Bass is The Place

Son Raw is a Bass Music DJ and music journalist from Montreal Canada. Bass is the Place is a blog dedicated to chronicling some of his favorite Dubstep/Grime/Funky/Hip-Hop/ETC tracks via the power of Youtube. It's also a spot for any ridiculous thought that pops into his mind, particularly as it regards to music, film, Montreal and traveling. Check out his feature length writing at Http://www.passionweiss.com

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July 2012

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Son Raw don’t like your kind, you a bougie hoe. Lunice and Hudson Mohawke have apparently had enough of canny interlopers borrowing bits and pieces of their swag for the purpose of multi-million dollar rap hits. To be honest, I’m not too sure what they’re... #bass #hudsonmohawke #lunice

July 2012

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Son Raw would like to share a few thoughts. Domo Genesis carries weed but he clearly aspires to more than weed carrier status. While I wasn’t particularly impressed by his contributions to the OF Tape 2, that’s probably due to the project’s general... #actionbronson #oddfuture #thealchemist

July 2012

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Son Raw never saw so many people smiling because of music so pardon him if he gets a bit personal today. This is part show review, part confessional and mostly him just getting it all out on paper. We’ll return to your usual brand of snark and mockery ASAP. Full... #dmz #dubstep #montreal

July 2012

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Son Raw is Mr. Blunted. Since the entire American interweb is currently in a post-fireworks haze (no Brooklyn, “Post-Fireworks haze” is not an appropriate band or genre name) it seems right to post something from across the pond. The Mista Men are a production duo... #swingting #themistamen

July 2012

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Son Raw is rocking a Public Enemy shirt and outrunning the Terminator. Dubstep’s best producers now lord over the “genre” from above, releasing Earth shattering missives while lesser beatmakers resort to gnarly dance music for candy kids. Burial’s Kindred EP... #dubstep #shackleton #sonraw

July 2012

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Son Raw is in the lab or lambo, Kangol or camo. I actually really liked Azealia Banks’ 1991 EP despite the fact that everything about her public persona makes me want to hate her (fish) guts. The truth is, if you rap well at a fast pace over good production I’ll... #1991 #azealiabanks #stylesp

July 2012

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Son Raw may break his no blunts before breakfast rule. Rough morning. What makes a musical genre? The typical answer would be a common set of musical signifiers and in a commercial sense, that description works quite well. If you’re selling a product, it helps if the... #dubstep #grime #house

June 2012

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Son Raw is trading arms in countries whose names you can’t pronounce. According to conventional wisdom, Alchemist should be in the twilight of his career. After all, by the time they’d racked up this many years in the game, his mentors Muggs & Premier... #beats #russianroulette #thealchemist

June 2012

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LV feat Okmalumkoolkat: Sebenza (Hyperdub 2012) from Hyperdub on Vimeo. Son Raw slam boom bang like African drums. Fun fact: I’ve interviewed more Hyperdub artists than any other label (Kode9 interview dropping soon). You’d think that would make me... #africanmusic #hypewilliams #hyperdub

June 2012

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Son Raw shouldn’t be blogging at this hour Some say that when LHF visited Rinse.FM’s studios for an in-studio album release party, the converging pirate energies proved so strong that they created an electrical storm which immediately shut down the studio’s recording equipment. Others say...

June 2012

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Son Raw is too busy saying yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh! Another Wot you call it moment? Possibly, but regardless, UK Funky outlier Champion’s latest single for Grime label Butterz is his speediest and most intense yet – good track title, champ. With little more than warping bass lines and...

June 2012

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Son Raw thinks those seapunks are bound to dri-zown. Snarkier rap fans occasionally dismiss instrumental versions as background music or rapper food and for once they’d be right: Clams Casino’s latest instrumental tape is EXCELLENT background music and rapper food. That’s partially because...

June 2012

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Son Raw blows big blunts on his way to brunch. The best rapper rapping (yeah, I said it) delivers the video to his Party Supplies produced summer anthem. Though he doesn’t carry the great one’s commercial clout, Brown’s come-up narrative and Spike Jonze inspired video treatment recall none...

June 2012

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June 2012

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Son Raw lick shots pon ya bloodclot ‘ead. While The Bug wets our appetites for his forthcoming Angels & Demons album via promises of Acid Ragga, Terror Danjah is mining the same fertile territory in a less conceptual manner. Of course, Grime’s potent mixture of Jamaican vocalization and...

May 2012

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Son Raw was doing this when you were in a diaper-per. When it comes to Wiley, who the hell knows? It’s fitting for a genre as weird and self-destructive as Grime that its Godfather and head cheerleader come off as a cross between Nas, Lil Wayne, Lee Perry and The Neptunes and Wiley’s...

May 2012