SHREM'S DOUBLE TROUBLE: "MISSING U" - Robyn /// "KONG" - Neneh Cherry

2 Swedish divas are back! It's been 4 years since Neneh Cherry's experimental "Blank Project" and 8 years since Robyn's epic Pop triptych "Body Talk". For the euphoric "Missing U" Robyn teams up with her long-term artistic ally Klas Åhlund and Metronomy's Joseph Mount while Neneh Cherry is joined by the legendary Massive Attack's 3D and Four Tet constructing a haunting ambiance of electronica and dub on "Kong". Two very much welcome comebacks in one week.





And here are both singers joining forces for their collaborative single "Out Of The Black" which was out 4 years ago:

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SHREM'S BIGGIES BUT GOODIES BASKET: "CALM DOWN" - Katy B, Four Tet & Floating Points

What a divine musical combo. A collaboration like no other. Katy B whose vocals proudly feature on this year's sole quality UK Chart #1 (the ubiquitous "Turn The Music Louder (Rumble)" with KDA and Tinie Tempah) teams up surprisingly with two cult producers Four Tet and Floating Points for a track that already sounds like Katy B's most ambitious single to date. The flawless string-laden production, the seductive vocals wrapped around a subtle melody and the inescapable beat makes "Calm Down" an immediate favourite. Katy B loves spoiling us with those unannounced "out-of-nowhere" surprise singles. "Calm Down" repeats the same trick as the phenomenal "Aaliyah" with Jessie Ware which was released in December 2012 and then again "Crying For No Reason" the very first great single of 2014. I am just glad I haven't started my "2015 Countdown of Choons" yet as "Calm Down" will most certainly make the final cut.

Official press release:

"In collaboration with Four Tet and Floating Points, Katy B reveals "Calm Down", the first piece of music taken from her new project entitled "Honey" that will see Katy teaming up with a number of producers and artists, further exemplifying Katy’s ability to push boundaries and create exciting new music. Expect more details of "Honey" to follow in the new year."

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SHREM'S LATE MONDAY NIGHT SESSIONS... "STRAIGHT & ARROW" - FaltyDL + Four Tet & Gold Panda Remixes

One of Ninja Tune's brightest talents, the wizard of electronica, soulful samples and garage, FaltyDL left me flabbergasted yet again with his astonishing new single. As if it wasn't enough "Straight & Arrow", taken from the album "Hardcourage", to be released in January 2013, is accompanied by one of this year's most memorable videos and the remixes were provided by a rather mighty team of Four Tet and Gold Panda. Straight to the top on my personal electronic chart this week. What a marvel of a release.



  FaltyDL - 'Straight & Arrow' by Ninja Tune

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SHREM'S DOUBLE TROUBLE: "NOVA" [with Burial] /// "FIELD" - Four Tet

It was in 1998 when I heard of Four Tet for the very first time. His breakthrough track "Field" made it onto numerous compilations, among them "Amulet and Atlas" in Poland which was added as a free bonus CD to one of the first editions of the local magazine "Machina". This eerily hypnotic opus remains the one I still treasure the most among all Four Tet's productions. His brand new collaboration however, the one with Burial called "Nova" tops the brilliance of "Field" after a mere 14 years in my nerdy muso books. They really seem the dream team of electronica after their eponymous 9 minutes long "Moth" in 2009 and "Ego/Mirror" last year - a superb single with Thom Yorke. Top shelf electronica.

Burial + Four Tet - Nova by Four Tet

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