Son Raw wrote a think-piece and killed three releases in one review. I don’t like writing about music as if it were fashion. Some people may find it to be a useful parallel but reducing the meaning of music to the same base level as the endless commercial cycles clothing manufacturers use to hawk their […]

Son Raw thinks this song could use a better title, but what’cha gonna do. Dubstep no longer wobbles, it pummels the listener with a sheer wall of morphing subfrequencies heavy enough to split the atom and modify the listener’s molecular structure. Or maybe that’s the drugs, or the plot of a summer blockbuster – either […]

Son Raw gun dem bust. Stasis is the enemy when it comes to Urban music, particularly on the dance floor. You don’t want to be caught dead rocking last year’s riddim, which can sometimes cause problems when the way forward isn’t as clear as it should be. Having pushed half-step’s torpor and darkness to the […]

Son Raw isn’t trying to affiliate himself with no fake-ass A&Rs. Where to begin? Weighing in at 144 minutes sans bonus tracks, LHF’s Keepers of the light can be a slight bit intimidating in a genre where releases are usually constrained to 2 track singles. Do you devour the whole thing in a blunt-aided marathon […]

Son Raw comes from a distopian future You might remember Flow Dan’s booming baritone from The Bug’s best tracks and if you don’t, you should probably check out London Zoo – AKA the only album that can give Funcrusher Plus a run for it’s money when it comes to distopian cityscapes. The Roll Deep member’s […]

Son Raw can’t breathe The economics of dance music don’t favor production. Why spend hours upon hours crafting tracks that will be instantly bootlegged on dodgy Russian forums when you could be touring the world stacking that show money? The wise DJ keeps his tunes exclusive: keeping your arsenal close to your chest ensures that […]

Son Raw reviewed another Dubstep track. I have no idea who Enter Shikari are because I’m not a mopey 15 year old British white boy who hides skunk from his -MOM WHY DON’T YOU KNOCK?! But I digress. The point is, don’t even bother with the original track off their “Arguing with Thermometers” EP unless […]

Son Raw is out his head Whoa, what’s gotten into Joker? Apparently the middling reviews for The Vision have lit a fire under the young producer because he’s been knocking tunes out of the park recently with this remix of Redlight’s latest rave revival being no exception. In an interesting twist, he appropriates Brostep’s stuttering […]

Son Raw wonders how many blunts he needs to smoke to get a voice like Pokes Some laid back vibes for a laid back Saturday courtesy of Chef’s last Rinse.FM show. For those that don’t know, MC Sgt. Pokes has a voice so fit for radio that he could probably read the phone book over […]

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 […]