Monday, December 29, 2014

SHREM'S 2014 COUNTDOWN OF TOP 100 BEST TRACKS OF THE YEAR: part 5: 20-1

#20 "Klapp Klapp" - Little Dragon
LABEL: Because Music
FROM: Sweden



#19 "This Is Not About Us" - Kindness
LABEL: Female Energy Records
FROM: USA



#18 "If It Wasn't True" - Shamir
LABEL: GODMODE
FROM: USA



#17 "Crossfade" - Gus Gus
LABEL: Kompakt
FROM: Iceland



#16 "Here She Comes Again" - Röyksopp feat. Jamie McDermott
LABEL: Dog Triumph
FROM: Norway/UK



#15 "Want Your Feeling" - Jessie Ware
LABEL: Island Records
FROM: UK


#14 "Ancora Ancora Ancora (Severino & Nico De Ceglia Remix)" - Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Vinyl Factory
FROM: Ireland/Italy



#13 "On the Regular" - Shamir
LABEL: XL Recordings
FROM: USA



#12 "(H)Ours" - JUCE!
LABEL: Island Records
FROM: UK



#11 "Airwaves" - Gus Gus
LABEL: Kompakt
FROM: Iceland



#10 "All Mine" - Exotica
LABEL: Chambre 404
FROM: France



#9 "I’m in Love" - Zhala
LABEL: Konichiwa Records
FROM: Sweden



#8 "In Sintesi" - Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Vinyl Factory
FROM: Ireland



#7 "Shadowshow" - iamamiwhoami
LABEL: To Whom It May Concern
FROM: Sweden



#6 "I Try To Talk To You" - Hercules & Love Affair feat. John Grant
LABEL: Moshi Moshi Records
FROM: USA



#5 "Ancora Tu" - Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Vinyl Factory
FROM: Ireland



#4 "Monument" - Röyksopp & Robyn
LABEL: Dog Triumph
FROM: Norway/Sweden



#3 "Apart" - Kasper Bjørke feat. Sísý Ey
LABEL: hfn music
FROM: Denmark/Iceland



#2 "Curtain Call" - Steed Lord
LABEL: New Crack City Records
FROM: Iceland





#1 "Trouble T" - Midnight Magic
LABEL: Soul Clap Records
FROM: USA





Sunday, December 28, 2014

SHREM'S 2014 COUNTDOWN OF TOP 100 BEST TRACKS OF THE YEAR: part 4: 40-21

#40 "I Never Loved This Hard This Fast Before" - Tami Tamaki
LABEL: unreleased
FROM: Germany



#39 "Runaway" - Electric Youth
LABEL: Secretly Canadian
FROM: Canada



#38 "Cedoption" - Midnight Juggernauts
LABEL: Siberia Records
FROM: Australia



#37 "New Cuisine" - EASTER
LABEL: self-released via BANDCAMP
FROM: Germany



#36 "So Good" - Nao feat. A.K. Paul
LABEL: Little Tokyo Recordings
FROM: UK



#35 "Fine" - Kylie Minogue
LABEL: Parlophone
FROM: Australia



#34 "Another Life" - Gus Gus
LABEL: Kompakt
FROM: Iceland



#33 "Go" - Grimes feat. Blood Diamonds
LABEL: 4AD
FROM: Canada



#32 "Your Love" - Moko
LABEL: MTA Records
FROM: UK



#31 "Leviathan" - Freeform Five feat. Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Eskimo Recordings
FROM: UK/Ireland



#30 "Open Up Your Chakra" - Cola & Jimmu
LABEL: Herakles Records
FROM: Finland



#29 "Bugatti" - Tiga
LABEL: Tiga Non Stop
FROM: Canada



#28 "Anymore" - Steed Lord
LABEL: New Crack City Records
FROM: Iceland



#27 "Delorean Dynamite" - Todd Terje
LABEL: Olsen Records
FROM: Norway

#26 "Our Love" - Caribou
LABEL: City Slang
FROM: Canada



#25 "Take Me Back" - GL
LABEL: Plastic World
FROM: Australia



#24 "Two Weeks" - FKA Twigs
LABEL: Young Turks
FROM: UK



#23 "Do It Again" - Röyksopp & Robyn
LABEL: Dog Triumph
FROM: Norway/Sweden



#22 "Sylvia" - Kasper Bjørke feat. CTM
LABEL: hfn music
FROM: Denmark



#21 "Invisions" - Luca C & Brigante feat. Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Hot Creations
FROM: Italy/Ireland



