The band which began as Beach Fossils’ Zachary Cole Smith side project, DIIV , is the new #1 in our loop with their recent single ‘Dopamine’.

Erykah Badu‘s surprise comeback covering one of Drake ‘s latest smashes is this week’s highest entry, followed by another avalanche of new songs with the latest by WOKE, a new supergroup formed by Flying Lotus; Thundercat & Shabazz Palaces who debut in style collaborating with funk master George Clinton; The Chills; Miles From Kinshasa; Dënver; Arca; Dawn; Fetty Wap; Isaiah Rahad; DJ Paypal; Sophie; Jeff Lynne; Robyn teaming up with a member of METRONOMY under the alias Tony Primo & Nixxie for an Aussie soundtrack and another collaboration, Los Pilotos & La Bien Querida, in one of the standout moments from a tribute album to Spanish pop starlette Jeanette.

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The list of six promising talents shortlisted for the rising star Rober Award 2014 features Canadian teenager Antoine-Olivier Pilon, who gave a stunningly intense performance as the troubled, ADHD suffering child of a widow struggling to get by in Xavier Dolan’s best film to date ‘Mommy’; Ellar Coltrane, the kid whose path to adulthood we witnessed in the intimate ‘Boyhood’, one of the cinematic achievements of 2014 and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, impressive as the he illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, brought from the West Indies to England and raised as an Aristocrat in ‘Belle’.

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Our favourite moment off Daft Punk‘s world conquering new album, in which the popular Gallic robots team up with Animal Collective’s Panda Bear for the irresistible ‘Doin’ It Right’, takes over the honour position this week.

Kanye West‘s first taster from his new work is the highest debut, next to brand new tracks by the likes of Neon Neon; Chvrches; Disclosure and the reunion of Goodie Mob helped by the always lively presence of Janelle Monáe.

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Glasgow based, young electronica artist Lewis Roberts, under the moniker Koreless is getting compared to James Blake or even Talk Talk for the finely atmospheric tracks of his Yugen EP. “Sun”, the record’s standout moment gets on top of the Loop this week.

A bunch of surprising collaborations make the strongest new entries with the likes of Daft Punk and Panda Bear, Mount Kimbie and King Crule or Patti Griffin and Robert Plant teaming up with notable results. The returns of Raekwon; Queens Of The Stone Age; Kim Deal and Islet also debut.

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Effortlessly avoiding that difficult second album syndrome James Blake delivered another another superb collection of fine soulful vocals blended in electronic wizardry with ‘Overgrown’. The title track takes him back to top the loop.

Highest entry of the week is by Run The Jewels, the collaboration project between hip-hop innovators El-P and Killer Mike. Other notable debuts in our chart are the latest offerings from The National; Sigur Rós; Koreless and the summer previewing infectious new anthem by Chilean DJ Matias Aguayo.

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The next category is dedicated to check the dance floor out for our favourite dance tunes of the last twelve months. The nominated anthems this year come from an R&B heartthrob who surprisingly delivered one of the most acclaimed mixtapes in recent times, whose standout track was reworked by DJ of the year Ryan Hemsworth; a British solo artist revisiting the spirit of Arthur Russell and teaming-up with the mighty US combo Trouble Funk; a classic house-infused Hot Chip spin-off project; a ground-breaking collaboration between Montreal producer/DJ Lunice and Glaswegian electronic act Hudson Mowhake; an irresistibly upbeat track from Norway’s most in demand DJ;and another Scottish wunderkid, purveyor of chirpy electronica and chip music.

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