Crème de la Shrem: TOP 25 BEST OF JANUARY 2020

Exclusive artwork: Les Cullinan Designs

25 (N) "Heartbreaker" - OMMA (Antinote)

24 (N) "Rabbit Hole" - Alinka & Ahmad (Leftroom Records)

23 (N) "The Worst In Me" - KAYTRANADA feat. Tinashe (RCA)

22 (N) "Poll Line" - JORDANN (self-released)

21 (N) "Made Me Fly" - Session Victim feat. Beth Hirsch (Night Time Stories)

20 (N) "Mirage" - Lisel (Luminelle Recordings)

19 (N) "Xphanie (Myd Remix)" - Saint DX (Because Music)

18 (N) "Party" - Planet 1999 (PC Music)

17 (N) "10%" - KAYTRANADA feat. Kali Uchis (RCA)

16 (N) "I Don't Wanna Lose You" - Girls of the Internet & Olivia Louise (Drab Queen)

15 (N) "Better" - Easter (self-released)

14 (2) "Narcissus" - Róisín Murphy (Skint Records)

13 (N) "Never Come Back" - Caribou (City Slang)

12 (RE) "I Don’t Search I Find (Honey Dijon Remix)" - Madonna (Interscope Records)

11 (N) "Juro Que" - ROSALÍA (Columbia Records)

10 (N) "Canto" - Pongo (Capitaine Plouf/Jardin Rouge)

9 (N) "Lucky Star (Rimini Rimini Version)" - I-Robots feat. Hard Ton (OPILEC MUSIC)

8 (4) "Water Me Down" - Vagabon (Nonesuch Records/WEA)

7 (N) "Breaking Down" - Elín Ey (self-released)

6 (N) "Sweat" - SONIKKU feat. LIZ [SOPHIE + Baltra Remixes] (Bella Union)

5 (N) "Make It Happen" - Forever feat. Just John (Cascine)

4 (3) "A Palé" - ROSALÍA + Gesaffelstein Remix (Columbia)

3 (N) "Zenit" - ONUKA (Vidlik)

2 (1) "Stop & Go" - The Galleria (Environ LLC)

1 (N) "Oh My God" - Sevdaliza (Twisted Elegance)

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SHREM'S CLUB BIZARRE PRESENTS: "CUPPA" - Easter

The eccentric German duo Easter are back with yet another culinary-themed underground gem "Cuppa". Ever since I came across Stine Omar & Max Boss' debut album "The Softest Hard" back in 2012 I knew we were about to be immersed into something unique, uncompromising and bold. The strange concoction of poetry, minimal synth production, cuisine references and the pair's striking, cold, almost unapproachable presence create an incomparable visual and sonic experience. "Cuppa" is right up there with "The Heat", "Pillo", "New Cuisine" and "Alien Babies" among Easter's most engaging songs to date.



I have also recently stumbled upon Easter's live performance for Boiler Room which solidified my fascination with this truly unconventional duo:

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SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 20 Best EP's of 2016

20 "Carré Magique" - Cliché
LABEL: self-released
COUNTRY: France
KEY TRACK: "Carré Magique"

19 "Kiss Me All Night" - Junior Boys
LABEL: City Slang
COUNTRY: Canada
KEY TRACK: "Yes"

18 "Sleepy Hungry" - Bonzai
LABEL: Sony
COUNTRY: Ireland
KEY TRACK: "Stepping"

17 "Global Luv" - Doc Daneeka
LABEL: Ten Thousand Yen
COUNTRY:
KEY TRACK: "Ummah"

16 "Don't Explain" - Snoh Aalegra
LABEL: Artium Recordings
COUNTRY: Sweden
KEY TRACK: "In Your River"

15 "Fountain Of Youth" - Kasper Bjørke
LABEL: hfn
COUNTRY: Denmark
KEY TRACK: "Cloud 9 (feat. Urdur)"

