SHREM'S DOUBLE TROUBLE: "YOU AND I (Hard Ton Remix)" - Miss Plug Inn /// "THE HEAT IS ON E.P." - Hard Ton & Paul Parker

Hard Ton must be among the most prolific musical acts of the past few years. Fruitful collaborations, vibrant club gigs, festival performances, singles, EP's, remixes, dj sets... These Italians are where the party's at! Seriously I can hardly keep up with their ecstatic stream of queer electro, (acid) house and nu Italo disco releases. "The Heat Is On E.P." is Hard Ton's latest joint effort with the legendary hi-NRG singer Paul Parker which follows their fresh remix for Miss Plug Inn's "You And I", both released by Bordello A Parigi, a Dutch record label that's flamboyant both in its name and its content. To celebrate this successful underground career I have also prepared a very personal list of my favourite Hard Ton moments to date. It's a fabulously hedonistic feast for your earholes and your feet. Not a bad offer for a Monday evening I suppose...





SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 10 Most Flawless Hard Ton Tracks

10. "In Living Colors" - Hard Ton

09. "Dancefloor (Hard Ton Remix)" - Ricardo Baez

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08. "Work That Body" - Hard Ton

07. "Pretty Baby" - Dimitri From Paris & DJ Rocca feat. Hard Ton

06. "Earthquake (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)" - Hard Ton

05. "Flyin'" - Hard Ton

04. "Voodoo Love" - Jadoo & Hard Ton

03. "Marilyn" - Hard Ton

02. "Chocolate Black Leather" - Ajello feat. Hard Ton

01. "Forever No More" - Hard Ton

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SHREM'S DOUBLE TROUBLE: "BACARDI & COLA" /// "DREAM OF PARADISE (Jadoo Remix)" [with Ajello] - Hard Ton

The ever so busy being busy Hard Ton has even more nu disco tricks up his XXL sleeves! Literally days after I was privileged to receive his flamboyant "Perfect Party Playlist" submitted exclusively for my blog, we are treated to more surprises from this unstoppable nu italo disco machine! The video for the so far unreleased and immediately dancefloor ready "Bacardi & Cola" was created by the cult Piepke. This week also sees the release of Hard Ton's second collaboration with Ajello - "Dream Of Paradise", following last year's monster of an anthem "Chocolate Black Leather" - top 5 of the best tunes in 2011! Of all the mixes Jadoo's disco divine treatment seems the most fun! All Hail to the XXL disco diva of the XXI Century!



   Ajello - Dream Of Paradise (Jadoo Remix) by Jadoo Music

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SHREM'S 2011 COUNTDOWN OF CHOONS - 20-11

20 "White Horse" - Jessica 6 - a worldwide number 1 in an imaginary ideal world, instead randomly a smash hit in Greece and one of 2011 best pop singles


19 "Voodoo Love" - Jadoo feat. Hard Ton - self proclaimed XXL disco diva of the XXI Century a.k.a. Dis-Grace Jones - Mr Hard Ton was behind a whole bunch of excellent dance records this year 2 of which found their spot in my top 20 here. Nu Italo disco super power!
Jadoo feat. Hard Ton - Voodoo Love by DANNY Was a Drag King

18 "Lost In Time" - Azari & III - been praising them since 2010 (check out the number one tune of that year HERE!) but 2012 will hopefully bring them deservedly to a wider audience as I will say it again they are the best house project out there at the moment... "Lost in Time" = pure energy on record and on stage!


17 "Crystalline" - Björk - the sweetest cacophony Icelandic style with a drill'n'bass wall of sound at the end, one of Björk's strongest singles (along with "Declare Independence") since "Vespertine"

16 "Lonely Sea (Ecstasy Mix)" - Alexis Blair Penney - not less than 3 fantastic house records from Ecstasy in my top 20 of 2011, looks like they were my label of the year, I praise my precious limited copy of Alexis' cult "Lonely Sea" on a lipstick kissed 7" a lot, it's my boyfriend's song of the year too!


15 "Sensitivity" - Champion & Ruby Lee Ryder - UK Funky stomper with an utterly irresistible chorus, delicious beats and sublime vocals
Champion - Sensitivity featuring Ruby Lee Ryder by soul2streets

14 "Nap On The Bow" - New Look - and the best newcomer of the year goes to New Look, this esoteric piece of electronica gives me goosebumps each time


13 "Let's Go" - FCL - it really was a phenomenal year in house music, I danced my socks off to this one on numerous occasions
FCL - Let's Go by savicth

12 "I Can't Help It" - The Miracles Club - Ecstasy Records again, probably the newest track in the entire top 100, sometimes the most delicious things are served as desserts... Vintage house galore! J'adorrrrre...
The Miracles Club - I Can't Help It by Rec Room

11 "Arabian Horse" - Gus Gus - so so good to hear Miss Earth back with Gus Gus again, all 3 tracks for "Arabian Horse" she recorded sound as anthemic as "David"!

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SHREM'S FUTURE ANTHEMS: "VOODOO LOVE" - Jadoo feat. Hard Ton

The-ever-so-present-on-the-current-dance-scene Signor Hard Ton aka Dis-Grace Jones returns with yet another superb underground italo disco production. This time he teams up with Jadoo on a single as delicious as his previous collaboration with Ajello and one of this year's number one club classics "Chocolate Black Leather". What a fabulous track, I can sense a brand new dance craze just around the corner! Put your hands up in the year everybody!!!

P.S. If somehow you haven't noticed me praising Hard Ton like mad in the recent months, here's a re-cap of all posts dedicated to him so far...

Jadoo feat. Hard Ton - Voodoo Love by DANNY Was a Drag King

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