Torii MacAdams wears King Tut jewelry George Santayana wrote that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That statement is an annoying platitude at best, but that doesn’t make it entirely untrue. On a macro level, the nation nervously adjusts its collective protective cup in preparation for a possible third kick […]

Son Raw has gone through 150+ war dubs this week. Please stop. In case I haven’t made it obvious, Visionist is a shoe-in for my producer of the year. Equally beloved by Grime’s new wave and the amorphous East Coast beat scene coalescing around acts like Nguzunguzu and Fatima Al Qadiri, he’s slowly developed his […]

Son Raw sees you lurking More ultra-dark, gunshot festooned beats from ‘di man like Visionist, this time on Berlin-based electronic label Leisure Sounds. This probably means we’re about 6 months away from dark instrumental Grime becoming really cool and its inevitable absorption into the all-consuming Berghain sound. The Teutonic dance hive mind does not fuck […]