14 "The Serious EP" - Bibio feat. Olivier St. Louis
LABEL: Warp
COUNTRY: UK
KEY TRACK: "Why So Serious? (feat. Olivier St. Louis)"

13 "CDW" - Charlotte Day Wilson
LABEL: self-released
COUNTRY: Canada
KEY TRACK: "Work"

12 "Origami" - Bleu Toucan
LABEL: Profil de Face
COUNTRY: France
KEY TRACK: "Hanoï Café"

11 "New Cuisine, Pt. 2" - Easter
LABEL: self-released
COUNTRY: Germany
KEY TRACK: "Kinds of Fruit"

10 "Colours" - Lulu James
LABEL: SPIL IT
COUNTRY: UK
KEY TRACK: "It's the Time"

9 "Cheetah EP" - Aphex Twin
LABEL: Warp
COUNTRY: Ireland
KEY TRACK: "CHEETAHT7b"

8 "Fille De Ta Région" - Corine
LABEL: Kwaidan
COUNTRY: France
KEY TRACK: "Pourquoi Pourquoi"

7 "Silicon Tare" - Com Truise
LABEL: Ghostly
COUNTRY: US
KEY TRACK: "Silicon Tare"

6 "Children of Silk" - Sevdaliza
LABEL: Twisted Elegance
COUNTRY: Iran/Holland
KEY TRACK: "Men of Glass (feat. Rome Fortune)"

5 "Cavalier Seule" - Juliette Armanet
LABEL: Barclay
COUNTRY: France
KEY TRACK: "Manque d'amour"

4 "Okey" - Smerz
LABEL: Hard Up
COUNTRY: Norway
KEY TRACK: "Because"

3 "January Sun" - Kedr Livanskiy
LABEL: 2MR
COUNTRY: Russia
KEY TRACK: "Razrushitelniy Krug (Destructive Cycle)"

2 "Nite-Funk EP" - Nite-Funk
LABEL: Glydezone
COUNTRY: US
KEY TRACK: "Let Me Be Me"

1 "Princess" - ABRA
LABEL: True Panther
COUNTRY: US
KEY TRACK: "Crybaby"

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Crème de la crème: TOP 20 BEST OF OCTOBER 2016

Exclusive Artwork: Les Cullinan Designs

Honourable mentions:

*** "T S I E R" - Alyss (PMR)

*** "What Reason Do We Need?" - NAVVI (Hush Hush)

TOP 20

20 (N) "I Did" - Bonzai (Sony Music)

19 (4) "Blessed" - Smerz (Hard Up)

18 (N) "There's No Meat On Your Love" - Leigh Morgan (Fancy Humans)

17 (N) "In Love With (FNKD Remix)" - Funkformer X Starving Yet Full (Make It Music)

16 (N) "Electricité" - Cléa Vincent (Château Perdu/Midnight Special)

15 (N) "Dial Me In" - Factory Floor (DFA)

14 (N) "Kinds Of Fruit" - Easter (self-released)

13 (7) "Trampoline" - Kero Kero Bonito (self released)

12 (2) "Elevate" - Blissful (Vitund)

11 (N) "Figure It Out" - Ekkah (Sony Music)

10 (N) "The Feeling When You Walk Away" - Yves Tumor (PAN)

9 (N) "Love To Hate It" - Off Bloom (Polydor)

8 (N) "Renegades" - Dawn Richard (Local Action)

7 (N) "Honeycomb" - Kadhja Bonet (Fat Possum)

Honeycomb from Bryn Silverman on Vimeo.

6 (N) "Pull Up" - Abra (True Panther)

5 (3) "Discomfort Of Strangers" - Róisín Murphy (Play It Again Sam)

4 (N) "Cranes In The Sky" -  Solange (Columbia)

3 (N) "Time" - Sevdaliza (Twisted Elegance)

2 (1) "Never Ever" - Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør (Dog Triumph)

1 (N) "I Gotta Feeling" - Midnight Magic (Soul Clap)

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