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Awards
MPG Award noms out
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 3 December 2009
Quite possibly CMU’s favourite awards bash, the Music Producers Guild Awards announced the nominations for their 2010 event yesterday. Launched earlier this year, these celebrate the great and the good in the world of music production.
As previously reported, the late great Les Paul will be awarded the The Joe Meek Award for Innovation In Production in recognition of all the studio-style wizardry he pioneered, in addition to his better known achievements in the world of the electric guitar.
The shortlists for the other gongs are as follows…
Producer of the Year, sponsored by the BRITS: Jim Abbiss, Paul Epworth, Ethan Johns, Steve Lillywhite.
Recording Engineer of the Year, sponsored by Prism Sound: Haydn Bendall, Mick Glossop, Tony Platt.
Best Mix Engineer, sponsored by Avid: Flood (Mark Ellis), Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, Cenzo Townsend.
Best Mastering Engineer, sponsored by SADiE: Tony Cousins, Ray Staff, Tim Young.
Best Live album, sponsored by Shure: Buena Vista Social Club -At Carnegie Hall, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood – Live at Madison Square Garden, Van Morrison Astral Weeks – Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
UK Album of the Year 2009: Dizzee Rascal – Toungue N’Cheek, Florence & The Machine – Lungs, Muse – The Resistance.
UK Single of the Year 2009: Bat For Lashes – Daniel, Florence & The Machine – Rabbit Heart, Muse – Uprising.
Best Remixer: Simian Mobile Disco (James Ford & Jas Shaw), SixToes, Skream (Oliver Jones), The Go! Team.
Best Breakthrough Producer, sponsored by Deep Recording Studios: Carl Bown, James Boshoff, Paul Savage.
Best Breakthrough Engineer, sponsored by TL Audio: Mark Rankin, Jimmy Robertson, Paul Savage.
Best Studio, sponsored by Robertson Taylor: AIR Lyndhurst, British Grove Studios, Kore Studio, Livingston Studios.
Best International Producer of the Year, sponsored by Focusrite: T-Bone Burnett, Brendan O’Brien, Rick Rubin.
The awards take place in London on 11 Feb. More info from www.mpgawards.co.uk
