The Aria Awards are celebrating the big 3 0 this year.
Yep, that’s thirty years of celebrating boonta Aussie music, and awarding the biggest and brightest talent in this sunburnt land.
Who could forget iconic moments the awards show has previously afforded, like John Farnham looking like he ’bout to shit himself after winning 6 awards in ‘89, Axle Whitehead whipping his cock out while presenting an award to Hilltop Hoods (‘Straya!) and of course, pranksters Matt Okine and Alex Dyson rocking up as Drake and the pink box from Hotline Bling last year.
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November 23rd‘s set to be just as exciting this year, as the nominees for the Artisan Awards & Fine Arts Awards have just been announced – and they good.
(These aren’t the regular awards, but rather the ones that celebrate producers, cover art designers, sound engineers and the like – the unsung heroes, if you will.)
The crew behind ya boy Flume and The Avalanches lead the nominations – no surprises there.
Flight Facilities picked up a nomination for Best Classical Album for their stellar collab with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Sidney Myer Music Bowl last year.
Triple J‘s Matt & Alex copped a nom for Best Comedy Release for their brekky-show highlight real, Play It Out (the one that features Darude‘s Sandstorm, naturally).
Check out the nominations in full:
ARTISAN AWARDS
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Harley Streten for Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
M-Phazes for Illy – Papercuts (ft. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
Tony Buchen for Montaigne – Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi for The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular / EMI)
Alex Hope for Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Nick DiDia for Bernard Fanning – Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal)
Eric J Dubowsky and Harley Streten for Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
M-Phazes for Illy – ‘Papercuts (ft. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
Tony Espie and Robbie Chater for The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular / EMI)
Alex Hope for Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
BEST COVER ART
Karen Lynch for Bernard Fanning – Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal)
Kristen Doyle for Delta Goodrem – Wings of the Wild (Sony Music Australia)
Jonathan Zawada for Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
Jack Vanzet for RÜFÜS – Bloom (Sweat It Out / Sony Music Australia)
Robbie Chater for Lost Art for The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular / EMI)
FINE ARTS AWARDS
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Flight Facilities – Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Future Classic)
Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black – The New Goldberg Variations (AlFi Records / Planet)
Katie Noonan & Brodsky Quartet – With Love And Fury (Kin Music/Universal Music)
Nicole Car – The Kiss (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
Richard Tognetti | Australian Chamber Orchestra – Mozart’s Last Symphonies (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM
Josh Pyke & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Live at the Sydney Opera House (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Kate Miller-Heidke – The Rabbits (Original Live Cast Recording) (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra – Gallipoli Symphony (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
Various Artists – The Divorce (Original Cast Recording) (Universal Music Australia)
Various Artists – Velvet : The Original Cast Recording (Social Family Records/Universal Music Australia)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Gawurra – Ratja Yaliyali (CAAMA Music/Rocket)
Joseph Tawadros – World Music (Independent / Planet)
Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Sierra Kilo Alpha (FOUR FOUR/Universal Music)
Paul Grabowsky | Monash Art Ensemble | David Ngukurr Boy Wilfred | David Yipininy Wilfred – Nyilipidgi (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
Seaman Dan – An Old Man Of The Sea (Hot Records)
BEST COMEDY RELEASE
Kate Miller-Heidke – I’m Growing A Beard Downstairs For Christmas (feat. The Beards) (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Luke Heggie – You’re Not Special/Anythink is Possible (Century Entertainment)
Matt & Alex – Play It Out (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Roy & HG – This Sporting Life (ABC Music/Universal Music)
And now, we sit tight and wait for the artist noms. Tick tock.
Source: triple j.
Photo: David Wolff / Getty.
