streak as Grime’s most interesting man. Combine Nas’ love for the genre he elevated, Pharell’s production at its most alien, Lil Wayne’s propensity for releasing way too much music and the kind of contrarian streak that has a man dissing Glastonbury while […]

Everyone’s going to be at Fabric and Son Raw is just sitting here in Canada. Parris is a name I’d seen thrown around with Wen, Moleskin, Rabit, Beneath and other up and coming DJs at the periphery of Grime/UK music’s new wave, but without a release or even much completed work on his Soundcloud page, […]

Son Raw lives for the funk but dies for lack of good weather. The funkiest man out the Boxed crew, Mr. Mitch might also be the producer least beholden to Grime’s past among a cluster of artists seeking to redefine London’s millennial sonic boom. Having already made noise through the anthemic Skittles on Butterz and […]