Yearmix 2025 - Make RAW not WAR #6

Martin van Zeelandt / TCD
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The end of the year is in sight. Less than 14 hours from time of writing this review, do we enter the new year. And what time to be alive and kicking. It's been an interesting year, and we've had our ups and downs. And not just on a personal level: the whole world is going through a lot. Global warming, crisis here and there, food shortages, and wars still ongoing. For what reason? Why are we still fighting? For a bit of land? For pride? For what purpose are we slaughtering people? I just don't understand why war is necessary, during this time. We need to go into a future without any way, maybe only in a digital world, but not the real world.

Wars are truly unnecessary. We don't need it. And it's so blasé. Not to sound like a hippy from the 1960s or 1970s, but we should make love, not war. Peace, not war. But according to the DJ who made this mix, jOahz, you only need RAW, not war. And I would agree. Not only would RAW help us all, it would unite us all. Unless RAW isn't your thing, then you choose whichever genre or style you prefer, and that will unite you with other humans. But we certainly don't need a war anymore.

It has been a great year for music, and especially Rawstyle music. I've not really invested too much time this year, as I was focussed on other styles. But the good thing about the end of the year is the amount of yearmixes you will hear and see, and you can get a quick glimpse of all the goodies released during the year, or invest some time in what you have actually missed. And I've missed so much. Thank God for his yearmix, right?

Cold Confusion - Touch My Body
Cold Confusion - Own The Game
Nightcraft - Part Of Me
Level One & Nightcraft - Afterlight
Polish Punisher - Your Mind
Hard Driver & Unresolved - Keep It Movin
Revolve & Cold Confusion - Rock 'n Roll
Unresolved & Polish Punisher - Funky Beats
D-Sturb & Polish Punisher - Rocking With
Polish Punisher & Nightcraft - Hold On
Level One & Digital Punk - Power Of The OG
Adaro & Level One - The Curse Of The 909
Radical Redemption & Nightcraft - The Black Symphony
Digital Punk & Ncrypta & Tha Watcher - The Fallout (Spectre Remix)
Act Of Rage - Like Thunder
Crypsis & Nightcraft - I Don't Miss
Rejecta - Darkness
Rejecta - Patient Zero
Brutalizer - Eastside
Inflame - Saved From Hell
Polish Punisher & Deluzion - Bassline Overload
Deluzion - Bring It Raw
Deluzion - Break Ya Face
Polish Punisher & MC Nolz - Sharpen The Blade
Uncaged & Sub Sonik - Aggressors Of Violence
Rejecta & Deluzion feat MC Flo - Desert Of Doom
Rejecta & Regain & Unresolved - Rock It
Polish Punisher & Unresolved - OG Damage
Unresolved & Revolve & Cold Confusion & Uncaged feat MC Flo - Blood Warriors
Level One - The Question (Cold Confusion Remix)
Aversion & Rejecta - Go For Your Stereo
Deluzion & Unresolved - Untouchables

All that in a 73 minute long mix. That's a lot of goodies for all of us on the 31st of December. And as there isn't an official genre or style to listen to on the last day of the year, maybe we should call it the RAW day, on which all the radio stations should be playing this. I'd much rather prefer this over any Abba crap. They are a solid group, but their song just sounds too depressing to listen to today. Give me RAW all day, every day.

It is a solid mix, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I really like the direction RAW is going to. More melodies, more hands in the air moments. Not just stomping constantly, we need some melodies. And this mix contains records which made me put my hands in the air a lot. A good selection of records, that's for sure.

I do have to give one tiny criticism in regards to the style. Not a fan of ''MCs'' just screaming the lyrics. Not a fan of MCs in general in the harder styles, but they don't add anything special to songs. They are irrelevant to me. A track can be better without MCs, that's just my honest opinion. MC Nolz and MC Flo, yep, not my favourite whatsoever. That's just me. Give me tracks like 'Touch My Body' where there are actually nice vocals by a solid vocalist, not just screaming words through my speaker.

But which track did do the most damage to my ears? 'The Question'. That's a solid track.

What a way to end the year! Make sure you press play and go RAW into the New Year! Why not? Have a blast, have fun. And make peace, not war.