CHOON OF THE DAY: "ONE'S COMPANY" - A K U A

The mysterious A K U A has just released a slightly morbid video for her astonishing "One's Company" which I have already sung the praises of last year and ended up selecting it at #43 among Top 100 Best Tracks of 2013. The video was directed by Kofi Carson.



Here's A K U A's previous video "Gravity" too:

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SHREM'S 2013 COUNTDOWN OF TOP 100 BEST CHOONS: part 3: 60-41

#60 "Drops" - Jungle [Chess Club Records]

Jungle - Drops by JUNGLE.

#59 "Ocean Song" - The Miracles Club [Cutters Records]

THE MIRACLES CLUB - OCEAN SONG by Cutters Records

#58 "Sexodus" - M.I.A. [Interscope Records]

#57 "L'Amour Naissant" - Sébastien Tellier [Record Makers]

#56 "Home" - Austra [Paper Bag Records / Domino]

#55 "Nuclear" - Destiny's Child [Columbia Records]

#54 "Full Of Fire" - The Knife [Rabid Records]

#53 "Cabaret" - Escort [Escort Records]

Cabaret by Escort Records

#52 "Painful Like" - Austra [Paper Bag Records / Domino]

#51 "Annabel" - Goldfrapp [Mute]

#50 "Keep Moving" - Jessy Lanza [Hyperdub]

FMM: Jessy Lanza - Keep Moving by Annie Mac Presents

#49 "Walk On In" - Doc Daneeka feat. Ratcatcher [Numbers]

Doc Daneeka - Walk On In feat. Ratcatcher (Download now) by Numbers

#48 "All My Life" - Sally Shapiro [Paper Bag Records]

All My Life by Sally Shapiro

#47 "White Noise" - Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge [PMR Records]

#46 "Family" - Fatima [Eglo Records]

#45 "Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)" - Breach feat. Andreya Triana [Warner Music]

#44 "Dj Wake Up" - Jolie Chérie [Opus Label]

Jolie Cherie - DJ Wake Up by Jolie Cherie

#43 "One's Company" - AKUA [self released]

One's company by a k u a

#42 "Alternate State" - Hot Natured feat. Róisín Murphy [Warner Music]

Hot Natured feat. Roisin Murphy - Alternate State by Hot Natured

#41 "Matangi" - M.I.A. [Interscope Records]

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Crème de la crème: JUNE 2013

20 (N) "Strandbar (Disko)" - Todd Terje

TODD TERJE - Strandbar (disko) by toddterje

19 (N) "F For You" - Disclosure



18 (6) "If It Doesn't Rain" - Sally Shapiro



17 (N) "Sum Of Love" - Jee Day



16 (N) "Watcher" - Femme En Fourrure



15 (N) "What Love Is Made Of" - Katy B



14 (N) "This City´s Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me" - Sally Shapiro

This City's Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me by Sally Shapiro

13 (N) "La Masovera Se´n Va a L'espai" - Jansky



12 (N) "New Summer" - Young Galaxy



11 (2) "Looking For Love" - Chromatics



10 (N) "Work That Body" - Hard Ton

09 (1) "Men's Feelings" - Poisonous Relationship

08 (N) "Waves" - Branko feat. Roses Gabor

Branko - Waves (feat. Roses Gabor) by Branko [Official]

07 (N) "Transcend Our Love" - Cola & Jimmu

Stream it HERE!

06 (N) "The Attic" - Colm K. feat. Walshy

Colm K - The Attic (feat. Walshy) by bastardjazz

05 (N) "Bring The Noize" - M.I.A.

04 (4) "Painful Like" - Austra

Austra - Painful Like by Domino Record Co

03 (N) "On My Brain" - Peter & The Magician feat. Sophie Galpin

PETER & THE MAGICIAN - "On my Brain" (feat. Sophie Galpin) by The Magician (Official)

02 (N) "One's Company" - A K U A

One's company by a k u a

01 (N) "Confess To Me" - Disclosure feat. Jessie Ware

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SHREM'S LATE MONDAY NIGHT SESSIONS: "ONE'S COMPANY" - A K U A

So far 2013 has definitely been the year of house as well as the year of reinventing R'N'B. We also observed an avalanche of up and coming female artists pioneering this dynamically expanding urban flavoured scene. Moko, Lulu James, Kilo Kish, Rina Sawayama and now also A K U A have all been on my musical radar recently spoiling me with their fresh sounds spicing up the genre and re-twisting its often generic American standards. This Canadian songstress, describing her own sound as "remote soul", is off to a promising start with her debut EP "One's Company", co-produced by Andy Bauer of Twin Shadow. The title track literally left me flabbergasted, it's sooooo good! Love at first listen. I owe this wonderful discovery to the multi-eclectic disco naïveté, one of my absolute favourite blogs out there!

One's company by a k u a

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