SHREM'S NEWBIES BUT TO-BE'S: "I DON'T NEED ANOTHER LOVER" - Billie Black /// "SO GOOD" - Nao vs A.K. Paul

These two singing ladies Billie Black and Nao are about to share their debut shows in London's Electrowerkz this coming Tuesday. Nao's sexy take-on modern funk "So Good" really is so good and it is a joint effort with  A.K. Paul who apparently is Jai Paul's brother. Billie Black's slickly produced "I Don't Need Another Lover" on the other hand blends the ever so trendy future R&B beats with a beguiling melody worth an "instant underground classic" label. Really digging these fresh new British electronic soul sounds spicing things up on the rather stale contemporary R&B scene. Two talents, two exceptional voices, two chanteuses to keep an eye on big time. Superb!

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SHREM'S NEWBIES BUT TO-BE'S: "SPEAK" - NAVVI

Somewhere between the Washed Out's mellowness and Austra's eerie vocals lies an intriguing mélange of witch house, suspensful dub and experimental POP that's called NAVVI. The mysterious duo from Seattle featured on "Kitsuné AMERICA 3" compilation last month and has been haunting me with this track "Speak" ever since. Going through NAVVI's Soundcloud I have just discovered more of those similarly hypnotising, moody electro pop tunes. A pleasurable discovery indeed.

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SHREM'S FUTURE ANTHEMS: "IF IT WASN'T TRUE" - Shamir

My fellow blogging muso friends Piotrek from No Snobs Allowed and Grześ from Sauna & Flora have been raving about this track for the past few days when I was in some sort of non-posting hiatus and never even had a chance to listen to it. Until now. Shamir Bailey's debut single literally swept me off my feet. This 19 year-old kid from Las Vegas just dropped one of the most delicious house tunes I heard in months. Simply sensational!!! Find it on an ultra-limited Godmode compilation released on a pink cassette HERE!

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SHREM'S INSTITUTE OF LOST CLASSICS PRESENTS: "EVERYBODY" by Madonna

This is how it all started. Autumn 1982. Madonna's very first single. There's a very juicy bonus below the official video, La Ciccone's first EVER live performance of "Everybody". The track has such a fierce 80's disco sound. Madonna's debut album still stands among my favourite albums of all times. Everybody, come on dance & sing, everybody get up & do your thing! Happy Pride everyone!

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