SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: "OVERTIME" + Top 15 Jessie Ware Club Diva Moments

The arrival of Jessie Ware's surprising new single "Overtime", the irresistibly anthemic, Bicep-produced club belter, inspired me to revisit this lesser-known side to the soul singer's repertoire. One of Britain's finest vocalists, Ware is prone to a sonic excursion into a more electronica-oriented territory. Through uptempo singles, classic remixes and stimulating collaborations, Jessie Ware spices up her impressive catalogue with club sounds, masterly balancing between UK Garage, various incarnations of house music, urban beats and drum'n'bass...



15 "Cruel (Klaves Remix)" (2015)

14 "No To Love (George Fitzgerald Remix)" (2012)

13 "Right Thing to Do" - SBTRKT feat. Jessie Ware (2011)

12 "Sweet Talk (Cyril Hahn Remix)" (2012)

11 "Champagne Kisses (TCTS Remix)" (2015)

10 "Peppermint" - Julio Bashmore feat. Jessie Ware (2014)

9 "Alone (Toddla T Remix)" (2017)

8 "Nervous" - Jessie Ware & SBTRKT (2010)

7 "Wildest Moments (T. Williams Remix)" (2012)

6 "Imagine It Was Us" (2013)

5 "Midnight (Peggy Gou's After Midnight Mix)" (2017)

4 "Confess To Me" - Disclosure Feat Jessie Ware (2013)

3 "110%" (2012)

2 "Aaliyah" - Katy B feat. Jessie Ware (2012)

1 "Running (Disclosure Remix)" (2012)

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SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 20 Tunes I Can't Wait To Hear @ Electric Picnic 2014 The Most

Electric Picnic is only one week away! This year's impossibly good line-up inspired me to compile this festival song wish list. Here's to not too many clashes!

20 "The Attic" - Colm K.



19 "Digital Witness" - St. Vincent



18 "The Look" - Metronomy



17 "So Fresh So Clean" - Outkast



16 "Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry



15 "Wildfire" - SBTRKT



14 "Domino Dancing" - Pet Shop Boys



13 "The Heat" - Jungle



12 "My Offence" - Hercules & Love Affair



11 "Everybody Dance" - Chic



10 "Millionaire" - Kelis Feat. André 3000



09 "Machine Gun" - Portishead



08 "My Forbidden Lover" - Chic



07 "Popgun track" - Linkoban



06 "Two Weeks" - FKA Twigs



05 "I Try To Talk To You" - Hercules & Love Affair



04 "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys



03 "Your Love" - Moko



02 "Papi Pacify" - FKA Twigs



01 "Roads" - Portishead

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SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 20 Tunes I Can't Wait To Hear @ Primavera Sound Festival 2014

Barcelona edition of Primavera Sound Festival takes place between 28-31 May 2014. Similarly to my post last year, here's a song wishlist for this year's festival. Ooooh the anticipation!

20 "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" - Arcade Fire



19 "Digital Witness" - St Vincent



18 "We Are Explorers" - Cut Copy



17 "Black Belt" - John Grant



16 "The Look" - Metronomy



15 "Tous Les Mêmes" - Stromae



14 "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails



13 "Cu Cu Rru Cu Cu Paloma" - Caetano Veloso



12 "Pharaohs" - SBTRKT feat. Roses Gabor



11 "Hearts On Fire" - Cut Copy



10 "Dinner" - Blood Orange



09 "Lies" - CHVRCHES



08 "Everything Is Embarrassing" - Sky Ferreira



07 "Au Seve" - Julio Bashmore



06 "Que Pena (Ela Já Não Gosta Mais De Mim)" - Caetano Veloso & Gal Costa



05 "Water Me" - FKA Twigs



04 "Fancy Footwork" - Chromeo



03 "F For You" - Disclosure feat. Mary J. Blige



02 "Confess To Me" - Disclosure feat. Jessie Ware



01 "Papi Pacify" - FKA Twigs

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SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 10 Favourite Yukimi Nagano Guest Appearances

Little Dragon were on my radar for a good few years now. Growing artistically with every next release, the Swedish quartet has now a very solid spot among the most creative and unique bands of the current indie & electronic scene. Seeing them live last week at Lovebox Festival in London (one of the highlights of the whole 3 day long event) proved again their astonishing live-performance capability. I can't praise them enough! One of the most precious aspects of their originality lies in Yukimi Nagano's incomparable vocals. Her diversity, versatility and unlikeness as a vocalist was an inspiration for this episode of my "List Obsession". Here's a carefully cherry-picked top 10 of Miss Nagano's features in non Little Dragon recordings. As an admirably generous singer, she guest appeared on numerous releases of an eclectic kind. Have a look...

10 "Bright Nights" - with Koop (2001)

   Koop - Bright nights by edumusic

09 "Love Again" - with Hird (2004)



08 "Inner City Winter" - with Stateless (2003)

   Stateless feat. Yukimi Nagano - "Inner City Winter" by SHREM

07 "Scale It Back" - with Dj Shadow (2011)



06 "Whenever There Is You" - with Koop (2006)

05 "Fading Blues" - with Hird (2004)



04 "Wildfire" - with SBTRKT (2011)



03 "If You Return" - with Maximum Balloon (2010)



   Maximum Balloon - If You Return (Feat. Little Dragon) by panlert

02 "Summer Sun" - with Koop (2001)



01 "Keep You Kimi" - with Hird (2004)

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CHOON OF THE DAY: "RUNNING" - Jessie Ware + Disclosure Remix

I have absolutely fallen in love with Jessie Ware's "Running". When music seems to be made of silk, velvet and plush... You will probably recognise this power of a voice from SBTRKT's eponymous debut album as Miss Ware provided sublime vocals to "Right Thing To Do" for his album... So here's the video for her divine solo single, check out also the ultra-funky live version of her other collaboration with SBTRKT - "Nervous" below. This urban flavour is seriously tasty!

P.S. That Disclosure remix is DA BOMB, try not to dance!!!

P.P.S. And I'll just say this one more time: WHAT A VOICE!!!!!

Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix) by JessieWare

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SHREM'S 2011 COUNTDOWN OF CHOONS - 70-61

70 "In This Shirt (Röyksopp Edit)" - The Irrepressibles - Norwegian wizards of electronica turning yet another track into an utter masterpiece, making it sound their own. Epic +10 minutes of world class electronica
The Irrepressibles - In This Shirt (Royksopp Remix) by FascinatingFingers

69 "Blend - Revised" - UpHIgh Collective feat. Delvis - wondrous urban vibes, 2011 the year of reinventing soul music
OP02 - Uphigh Collective - Blend by on-point

68 "Rozszczep" - Nosowska - one of 2 tracks from my homeland included in my ranking, a moody piece of unsettling strings, cloudy micro-beats and THAT voice...


67 "Pharaohs" - SBTRKT feat. Roses Gabor - Miss Gabor gracing not any less than 3 tunes in my top 100, here's hoping we get to hear some of her solo stuff in 2012


66 "123, If You Want Me" - Steed Lord - Icelandic ultra-cool electro fashionistas who re-released their 2010 singles with fresh breakthrough videos


65 "Ritual Union" - Little Dragon - I literally don't know one single person who wouldn't fall for this perfect little gem
Ritual Union by Little Dragon

64 "Run the World (Girls)" - Beyoncé - no 1 Girl Power anthem of the new decade


63 "Good Night Good Morning" - Beth Ditto - controversially speaking and being a massive Gossip fan, La Ditto's first ever solo material is possibly the best thing she's been involved in so far...
Good Night Good Morning by Beth Ditto

62 "Tailor-made" - Daedelus feat. Milosh - an enthrallingly cacophonous electronic symphony which didn't sound quite like anything else in 2011
Tailor-Made (featuring Milosh) by Daedelus

61 "Take 'Em Up" - Shit Robot feat. Nancy Whang - exactly how many excellent dance records was DFA diva Nancy Whang was involved in at this stage? Marvellous!

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SHREM'S 2011 COUNTDOWN OF CHOONS - 80-71

80 "Wildfire" - SBTRKT feat. Yukimi Nagano - delicious collaboration with Miss Little Dragon on what should have been the winner of this year's Mercury Prize


79 "Warm In The Winter" - Glass Candy - I/D/A/N/O/ and J/O/H/N/N/Y/J/E/W/E/L were back with this euphoric track in September, "Warm in the Winter" is a herald of their long anticipated new album to come out in 2012, can't wait!


78 "Shake" - Little Boots - Simian Mobile Disco produced absolute dancefloor stomper
Little Boots - SHAKE (Radio Edit) by LittleBoots

77 "Mirage" - Ladytron - 4th single from "Gravity The Seducer" stands among the band's strongest singles in their entire impressive catalogue of synth-pop gems


76 "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long" - Erykah Badu - Miss Badu added another classy single to her vast and eclectic discography this year


75 "Once In a While" - Loné - modern era rave anthem
Lone - once in a while by O/A

74 "Cairo (Moullinex Remix)" - Kamp! - Poland's most praised musical export of the past few years in a Portuguese remix treatment
Kamp! - Cairo (Moullinex Remix) by Moullinex

73 "More Than Seven" - FCL - 2011 the year of house music
FCL-more than seven by ov-s


72 "Flyin'" - Hard Ton - Italo Disco reinventor, one of the most sought-after vocalists of the underground dance scene and self proclaimed XXL disco diva of the XXI Century with his Sylvester style falsettos and outrageous style stole my heart on numerous occasions this year whether it was with his own tracks or featuring on other projects, absolutely fabulous!
71 "The Ballad" - New Look - subtlety and finesse, Jimmy Edgar's makeover is unbelievable too!

