POW Radio (9.16.15) | September 21, 2015 |
Rinse France takes air | May 1, 2014 |
Son Raw is the French Connection Some people go on vacation to lie on a beach, I end up in Parisian basements mixing records. In between listening to Future’s Covered in Money at Versailles (your move, Kanye) and eating enough French food to give Action Bronson pause, I visited Rinse France co-founder Azamat B’s weekly […]
Celestial Trax and Geng Grizzly stay Fresh Out the Box | April 17, 2014 |
Boxed takeover Rinse | October 3, 2013 |
DJ Rashad & Teklife go astro-traveling | August 20, 2013 |
Son Raw wants to know why you smoking reggie? It’s impossible to listen to the music DJs Rashad, Spinn and Earl are making these days without making connections. Connections to the records they sample – 90s Hip-Hop classics like Lyrics to Go, Luchini and C.R.E.A.M get atomized and accelerated along with the classic soul platters Chicago […]
Slackk – Silk Robes and Spiders | June 21, 2013 |
Son Raw: does whatever a spider can. Slackk: Eskimo enthusiast, purveyor of thickly accented radio chatter, arachnophile. I’ve already said my piece regarding the music he’s been playing on Rinse, but he’s recorded another session so I’m compelled to repeat myself: these beats are great and you can download two hours of music for free. […]
The sound of Slackkness | May 29, 2013 |
Son Raw will abide no cursing and foul language. A genre’s vitality can be measured by how fast and how often it’s willing to reinvent itself. When movements and musical signifiers linger too long or worse, refuse to change altogether, things get boring but when the music evolves so quickly that multiple strains and ideas […]
Son Raw: The Bluffer’s Guide to Rinse.FM (Part 2) | February 12, 2013 |
Part 2 of Son Raw’s continuing look at London’s best radio station. Part 1 here. Dubstep: The cream of the crop Dubstep has seen better days on Rinse, as London’s sound of choice has found itself out of favor amongst listeners dissuaded by the anti-cool factor that comes with being America’s soundtrack to take drugs […]
Son Raw: The Bluffer’s Guide to Rinse.FM (Part 1) | February 11, 2013 |
Son Raw’s been wanting to write this for years Pre-recorded podcasts may have more polish and The Boiler Room might have the benefit of a live crowd, but tune for tune, there’s nowhere better to hear fresh urban electronic music than London institution Rinse.FM. Starting off as a Jungle pirate in the mid 90s, the […]
The Control Center: Marley Marl Radio Tapes from 1985-89 | November 14, 2012 |
After spending an Internet-less afternoon pontificating about the contrived weirdness that now passes for originality in rap, I’m cleansing my palate by returning to the old school. Don’t think I’m dating myself. Marley Marl was mostly before my time, save for that first Lords of the Underground album, which is a minor masterpiece in its […]