SHREM'S BIGGIES BUT GOODIES BASKET: "NUCLEAR" - Destiny's Child

Björk once said that Destiny's Child saved Pop Music. She was totally right at the time and now I am delighted "the saviours" are back! This brand new single, the first one Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams recorded together since 2005 is an absolute feast of pure pop perfection dipped in a sleek oldskool 1990's production. Next to "Bug-A-Boo", "Perfect Man" and "Lose My Breath", "Nuclear" really is one of the finest songs the band recorded in their entire career. A juicy full 10 out of 10 from me.

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SHREM'S INSTITUTE OF LOST CLASSICS: "GIMME YOUR LOVE" - Aretha Franklin with James Brown + "DIAMONDS" - Herb Alpert feat. Janet Jackson

Two sensational and sadly forgotten 1980's collaborations. The Queen of Soul with The Father of Funk, Aretha Franklin and James Brown and their fantastically energetic duet "Gimme Your Love". And then the trumpet maestro Herb Alpert and Janet Jackson's hidden vocal contribution to his funk-divine "Diamonds". Both tracks - absolute gems in my books.

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CHOON OF THE DAY: "STARMAN" - Sally Shapiro feat. Electric Youth

Sally Shapiro's brand new album "Somewhere Else" is scheduled for the most anticipated release 26th February via Paper Bag Records. We've already received the first teaser of the new material from the Swedish heroes of Nu-Italo Disco with "What Can I Do", a rather low-key release last November. This new track however - "Starman", a collaboration with another duo re-inventing or should I say re-constructing the 1980's - Electric Youth, lives up to all the expectations and spoils us with the same delicate, dreamy and wonderfully naïve vibe, just like previously "Moonlight Dance", "Miracle" or "I'll Be By Your Side" did.

Sally Shapiro feat. Electric Youth - Starman (Radio Edit) by Sally Shapiro

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SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 20 Favourite DISCO PUNK tracks vol. 2 [10-1]

10 "Mind Your Own Business" - Delta 5 (1979)

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business by PirateCatRadio

9 "Twinkling Stars" - Nine Circles (1982)

Nine Circles-Twinkling Stars by Libralicious

8 "Lipstick On The Glass" - Maanam (1985)

7 "French Boy" - Garçons (1979)

6 "Wheel Me Out" - Was (Not Was) (1980)

5 "Never Come Back" - Kas Product (1982)

4 "Walking on Thin Ice" - Yoko Ono (1981)

3 "The Force" - Nancy Nova (1981)

2 "The Beat" - ESG (1982)

1 "Peek-A-Boo" - Siouxsie & The Banshees (1988)

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SHREM'S LIST OBSESSION: Top 20 Favourite DISCO PUNK tracks vol. 1 [20-11]

Cold Waves. Dance-Punk. Post-Punk. No Wave. Punk-Funk. Electro-Punk. Late 1970's. Early 1980's. Discoteca Avantgarde. Analog. Underground. Radical. Cacophony. Disco-Punk...

20 "Cavern" - Liquid Liquid (1983)

19 "Mesopotamia" - The B-52's (1982)

Mesopotamia by The B-52's by 401K Music Inc

18 "Fire" - Lizzy Mercier Descloux (1979)

17 "The Devil's Dancer" - Oppenheimer Analysis (1982)

Oppenheimer Analysis : The Devils Dancer by Steve Wooky

16 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - The Slits (1979)

The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine by zsoltbako

15 "Drive My Car" - Cristina (1980)

14 "Almost Red" - Killing Joke (1979)

13 "Binary" - Kazino (1985)

Kazino - Binary by acrylica

12 "Launderette" - Vivien Goldman (1981)

Vivien Goldman - launderette-dps by nue_au_soleil

11 "Can't Be Funky" - Bush Tetras (1981)

Bush Tetras - You Can't Be Funky by logcat

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CHOON OF THE DAY: "Rà-Àkõ-St" - Lindstrøm + Todd Terje Remix

Two Norwegian maestros Todd Terje and Lindstrøm in a collaborative mood just about to hit some festival shows together in the upcoming summer season too. The original track, taken from Lindstrøm's nu-disco odyssey "Smalhans" was, alongside the "Ęg-Gęd-Ōsis" (#63 among Top 100 Best Choons of 2012), re-edited by Terje to an astonishing and dancefloor-ready effect. A sonic match made in Scandinavian heaven.

Lindstrøm - Rà-àkõ-st by Lindstrøm

LINDSTRØM - Ra-Ako-St (Todd Terje edit) by toddterje

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