Son Raw: Oneman plays Solitaire
Son Raw holds the cards close to his chest.
Here's a dirty little secret about commercially released mixes: often enough, they're far less interesting than what you can get online for free. While a good radio or Boiler Room set is spontaneous and full of unexpected moments spurred on by crowd and twitter reactions, a mix-CD is better suited to DJs working in specific genres since licensing fees can cripple creativity - YOU try getting Michael Jackson's estate to sign off on Billie Jean.
This is doubly important when it comes to Oneman, whose propensity to mix underground releases with the latest American mixtape cuts just doesn't jibe with preplanned tracklists - the oldschool garage on his Fabriclive mix was cool, but it'd have been much cooler mashed up with Katie Got Bandz, Waka Flocka Flame and Juicy J. Solitaire Volume 1. features all of the above, plus London's most highly tipped producers, alternating between high energy Hip-Hop vibes and pulsing dance music without ever sacrificing either genre's energy. The mixing is fast and precise, the vibe is loose and you never quite know what'll drop in next. Not bad for the price of an email.
Download: MP3: Oneman - Solitaire Volume 1
Tracklist: Bones Thugs & Harmony - Thuggish Ruggish (Acapella) Fatima Al-Qadiri - Hydra Cliques - AUT Guy Andrews - Hands In Mine FaltyDL - Uncea Martyn - Bad Chicago Cherie Lee - Love Me Or Leave Me (Club Dub) Lando Kal - Can't Help Myself (Antony Shakir Remix) T.E.E.D - Your Love (Pearson Sound Remix) Machinedrum - Van Vogue Katie Got Bandz - Hittaz Only Trusta - Bulletproof Boddika x Somepoe - UNTITLED (Oneman Edit) Fis-T - Atoms Pev & Kowton - Raw Code Diplo - Diplo Rhythm L-Vis1990 - Ballad 4D Shawn Kemp x Supasortahuman - Go Away Rossi B & Luca & Ill Murk - Oneman Special Desto - Instafreeze Chief Keef - Kobe Dro Carey & Grown Folk - Southern Smoke TNGHT x B.O.B ft. T.I & Juicy J - Still Bugg'n This Bitch (Oneman Edit) Desto - 550 Darq-E-Freaker & Danny Brown - Blueberry Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U (Instrumental) Juicy J - Who Da Neighbours Mr. B - Unicorn Wit Da Trap House Mondie ft. Napper - Straight Macabre Unit - 1000 Years From Now Gucci Mane - I'm The Shit (SCNTST Remix) DJ Vague - Porsche Trax 3 Waka Flocka Flame x Ginuwine - Hard In The Pony (Oneman Edit) Twista & Kanye West - Overnight Celebrity (Instrumental) Grown Folk ft. Main Attraktionz - I.C.E. Mala - Cuba Electronica SpaceGhostPurrp - Raider Prayer Plasticman - Cha (Zomby Remix) S-Type - Whole Lotta Mokona - Untitled