Friday, December 18, 2015

SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 10 Hottest Newcomers in 2015

It was Oceaán, We Are Shining, Ibeyi, Shura, Yumi Zouma, GL, Nao, JUCE!, Zhala and Shamir this time last year when I was cherry-picking the most breakthrough new acts in 2014. I was delighted to see many of them continuing to impress artistically this year. Here are the most interesting newcomers I was lucky to discover throughout 2015, I really wanted to feature Laura Groves, Azekel, Mahaut Mondino and Royce Wood Junior as well but had to stick to the artists who have actually released their debut material this year.

10 DOMENIQUE DUMONT

FROM: Riga, Latvia
LABEL: Antinote
KEY TRACK: "Comme ça"

9 KIIARA

FROM: Illinois, US
LABEL: Atlantic/WEA
KEY TRACK: "Gold"

8 JONI

FROM: Bray, Ireland
LABEL: Feel Good Lost
KEY TRACK: "Running"
7 ARY

FROM: Trondheim, Norway
LABEL: Eskimo
KEY TRACK: "Higher"
PHOTO BY Olav




6 MIZAN

FROM: New York, US
LABEL: Terrible Records
KEY TRACK: "Awe"

5 THOMAS GAIST

FROM: Copenhagen, Denmark
LABEL: Sound Of Copenhagen
KEY TRACK: "A Coward's Confession"

4 SILICON

FROM: Auckland, New Zealand
LABEL: Weird World
KEY TRACK: "God Emoji"


3 JONES

FROM: London, UK
LABEL: 37 Adventures
KEY TRACK: "Indulge" 

2 KLYNE

FROM: Eindhoven, Netherlands
LABEL: Aesop
KEY TRACK: "Paralyzed"

1 ABRA

FROM: Atlanta, US
LABEL: Awful Records
KEY TRACK: "Roses"


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