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| 27th Aria Awards Nominees And Fine Arts And Artisan Winners Announced With less than seven weeks until the 27th ARIA Awards, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) today announced the nominees in all categories, with the winners to be announced at The Star Event Centre, Sydney on Sunday, December 1, 2013. Harley Streten, aka FLUME, accepted his first ARIA Award as the 2013 ARIA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, and he is leading the way at the 2013 ARIA Awards with 8 nominations in total. The nominations for Flume's self titled #1 debut album include ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST - RELEASE, BEST MALE ARTIST, BEST DANCE RELEASE, the publicly voted SONG OF THE YEAR category for 'Holdin On', BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT, and Joe Nappa has picked up a nomination for Flume's 'Holdin On' in the BEST VIDEO category. Following close behind with 7 nominations is TAME IMPALA for their album 'Lonerism' include BEST ALBUM, BEST GROUP, BEST ROCK ALBUM, and the publicly voted BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT, as well as being nominated in all three Artisan Awards for BEST COVER ART (Kevin Parker & Leif Podhajsky), ENGINEER OF THE YEAR (Kevin Parker) and PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (Kevin Parker). BIRDS OF TOKYO have been nominated in 6 categories for their #1 album, 'March Fires': ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BEST GROUP, BEST ROCK ALBUM and in the publicly voted categories of SONG OF THE YEAR, BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT and BEST VIDEO for 'Lanterns' which was directed by Josh Logue. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS also scored 6 nominations for their #1 album 'Push The Sky Away', including ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM, BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT, BEST GROUP, BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE and the publicly voted award for BEST VIDEO for 'Jubilee Street, ' directed by John Hillcoat. Nick Cave was also nominated in the Fine Arts category BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM for NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS PRESENT 'LAWLESS – ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK'. Following with 5 nominations apiece is EMPIRE OF THE SUN and GUY SEBASTIAN. EMPIRE OF THE SUN received nominations in the BEST GROUP and BEST POP RELEASE categories. AARON HAYWARD and DAVID HOMER from DEBASER accepted the 2013 ARIA Award for BEST COVER ART for EMPIRE OF THE SUN 'Ice On The Dune' and the band were also nominated in the ENGINEER OF THE YEAR (Peter Mayes) and PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Jonathan Sloan) categories. It's been a great year for GUY SEBASTIAN taking out 5 nominations in the following categories for his album, 'Armageddon': ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BEST MALE ARTIST, BEST POP RELEASE and the publicly voted categories of BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT and SONG OF THE YEAR for 'Get Along'. Two of Australia's favourite male artists, MATT CORBY and VANCE JOY, have secured 4 nominations each. As well as being nominated in the BEST MALE category, 2012 ARIA Award winner for Song Of The Year MATT CORBY is nominated again in the publicly voted category of SONG OF THE YEAR for 'Resolution', as well as BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT and director Bryce Jepson has been nominated for BEST VIDEO for 'Resolution'. VANCE JOY'S much loved song, 'Riptide' from the Melbourne artist's debut EP, 'God Loves You When You're Dancing', has been nominated for BEST POP RELEASE and BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST - RELEASE, as well as the publicly voted categories of SONG OF THE YEAR and with director Dimitri Basil has been nominated for BEST VIDEO for 'Riptide'. Scoring a trifecta of 2013 ARIA nominations each are PAUL KELLY, BOY & BEAR, SAN CISCO and THE DRONES. PAUL KELLY added another ARIA Award to his collection of 8 for the album 'Conversations With Ghosts'. With James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians they won the BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/CREW/SHOW ALBUM category. Paul Kelly is also nominated in the BEST MALE CATEGORY for his album 'Spring and Fall', as well as being nominated in the publicly voted BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT category for his February/March Australian Tour with Neil Finn. After taking out 5 ARIA Awards in 2011, BOY & BEAR return in 2013 with nominations in the BEST GROUP and BEST ROCK ALBUM categories, as well as being nominated with Wayne Connolly for Producer Of The Year for the album 'Harlequin Dream'. THE DRONES sixth studio album, 'I See Seawead', is also up for BEST ROCK ALBUM, as well as BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE and the publicly voted BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT. Fremantle four piece band SAN CISCO have been nominated in the BEST POP RELEASE and BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE categories, and with director Andrew Nowrojee in the publicly voted BEST VIDEO category for 'Fred Astaire'. The following artists have received 2 ARIA Award nominations each: BIG SCARY (BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE and BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – RELEASE), BLISS N ESO (BEST COVER ART and BEST URBAN ALBUM), JUSTICE CREW (SONG OF THE YEAR and BEST VIDEO), KARNIVOOL (BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT and BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM), KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON (BEST COUNTRY ALBUM and BEST COVER ART), KEITH URBAN (BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT and BEST MALE ARTIST), MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA (BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM and ENGINEER OF THE YEAR), RüFüS (BEST DANCE RELEASE and BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – RELEASE), SAMANTHA JADE (BEST VIDEO and SONG OF THE YEAR), SARAH BLASKO (BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM and BEST FEMALE ARTIST), THE CAT EMPIRE (BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM and BEST COVER ART), THE RUBENS (BEST ROCK ALBUM and BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – RELEASE) AND TIMOMATIC (BEST VIDEO and SONG OF THE YEAR). The impressive list of nominees this year also includes; ABBE MAY (BEST FEMALE ARTIST), AIRBOURNE (BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM), AMY DICKSON WITH THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM), ARCHIE ROACH (BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM), AIRILEKE (BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM), ALPINE (ENGINEER OF THE YEAR), BOB EVANS (BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM), BOMBS AWAY – FEATURING THE TWINS (SONG OF THE YEAR), CLARE BOWDITCH (BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM), COLIN BUCHANAN (BEST COMEDY RELEASE), DAVID BRIDIE (BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM), DAVID HANSON (BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM), EMMA LOUISE (BEST FEMALE ARTIST), FLIGHT FACILITIES (BEST VIDEO), GIGGLE AND HOOT (BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM), HORRORSHOW (BEST URBAN ALBUM), HOUSOS (BEST COMEDY RELEASE), ILLY (BEST URBAN ALBUM), JAGWAR MA (BEST DANCE RELEASE), JANE SHELDON (BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM), JASMINE RAE (BEST COUNTRY ALBUM), JAY LAGA'AIA (BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM), JESSICA MAUBOY (BEST FEMALE ARTIST), JONATHAN ZWARTZ (BEST JAZZ ALBUM), JOSH PYKE (BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM), JUSTINE CLARKE (BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM), LEE KERNAGHAN (BEST COUNTRY ALBUM), MAMA KIN (BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM), MELODIE FRANCAISE (BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM), MISSY HIGGINS (BEST FEMALE ARTIST), NIGEL WESTLAKE (BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM), NORTHLANE (BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM), PAULY FENECH (BEST COMEDY RELEASE), RASA DUENDE (BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM), RENEE GEYER (BEST JAZZ ALBUM), RUSSELL MORRIS (BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM), SAM MORAN (BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM), SAMMY J & RANDY (BEST COMEDY RELEASE), SARA STORER (BEST COUNTRY ALBUM), SETH SENTRY (BEST URBAN ALBUM), SHELLIE MORRIS AND THE BORROLOOLA SONGWOMEN (BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM), SHEPPARD (BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE), STAFFORD BROTHERS (SONG OF THE YEAR), THE AMITY AFFLICTION (BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM), THE POTBELLEEZ (BEST DANCE RELEASE), THE PREATURES (BEST POP RELEASE), THE PRESETS (BEST DANCE RELEASE), THE WIGGLES (BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM), TINA ARENA (BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM), THY ART IS MURDER (BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM), TOM & ALEX (BEST COMEDY RELEASE), TRIPLE J – ONE NIGHT STAND (BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM), TOMMY EMMANUEL & MARTIN TAYLOR (BEST JAZZ ALBUM), TROY CASSAR-DALEY & ADAM HARVEY (BEST COUNTRY ALBUM), URTHBOY (BEST URBAN ALBUM). The winners in the three ARIA ARTISAN AWARD categories and four ARIA FINE ARTS AWARD categories were also announced today - the first of many artists to be acknowledged by their peers for their creative contributions over the last 12 months. ARIA praises Sally Whitwell, who received 3 nominations for her ARIA Award winning Best Classical Album ‘All Imperfect Things : Solo Piano Music Of Michael Nyman’, The Idea Of North (Best Jazz Album), Joseph Tawadros (Best World Music Album), Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians (Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album), Dave Homer and Aaron Hayward from Debaser (Best Cover Art – Empire Of The Sun ‘Ice On The Dune’), Harley Streten (Producer Of The Year – Flume ‘Flume’) and Virginia Read (Engineer Of The Year – Sally Whitwell ‘All Imperfect Things : Solo Piano Music Of Michael Nyman’). ARIA congratulates ABC Music, who have a lot to celebrate today with their artists winning all four 2013 ARIA Fine Arts Awards. A very special mention goes to Virginia Read, one of Australia’s foremost classical music producers and engineers, who has become the first female Engineer Of The Year in ARIA Awards history. Virginia’s 2013 nominations in the Producing and Engineering categories come after the nomination of 21 of her productions during the last decade, with seven of her recordings winning Classical Album of the Year. The past year has seen some impressive stats from the Australian Recording Industry. As well as being the year that the ARIA Charts celebrated their 30th anniversary, 2013 has delivered an extraordinary year for Australian music, including 11 number #1 Australian albums, a feat not achieved since 2004. There have been 84 Australian singles, albums and DVDs awarded gold, platinum or multi-platinum status and 43 individual Australian artists were accredited gold, platinum or multi-platinum status. This years ARIA Awards are supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW, The Star, David Jones, Rdio, QANTAS and PPCA, and will be broadcast on Nine Network’s write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |