SHREM'S 2017 COUNTDOWN OF TOP 100 BEST TRACKS OF THE YEAR: part 2: 75-51

75 "En Känsla" - Det Lilla Extra (self-released)

74 "Blue Light" - Kelela (Warp)

73 "Selfish Love" - Jessie Ware (PMR/Island)

72 "Nostalgia" - NAO (Little Tokyo Recordings)

71 "Tokoliana" - KOKOKO! (ici)

70 "If You See Me" - Sink Ya Teeth (1965 Records)

69 "Apprivoisé" - Calypso Valois (Le Label/PIAS)

68 "Sure Thing" - Klyne (Because Music)

67 "Narcissus" - Róisín Murphy (Lives Through Magic)

66 "Sylvia Says" - Charlotte Gainsbourg (Because Music)

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65 "The Gate" - Björk (One Little Indian)

64 "Feel Me" - SASSY 009 (Hard Up/Luft Recordings)

63 "Wrong With Us" - Matthew Dear (!K7)

62 "Cocktail" - Corine (Kwaidan)

61 "On My Mind" - Jorja Smith & Preditah (FAMM)

60 "Johny" - Sofi Tukker (Ultra Records)

59 "Shine By Night" - Hard Ton feat. Snuff Crew (Luv Shack Records)

58 "Had to Let Me Go" - Nite Jewel (Gloriette)

57 "Hans Is Driving" - Vitalic feat. Miss Kittin (Clivage Music/Caroline International)

56 "Paralyzed" - Alo Wala (self-released)

55 "No Harm" - Smerz (Hard Up)

54 "Antonio Girl" - Fit of Body (Ransom Note Records)

53 "Milk Of Paradise" - Cherushii (Sound Warrior)

52 "I Talk Bb" - Jessy Lanza (Hyperdub)

51 "Memory" - Com Truise (Ghostly)

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SHREM'S DOUBLE TROUBLE: "Apprivoisé" - Calypso Valois /// "Ring-A-Ring O' Roses" - Charlotte Gainsbourg

Calypso Valois, whom you may recognise from synth-pop duo Cinema whose tracks "UV" and "Fille Sans Soucis" were among our favourites in 2013, returns with a solo record "Cannibale". It's no surprise "Apprivoisé" was selected to promote this elegant record as the funky string-laden number is an immediate stand-out moment upon first listen to the album. Less synth more pop, all in that inimitable cool aura of French Pop, the song fits somewhere comfortably between Sébastien Tellier and Exotica. My latest song obsession.

Charlotte Gainsbourg chose the sublime "Ring-A-Ring O' Roses" as the 3rd single taken from her fifth studio album "Rest". It's another flawless song written and produced by the mighty SebastiAn with the music video directed by the French actress/singer herself. Such indisputable talents on both acting and musical fronts truly are a rarity. "Rest" remains the most unexpected contender for the 2017 Album of the Year.

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