SHREM'S 2016 COUNTDOWN OF TOP 100 BEST TRACKS OF THE YEAR: part 4: 25-1

25 "Give Me a Little" - NAO
LABEL: Little Tokyo Recordings
FROM: UK

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24 "Crybaby" - Abra

LABEL: True Panther/Awful Records
FROM: US

23 "In Common" - Alicia Keys

LABEL: RCA/Sony Music
FROM: US

22 "Lip Service" - Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Play It Again Sam
FROM: Ireland

21 "Love Invaders" - Fatima Yamaha
LABEL: Magnetron Music
FROM: Holland

20 "Cloud 9 [Marvin & Guy Remix]" - Kasper Bjørke feat. Urdur
LABEL: hfn
FROM: Denmark/Iceland

19 "Cranes In The Sky" - Solange
LABEL: Columbia
FROM: US

18 "Razrushitelniy Krug (Destructive Cycle)" - Kedr Livanskiy
LABEL: 2MR
FROM: Russia

17 "Let A B!tch Know" - Kiddy Smile
LABEL: Kiddy Smile
FROM: France

16 "Negroni Eyes" - Wallace
LABEL: self-released
FROM: New Zealand

15 "Let Me Be Me" - Nite Funk
LABEL: Glydezone
FROM: US

14 "Ten Miles High" - Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Play It Again Sam
FROM: Ireland

13 "Grip" - GL
LABEL: Plastic World/Midnight Feature
FROM: Australia

12 "Whisper" - Shouse feat. Habits
LABEL: Smooch Records
FROM: Australia

11 "Manque d'amour" - Juliette Armanet
LABEL: Barclay
FROM: France

10 "Hallucinate" - GL
LABEL: Plastic World/Midnight Feature
FROM: Australia

9 "Human" - Sevdaliza
LABEL: Twisted Elegance
FROM: Iran/Holland

8 "Dark Thunder" - Midnight Magic
LABEL: Soul Clap
FROM: US

7 "Never Ever" - Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør
LABEL: Dog Triumph Ltd
FROM: Norway

6 "Thoughts Wasted" - Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Play It Again Sam
FROM: Ireland

5 "Elevate" - Blissful
LABEL: Vitund
FROM: Iceland

4 "Boo Hoo" - Nite Jewel
LABEL: Gloriette
FROM: US

3 "Because" - Smerz
LABEL:
FROM: Norway

2 "Mastermind" - Róisín Murphy
LABEL: Play It Again Sam
FROM: Ireland

1 "It Means I Love You" - Jessy Lanza
LABEL: Hyperdub
FROM: Canada

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SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 10 Hottest Newcomers in 2016

It was Domenique Dumont, Kiiara, Joni, Ary, Mizan, Thomas Gaist, Silicon, Jones, Klyne and Abra this time last year when I was cherry-picking the most breakthrough new acts in 2015. Here's my selection of the most promising new artists for 2016:

10 A-WA

FROM: Israel/Yemen

LABEL: Tôt ou tard

KEY TRACK: "Habib Galbi"
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9 DAGGI ZEGREAT

FROM: Sweden

LABEL: self-released

KEY TRACK: "Sommar I December"
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8 CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON

FROM: Canada

LABEL: self-released

KEY TRACK: "Work"
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7 BLONDAGE

FROM: Denmark

LABEL: Tambourhinoceros

KEY TRACK: "Dive"
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6 WILDHART

FROM: Sweden

LABEL: Gaphals

KEY TRACK: "Is It Possible"
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5 WALLACE

FROM: New Zealand

LABEL: self-released

KEY TRACK: "Negroni Eyes"
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4 CORINE

FROM: France

LABEL: Kwaidan

KEY TRACK: "Pourquoi Pourquoi"
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3 YAEJI

FROM: South Korea/US

LABEL: GODMODE

KEY TRACK: "New York 93"
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2 BLISSFUL

FROM: Iceland

LABEL: Vitund

KEY TRACK: "Elevate"
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1 SMERZ

FROM: Norway

LABEL: Hard Up

KEY TRACK: "Because"
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Crème de la crème: TOP 20 BEST OF SEPTEMBER 2016

Exclusive Artwork: Les Cullinan Designs

Honourable mentions:

*** "The Way That You Like" - Pional feat. Empress Of (Ninja Tune)

*** "Char" - Crystal Castles (Fiction Records)

TOP 20

20 (N) "Bus In These Streets" - Thundercat (Brainfeeder)

19 (N) "Trust" - DENA (Normal Surround)

18 (N) "Yes" - Junior Boys (City Slang)

17 (N) "Use Ya Mnd (Twentyfourseven)" - Mndsgn (Throw Stone)

16 (5) "Let A B!tch Know" - Kiddy Smile (Defected)

15 (N) "Hype Williams" - BC Kingdom (self released)

14 (N) "Why So Serious?" - Bibio feat. Olivier St.Louis (Warp)

13 (N) "It's The Time" - Lulu James

12 (3) "Negroni Eyes" - Wallace (self-released)

11 (N) "Reppin'" - Carli feat. Duvchi (Woah Dad!)

10 (N) "Walk Right Back" - Jamie Lidell (self released)

9 (N) "Moonbeam" - Leisure (self released)

8 (N) "I Talk Bb" - Jessy Lanza (Hyperdub)

7 (N) "Trampoline" - Kero Kero Bonito (self released)

6 (N) "Up Out My Face" - Cakes da Killa feat. Peaches (Ruffians)

5 (2) "Thoughts Wasted" - Róisín Murphy (Play It Again Sam)

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4 (N) "Blessed" - Smerz (Hard Up)

3 (N) "Discomfort Of Strangers" - Róisín Murphy (Play It Again Sam)

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2 (1) "Elevate" - Blissful (Vitund)

1 (N) "Never Ever" - Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør (Dog Triumph)

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