Saturday, December 10, 2016

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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