SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 20 Best Music Videos of 2015

20 "Lilly" - Toro Y Moi, directed by HARRYS

19 "Number One" - GL, directed by Annelise Hickey

18 "Them Changes" - Thundercat, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada

17 "That Other Girl" - Sevdaliza, directed by Pussykrew

16 "The Less I Know The Better" - Tame Impala, directed by CANADA

15 "Nespole" - Floating Points, directed by Sander Houtkruijer

14 "Barbaric" - Petite Meller, directed by Asaf T.Mann & Napoleon Habeica

13 "Blackstar" - David Bowie, directed by Johan Renck

12 "Flesh without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream" - Grimes, directed by Grimes

11 "Get It Right" - Catz n Dogz feat. Tanika, directed by Natalia Jakubowska & Łukasz Gronowski

10 "Love Is Free" - Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique feat. Maluca, directed by SSION

9 "Christine" - Christine and the Queens, directed by J.A.C.K.

8 "High By the Beach" - Lana Del Rey, directed by Jake Nava

7 "Deeper Shadows" - Jaakko Eino Kalevi, directed by Charlotte Rutherford

6 "Evil Eyes" - Róisín Murphy, directed by Róisín Murphy

5 "Glass & Patron" - FKA Twigs, directed by FKA Twigs

4 "Exploitation" - Róisín Murphy, directed by Róisín Murphy

3 "Borders" - M.I.A., directed by M.I.A.

2 "Unputdownable" - Róisín Murphy, directed by Róisín Murphy

1 "Baby Love" - Petite Meller, directed by Asaf T.Mann & Napoleon Habeica

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SHREM'S 2015 COUNTDOWN OF TOP 100 BEST TRACKS OF THE YEAR: part 3: 60-41

60 "Glass & Patron" - FKA Twigs

LABEL: Young Turks
FROM: UK

59 "Can I Get Your Love?" - Chungking

LABEL: self-released
FROM: UK

Preview/download Chungking's "Defender" on itunes.

58 "Window Shades" - U.S. Girls

LABEL: 4AD
FROM: US

57 "Higher" - Ary

LABEL: Eskimo
FROM: Norway

56 "Mezzanine" - The Galleria
LABEL: Environ LLC
FROM: US

55 "Indulge" - Jones
LABEL: 37 Adventures
FROM: UK

54 "Oino" - LA Priest

LABEL: Domino
FROM: UK

53 "Vyzee" - Sophie

LABEL: Numbers
FROM: UK

52 "White Light" - Shura

LABEL: Bsessi
FROM: UK

51 "Paralyzed" - Klyne

LABEL: Aesop
FROM: Netherlands

50 "WorkX2" - Annie
LABEL: Pleasure Masters
FROM: Norway

49 "Slowly" - Susanne Sundfør

LABEL: Sonnet Sound
FROM: Norway

48 "The Great Elements" - Mahaut Mondino
LABEL: self-released
FROM: France

47 "All The Way Down" - Kelela
LABEL: Warp
FROM: US

46 "You Made The World Go Round" - Hard Ton

LABEL: Luv Shack
FROM: Italy

45 "Damn That Valley" - U.S. Girls
LABEL: 4AD
FROM: US

44 "Bitch I'm Madonna" - Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj
LABEL: Boy Toy Inc.
FROM: US

43 "Love Song" - Shaun J. Wright & Alinka

LABEL: Twirl
FROM: US

42 "High By the Beach" - Lana Del Rey
LABEL: Polydor
FROM: US

41 "Aerobic Lambada" - Zhala

LABEL: Konichiwa
FROM: Sweden

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SHREM'S FUTURE ANTHEMS: "OFF TO THE RACES" - Lana Del Rey + "VIDEO GAMES" (live at Chateau Marmont)

It's no news to anyone that 2012 will most probably belong to Miss Lana Del Rey. Voices like this happen rather rarely... "Off to the Races" (get it off iTunes for free this week!) sees a slight change in musical direction flirting with more electronic upbeat production, r'n'b vibes with a mandatory addition of monumental strings. Perhaps 2012 will finally observe a much needed triumphant return of quality music entering the charts again (not seen since Robyn's "With Every Heartbeat in 2007!) thanks to the likes of Del Rey or Azealia Banks. Fingers crossed...

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SHREM'S 2011 COUNTDOWN OF CHOONS - 100-91

2011 - definitely a year of incredible tunes! I can't remember when I was struggling so much with my end of the year ranking before... Ended up with 257 songs which I felt well deserved a spot among the best tracks and finally after days of debating I narrowed it down to the usual top 100. I'll be revealing it in 10 separate installments and as always any feedback, comments or perhaps even your own charts would make my über-nerdy heart sing. I'm very excited to finally share it with you all. Let's start the countdown...


100 - "The Third of the Storms" - Mike Simonetti feat. Sam Sparro - 8 minutes long Balearic sound odyssey with vocoderised Sam Sparro from the ever so creative ITALIANS DO IT BETTER label with this year's most edible of all album covers



99 "Mind" - Fatima feat. Floating Points - it was all about the collaborations this year, wasn't it? Miss Fatima dropped one of this year's most sophisticated urban EP's with a little help from Floating Points, this was my highlight of the entire "Follow You".
Floating Points & Fatima - Mind [Eglo] by frankyboy


98 "Thirteen Times An Hour" - Isolée - deep house galore released exactly 10 years since Isolée's phenomenal debut single "Beau Mot Plage"...
Isolée - Thirteen Times An Hour by Pampa Records


97 "Tonight (Morgan Geist Remix)" - The KDMS - anthemic house gem, yet another superb single for Brighton's nu-disco queen Kathy Diamond. Morgan Geist delivers another epic remix too!
The KDMS - Tonight (Morgan Geist Remix) (excerpt) by Gomma


96 "I Want Her But I Don't Want Her" - Zahed Sultan - subtle dubtronica made in Kuwait popularised recently by Monsieur Stéphane-Hôtel Costes-Pompougnac

95 "Forevermore (Rough Mix by Ha-ze Factory)" - Andrew Butler & Shaun J. Wright - darker side of House music, released under Hercules & Love Affair's Andrew Butlers' independent label Mr.Intl
94 "Video Games" - Lana Del Rey - this year's most talked about and most blogged about diva, the saviour of chart music Miss Lana Del Rey aka Gangsta Nancy Sinatra...


93 "(We Stay) Up All Night" - Buraka Som Sistema feat. Blaya & Roses Gabor - Portugal's finest musical export with its infectious hybrid of Angolian kuduro, dancehall and electronica - pure energy!


92 "Gucci Gucci" - Kreayshawn - and it goes a little something like this "Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada, the basic bitches wear that shit, so I don't even bother"


91 "En Enda Röst" - Det lilla extra - one of the most original and intriguing releases in 2011, Swedish murky answer to witch house:

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