| Sub Bass, Space & Squares: Introducing Iglew | April 23, 2015 |
Son Raw interviews grime up-and-comer Iglew about his sound and where it fits into today's musical landscape.
Bangers are out of fashion! Invest in experimental grime!
| Son Raw’s 2014 Grime-related wrap up | December 29, 2014 |
As 2014 comes a close, Son Raw wanted to reflect on the past 365 days of music he's covered here.
| Mr Mitch Gets Emotional | November 3, 2014 |
Mr Mitch's Don't Leave EP and forthcoming debut LP Parallel Memories are undoubtedly the most emotional releases out the Boxed camp so far.
| Dark Transmissions: an introduction to Loom | October 30, 2014 |
An interview with Loom about digital distortion, pirate radio, and outside influences, ahead of his Gobstopper Debut.
| August Grime wrap up | August 15, 2014 |
Son Raw’s heading to the beach for a minute Once again, it’s on… First up, Bristol imprint Crazylegs continues to play mad scientist with UK dance music traditions, mixing and matching various tempos, styles and perspectives on each release. Ziro’s Lost featuring Trim is no exception and like Murlo’s remix of TRC’s Me and You […]
| Grime Release Write up: Extra Edition | May 30, 2014 |
Son Raw can’t figure out of this column is monthly or bi-weekly. No intros needed, you know the drill – nothing but the freshest Grime and Bass music to have dropped over the past couple of weeks.
| Floating in Space: April’s Grime round up | April 10, 2014 |
Instant Son Raw – just add beer. I’ll spare you the Rakim line – suffice to say that since I last wrote a round up post, a whole lot of releases and mixes have grabbed my attention and now you get to reap the benefits. The theme this week is dynamic opposites: artists, labels and […]
| Gage, Mr. Mitch and the maleability of genre | February 25, 2014 |
Son Raw is looking for a new room. Is genre even remotely useful anymore? From its earliest days as a tool for segregating “race” and “hillbilly” music in shops to its current status as a driver of ultra-specificity in dance music (minimal-psy-breaks anyone?), subcategorizing music into neatly defined boundaries has created as many problems as […]
