| Passion of the Weiss Mix XV: OH91 | December 11, 2014 |
The next installment in our mix series comes straight outta Bristol, a city with both a long musical history (I'll spare you the rehash) and a vital role in contemporary Grime. OH91 is a certified badman producer with riddims blending the raw and aggressive side of classic Grime to contemporary Hip-Hop 808 booms and hi hat rolls - a combination that keeps things current without gussying up the proceedings.
| Manchester’s Levelz are very High | December 9, 2014 |
Protip: if you want to peak my curiosity, you could do far worse than describing yourself as 'Wutang, meets Happy Mondays in the 21st Century' while bragging about handing melons out a stretch hummer during your press engagements.
| K9 bares fangs and emotion, on Mad in the Cut | December 5, 2014 |
K9's Mad in the Cut is dark, raw and angry. Fans of hardcore rap should pay attention.
| Passion of the Weiss Mix XIV: Sounds of Riz La Teef | December 2, 2014 |
A new mix by South London's Riz La Teef with exclusives from Gundam, JT the Goon, Grandmixxer and more.
Son Raw speaks to the man behind Grime's most emotional album yet about growing up in Catford and moving forward as a musician
| Every move is a total u-turn: a conversation about Crazylegs | November 27, 2014 |
An interview with the man behind one of Bristol's hottest new labels.
| Swing Ting step out the Club | November 20, 2014 |
anchester's Swing Ting haven't tied itself down to a particular genre of music or sought international attention but they have, by all accounts, thrown some wicked events combining dubwise Bass and the North's longtime love of uptempo dance music - all elements that get Son Raw's seal of approval.
| Bloom’s Hydraulics: What the f… | November 11, 2014 |
Hindsight being 20-20, Belfast-based producer Bloom's Quartz EP was a major line in the sand for instrumental Grime. The Hydraulics EP, his first release in over a year, pushes his industrial aesthetic to its breaking point.
| Wiley climbs ladders, mostly avoids Snakes on new album | November 10, 2014 |
On Snakes and Lad.ders, Grime’s godfather bats way above average, delivering an album that stays true to the sound he’s created while celebrating its success.
| Rollo Jackson and Slimzee go on Terrible | November 6, 2014 |
Son Raw’s going on not that great On Danny Brown’s extremely entertaining turn on The Champs podcast, he once again reiterated how influential Grime was to his approach. In response, the hosts just couldn’t get their heads around how a guy from Detroit would like some weird shit from across the ocean – it wasn’t what the […]