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CHOONS OF THE DAY: "PHARAOHS" - SBTRKT feat. Roses Gabor + "INTO YOU (French Fries Remix)" - Greenmoney feat. Roses Gabor

If it was up to me, this year's Mercury Prize Award would go to SBTRKT. After the much loved "Wildfire" with Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano on vocals we have another single and another video from that excellent LP. "Pharaohs" was a stand-out track from the album from the very first listen. Roses Gabor, who recently stole my heart collaborating with Greenmoney on "Into You" (check out French Fries' delectable remix below), provides yet another smashing vocals. She might quite effortlessly become UK Funky's newly crowned queen. Top tune!



Greenmoney - Into You (French Fries Remix) by MrFrenchFries

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CHOON OF THE DAY: "WILDFIRE" - SBTRKT feat. Yukimi Nagano

So we finally have a video for one of this year's most sublime singles by the ultra-enigmatic SBTRKT and Yukimi Nagano the owner of one of the most wonderful voices in Europe.

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Crème de la crème: MAY 2011

20 (N) - "Eyes Be Closed" - Washed Out - glo-fi soundscapes like no others

19 (N) - "Must Be Heaven" - Mike Monday - last year's 12" house stomper that only properly caught my attention (and my feet!) now...

18 (3) - "Chocolate Black Leather" - Ajello & Hard Ton

17 (N) - "Keep On Shining" - CSLSX - Balearic lushness by the most enigmatic act of this month's top 20

16 (N) - "Run the World (Girls)" - Beyoncé - Miss Knowles' most uncompromising, most brazen and least catchy single to date! So much better than the whole Lady Gaga's album put together!

15 (N) - "Love In Motion" - SebastiAn feat. Mayer Hawthorne - this is what soul & funk sound like in 21st century!

14 (4) - "MindKilla" - Gang Gang Dance

13 (N) - "Night or Day (CZ Club Mix)" - Cubic Zirconia feat. Bilal - hypnotising! Tiombe Lockhart and the boys deliver their 5th single in a row that reached my monthly crème de la crème rankings...

Cubic Zirconia - Night or Day (CZ Club Mix) by XXY

12 (1) - "Prisoner Of Love" - Jessica 6 feat. Antony - A.N.T.H.E.M.!.

11 (N) - "Fascination" - Nicolette - unique, creative and never predictable, Nicolette never fails to amaze me!

10 (RE)- "Lonely Sea" - Alexis Blair Penney - think I might have mentioned already about 250 times that I am one of the 250 lucky owners of this strictly limited 7" single, lipstick kissed by Alexis (him/her)self, here's a lovely brand new remix I haven't shared with you guys yet...

Alexis Blair Penny "Lonely Sea (Ecstasy Mix)" by E C S T A S Y


09 (N) - "Little Black Angel"/"White Elephant" - Ladytron - electronic double whammy from Liverpool via Bulgaria... Can't wait for "Gravity the Seducer"
08 (N) - "So Hot" - The Miracles Club - in both club and old school mix this is the perfect antidote to all that bleak and criminally predictable commercial house music that's destroying the good name of the mother of club genres
07 (N) - "Cherry Picking" - Toddla T feat. Róisín Murphy - from a very limited 12" single, La Murphy goes all gritty and urban, taken from Toddla T's upcoming album released under the legendary Ninja Tune
06 (N) - "Good Night Good Morning" - Beth Ditto - can't get over this magical EP, welcome song number 3 and Miss Ditto's 5 month in a row in my top 20...
05 (N) - "Wildfire" - SBTRKT feat. Yukimi Nagano - short break from Little Dragon? The mesmerising Yukimi Nagano joining forces with the anonymous producer from London... I heard it first at NoSnobsAllowed!

SBTRKT featuring Yukimi Nagano - Wildfire by Hypetrak

04 (N) - "In The Heat" - Jessica 6 - "See the Light" offers you a classy, sophisticated as well as camp and fierce journey through funk, house, soul and electronica. Nomi Ruiz in her element, my favourite song on the album so far!
03 (N) - "Dancing" - Omar feat. Zed Bias - this one is going to be maaaaaaaaaaaaaaassive! The greatest dance record in 2011? Very very possibly...
02 (2) - "Elevate" - Finesse - number 2 last month, number 2 this month... Stable spot among my absolute favourite tracks of the past few months.
01 (N) - "Over" - Gus Gus - epic, eponymous and monumental dance moment from the pioneers of the "Icelandic hi-tech soul" from the indisputably best album released in 2011 so far...

Over by Kompakt

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