Saturday, December 27, 2014

SHREM'S TOP 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2014

#20 "Hotel Valentine" - Cibo Matto
3 TOP TUNES: "Déjà Vu", "10th Floor Ghost Girl", "MFN"
LABEL: Chimera Music
COUNTRY: Japan/USA



#19 "White Women" - Chromeo
3 TOP TUNES: "Lost On the Way Home (feat. Solange)", "Hard To Say No", "Come Alive (feat. Toro y Moi)"
LABEL: Parlophone
COUNTRY: Canada



#18 "Reality Testing" - Lone
3 TOP TUNES: "Restless City", "2 is 8", "Airglow Fires"
LABEL: R&S Records
COUNTRY: UK



#17 "Kiss Me Once" - Kylie Minogue
3 TOP TUNES: "Fine", "I Was Gonna Cancel", "Sexercize"
LABEL: Parlophone
COUNTRY: Australia



#16 "Ibibio Sound Machine" - Ibibio Sound Machine
3 TOP TUNES: "The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)", "The Tortoise (Nsaha Edem Ikit)", "Let's Dance (Yak Inek Unek)"
LABEL: Soundway Records
COUNTRY: Nigeria/UK



#15 "Otherness" - Kindness
3 TOP TUNES: "This Is Not About Us", "World Restart (feat. Kelela & Ade)", "I'll Be Back"
LABEL: Female Energy Records
COUNTRY: USA



#14 "Blue" - iamamiwhoami
3 TOP TUNES: "Shadowshow", "Hunting For Pearls", "Fountain"
LABEL: To Whom It May Concern
COUNTRY: Sweden



#13 "It's Album Time" - Todd Terje
3 TOP TUNES: "Delorean Dynamite", "Inspector Norse", "Strandbar"
LABEL: Olsen Records
COUNTRY: Norway



#12 "SYRO" - Aphex Twin
3 TOP TUNES: "minipops 67 [120.2] [source field mix]", "produk 29 [101]", "4 bit 9d api+e+6 [126.26]"
LABEL: Warp
COUNTRY: UK



#11 "After Forever" - Kasper Bjørke
3 TOP TUNES: "Apart (feat. Sísý Ey)", "Sylvia (feat. CTM)", "TNR (feat. Jaakko Eino Kalevi)"
LABEL: hfn music
COUNTRY: Denmark



#10 "Yellow Memories" - Fatima
3 TOP TUNES: "Do Better", "Family", "La Neta"
LABEL: Eglo Records
COUNTRY: UK



#9 "Our Love" - Caribou
3 TOP TUNES: "Our Love", "Silver", "Second Chance" (with Jessy Lanza)"
LABEL: City Slang
COUNTRY: Canada



#8 "The Inevitable End" - Röyksopp
3 TOP TUNES: "Here She Comes Again (feat. Jamie McDermott)", "Monument (feat. Robyn)", "Save Me (feat. Susanne Sundfør)"
LABEL: Dog Triumph
COUNTRY: Norway



#7 "Nabuma Rubberband" - Little Dragon
3 TOP TUNES: "Klapp Klapp", "Paris", "Pretty Girls"
LABEL: Because Music
COUNTRY: Sweden



#6 "Jungle" - Jungle
3 TOP TUNES: "Julia", "Busy Earnin'", "The Heat"
LABEL: XL Recordings
COUNTRY: UK



#5 "Tough Love" - Jessie Ware
3 TOP TUNES: "Want Your Feeling", "Keep On Lying", "All On You"
LABEL: Island Records
COUNTRY: UK



#4 "LP1" - FKA Twigs
3 TOP TUNES: "Kicks", "Two Weeks", "Give Up"
LABEL: Young Turks
COUNTRY: UK



#3 "Mexico" - Gus Gus
3 TOP TUNES: "Airwaves", "Crossfade", "Another Life"
LABEL: Kompakt
COUNTRY: Iceland



#2 "La Vierge et Le Lion" - Exotica
3 TOP TUNES: "All Mine", "Les Arias Tropicales", "Le Soleil"
LABEL: Chambre 404
COUNTRY: France



#1 "The Feast Of The Broken Heart" - Hercules & Love Affair
3 TOP TUNES: "I Try To Talk To You (feat. John Grant)", "My Offence (feat. Krystle Warren)", "The Key (feat. Rouge Mary)"
LABEL: Moshi Moshi Records
COUNTRY: USA