SHREM'S FUTURE ANTHEMS: "DO THAT DANCE" - Shit Robot feat. Nancy Whang + Leisure Connection Remix

Ireland's best kept electronic secret Shit Robot has just released another luminous collaborative effort with the one and only DFA prime diva Nancy Whang. Shit Robot releases his 2nd full-length album "We Got A Love" on DFA/PIAS on March 17 (UK/EU) / March 18 (US). It features guests also including Reggie Watts, Museum Of Love, Holly Backler and Luke Jenner from The Rapture.





It's also a perfect moment to remind ourselves of Shit Robot and Nancy Whang's previous and equally brilliant joint effort, the sublime "Take 'Em Up":

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SHREM'S 2013 COUNTDOWN OF TOP 100 BEST CHOONS: part 1: 100-81

#100 "Grind" - Les Sins [Jiaolong]

Les Sins - Grind by ToroyMoi

#99 "Spa Day" - Le1f [self-released]

#98 "No One Is Out Of Touch" - Tomas More [Get The Curse Music]

#97 "Pale Green Ghosts" - John Grant [Bella Union]

#96 "Airglow Fires" - Lone [R&S Records In Order To Dance]

Lone - Airglow Fires by Lone

#95 "Porno" - Arcade Fire [Arcade Fire Music]

#94 "You're Not Good Enough" - Blood Orange feat. Samantha Urbani [Domino]

You're Not Good Enough by Blood Orange

#93 "Create Your Love" - Amateur Best feat. Empress Of [Double Denim Records]

Amateur Best featuring Empress Of - Create Your Love by Double Denim Records

#92 "Technology" - Fatima [Eglo Records]

Fatima - Technology Prod. Oh No by F A T I M A

#91 "Mais Um" - Souleance [First Word Records]

04 Mais Um by Souleance

#90 "Help Me Lose My Mind" - Disclosure feat. London Grammar [Universal]

Help Me Lose My Mind ft. London Grammar by Disclosure

#89 "Viva La Brea" - Steed Lord feat. Jakob Frímann Magnússon [New Crack City Records]

#88 "Feels Real" - Shit Robot feat. Jenr [DFA]

#87 "Applause" - Lady Gaga [Interscope]

#86 "Skinny Dipping" - Rainbow Chan [Silo Arts & Records / Frenchkiss Label Group]

#85 "The Attic" - Colm K. [Bastard Jazz Recordings]

Colm K - The Attic (feat. Walshy) by bastardjazz

#84 "Winter In the Sun" - Hypnolove [Record Makers]

Hypnolove - Winter In The Sun by Record Makers

#83 "Tears from Heaven" - Desire [Italians Do It Better]

#82 "Life Round Here" - James Blake [Polydor Records]

#81 "The Heat" - Easter [self released]

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Crème de la crème: MAY 2013

20 (N) "Ballad of the War Machine" - Midnight Juggernauts



19 (N) "Tiff" - Poliça

Tiff (feat. Justin Vernon) by POLIÇA

18 (N) "Yes Guess" - Anushka



17 "All You're Waiting For" - Classixx feat. Nancy Whang

All You're Waiting For (Feat. Nancy Whang) by Classixx

16 (N) "Come to My Empire" - Hypnolove



15 (N) "Rose Quartz" - Toro Y Moi

Toro Y Moi - Rose Quartz by ˚ Joshua Smith

14 (N) "On & On" - Snakehips



13 (N) "Beautiful Object" - Glass Candy



12 (5) "Home" - Austra



11 (3) "Look Around You" - Boris Dlugosch feat. Róisín Murphy



10 (N) "Feels Real" - Shit Robot feat. JENR

09 (N) "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" - The Knife

08 (N) "Tears From Heaven" - Desire

07 (N) "Love Fantasy" - Sean McCabe & Groove Assassin

06 (1) "If It Doesn't Rain" - Sally Shapiro

05 (N) "Brooklyn Girl" - Cola & Jimmu

04 (N) "Painful Like" - Austra

Austra - Painful Like by Domino Record Co

03 (N) "Jerk Ribs" - Kelis

Kelis : Jerk Ribs by kelis

02 (N) "Looking For Love" - Chromatics

01 (N) "Men's Feelings" - Poisonous Relationship

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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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10 ACTS NOT TO BE MISSED AT LOVEBOX ON SUNDAY (OUT & OUT FIERCE)

So the sunday line-up at this year's Lovebox in Victoria Park, London is some sort of a phenomena in my books. When I scanned through it first a few weeks ago, slightly in disbelief and hyped up to the max, I booked my flight to London, ticket to the festival and accomodation all in less than half hour... Now the day is just around the corner so I thought it'd be nice to share with you all who might very possibly be my highlights of the out & out fierce edition of Lovebox... I arranged it all neatly in a top 10 (surprise surprise!) as I'm sure you know by now how fond I am of list making :-)

10. VILLA - Mysterious belgian trio that stole my heart with their "Diva Edits" a while back. 09. PEACHES - "I feel cream" thinking of seeing Peaches live for the first time even if it's just a dj set I'm sure it'll be a set like no other!
08. THE JUAN MACLEAN - always standing in the shadow of the mighty James-LCD Soundsystem-Murphy, Maclean is in fact my personal biggest hero from the DFA label, really hope I can count on "Crush The Liberation" and "Happy House"


07. TENSNAKE - bringing back the 1990's big style, needless to say "Coma Cat" will be one of the biggest Lovebox anthems that weekend:

TENSNAKE - Coma Cat (Radio Edit) by onelovemusic

06. KELIS - really hope she does "Emancipate" and that flamboyant mash-up of "Milkshake" and La Ciccone's "Holiday" that has recently became la spécialité during her gigs...
05. SHIT ROBOT - I have just realised with a bit of luck both The Juan Maclean and Shit Robot might be joined on stage by wonderful Nancy Whang as she graced tracks by both artists with her cool vocals...



04. HARD TON - this should be an ultra-camp feast of glitter and fabulousness, newly crowned Italo disco queen Hard Ton aka "Dis-Grace Jones" was my number one favourite new act in 2010, dying to see him perform both his own nu disco gems as well as some of the tunes he flawlessly featured on (for Heels of Love, Ajello, Stefano e bene, The Barking Dogs among others)


03. BETH DITTO - as long as she does the whole EP she has recorded with Simian Mobile Disco earlier on this year, I will be in sonic heaven. Visually I'll be in heaven too as Miss Ditto is one of my fashion icons and a fierce performer. Really curious to see what trick has she up her sleeve during her solo performance... Being able to admire "I wrote the book" will be something else as the song still stands out as my favourite track so far in 2011...

I Wrote The Book by Beth Ditto

02. ROBYN - super-energetic, unstoppable, ridiculously hot and indestructible... Natural born performer. Watching Robyn live is just a festival on its own!
01. AZARI & III - Dinamo Azari, Alixander III, Starving Yet Full, Fritz Helder - 4 canadians who rescued the good name of house music, released "Reckless (With Your Love)" the best song in 2010 in my humble opinion (along with 4 other spectacular singles), remixed tracks by Robyn, Cut Copy, Friendly Fires (sometimes scoring better results than the original artists) and are about to release their long anticipated self-titled debut album which might potentially end up being the album of the year... For all those reasons and more this is the act I'm mostly excited about seeing at Lovebox this year! Here's their latest single - "Manic" - pure genius!

Manic by Azari & III

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CHOON OF THE DAY: "LOSING MY PATIENCE" - Shit Robot feat. Alexis Taylor + Hot Chip remix

Shit Robot's excellent collaboration with Hot Chip's leader Alexis Taylor finally gets the attention it deserves with this amusing video and a bunch of fresh remixes by Hot Chip themselves among others. As good as "TAKE 'EM UP".



Shit Robot - Losing My Patience (Hot Chip Remix) by DFA Records

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