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Beatport Music Awards 2009: nominees

Beatport Music Awards 2009: nominees

The nominees for the Beatport Music Awards 2009, the annual awards that aim to recognize electronic music talent, have just been announced and voting is now open at: beatportal.com/awards/beatport-music-awards-2009

To keep the awards fair and relevant to the whole electronic music scene, the nominees were chosen based solely on unit sales on Beatport during 2008 and are broken down into separate genre categories.

The public must now decide which artists and tracks deserve to be recognized by casting their vote (voting closes March 19th 2009).

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Artists 2008

Best Breaks Artist
Agent K [a]
Ed Solo [a]
Far Too Loud [a]
Freestylers [a]
General MIDI [a]
Krafty Kuts [a]
NAPT [a]
Plump DJs [a]
Slyde [a]
Stanton Warriors [a]

Best Chillout Artist
Boards Of Canada [a]
Christian Prommers Drumlesson [a]
Eddie Silverton [a]
Fort Knox Five [a]
Jazzanova [a]
Mr. Scruff [a]
Nightmares On Wax [a]
Peter Bjorn & John [a]
Quiet Village [a]
Thievery Corporation [a]

Best Deep House Artist
After Tea [a]
Dennis Ferrer [a]
DPlay [a]
Jimpster [a]
Kevin Yost [a]
Manuel Tur [a]
Milton Jackson [a]
Osunlade [a]
Scope (Ric McClelland) [a]
Studio Apartment [a]

Best Drum & Bass Artist
Break [a]
Brookes Brothers [a]
Chase & Status [a]
Danny Byrd [a]
Evol Intent [a]
Logistics [a]
Lomax [a]
Noisia [a]
Nu:Tone [a]
Spor [a]

Best Dubstep Artist
Bar 9 [a]
Benga [a]
Burial [a]
Caspa [a]
DZ [a]
Martyn [a]
Nero (UK) [a]
Reso [a]
Rusko [a]
TRG [a]

Best Electro House Artist
Deadmau5 [a]
Dirty South [a]
Hatiras [a]
John Dahlback [a]
Miles Dyson [a]
Pryda [a]
Robbie Rivera [a]
Sebastien Leger [a]
Tocadisco [a]
Wolfgang Gartner [a]

Best Electronica Artist
Aphex Twin [a]
Apparat [a]
Autechre [a]
Ellen Allien [a]
Flying Lotus [a]
Miss Kittin [a]
Modeselektor [a]
Paul Kalkbrenner [a]
Sebastien Tellier [a]
Underworld [a]

Best Hard Dance Artist
BK [a]
DJ Zany [a]
Donkey Rollers [a]
Headhunterz [a]
Lisa Lashes [a]
Scooter [a]
Showtek [a]
The Real Booty Babes [a]
Vinylgroover [a]
Zatox [a]

Best Hardcore/Hard Techno Artist
Art Of Fighters [a]
Boris S [a]
Evil Activities [a]
Gammer [a]
Jason Little [a]
Sven Wittekind [a]
Sy [a]
Tha Playah [a]
The Stunned Guys [a]
Unknown [a]

Best House Artist
ATFC [a]
Axwell [a]
Danny Tenaglia [a]
David Penn [a]
Fedde Le Grand [a]
Juan Magan [a] & Marcos Rodriguez [a]
Kaskade [a]
Laidback Luke [a]
Mastiksoul [a]
The Shapeshifters [a]

Best Indie Dance/Nu Disco Artist
Alex Metric [a]
Bag Raiders [a]
Boys Noize [a]
Chromeo [a]
In Flagranti [a]
Justice [a]
Mr. Oizo [a]
MSTRKRFT [a]
SebastiAn [a]
The Kills [a]

Best Minimal Artist
Ahmet Sendil [a]
Alex Young [a]
Barem [a]
Gaiser [a]
Giash [a] & Til Yali [a]
Kanio [a]
Marc Houle [a]
Phunklarique [a]
Prompt [a]
Robag Wruhme [a]

Best Progressive House Artist
Adam K [a] & Soha [a]
Deadmau5 [a]
Dousk [a]
EDX [a]
Eric Prydz [a]
Jaytech [a]
Jerome Isma-Ae [a]
Ned Shepard [a]
Sultan [a]
Thomas Gold [a]

Best Psy Trance Artist
Ace Ventura [a]
Burn In Noise [a]
Day Din [a]
Dualism [a]
Freq [a]
Liquid Soul [a]
Odiseo [a]
Perfect Stranger [a]
Symphonix [a]
Zen Mechanics [a]

Best Tech House Artist
Booka Shade [a]
Funkagenda [a]
James Harcourt [a]
Jerome Sydenham [a]
Johnny D [a]
Mark Knight [a]
Radio Slave [a]
Solomun [a]
Stimming [a]
Tiger Stripes [a]

Best Techno Artist
Christian Smith [a] & John Selway [a]
Dubfire [a]
Format:B [a]
Gregor Tresher [a]
Lutzenkirchen [a]
Minilogue [a]
Oliver Huntemann [a]
Paul Ritch [a]
Popof [a]
Radio Slave [a]

Best Trance Artist
Above & Beyond [a]
Armin Van Buuren [a]
DJ Tiesto [a]
Gareth Emery [a]
Kyau & Albert [a]
Lange [a]
Markus Schulz [a]
Martin Roth [a]
Paul van Dyk [a]
Sean Tyas [a]

Best Tracks 2008

Best Breaks Track
Far Too Loud ‘You Know the Sound feat. Subsource’ (Original Mix)
NAPT ‘Gotta Have More Cowbell’ (Original Mix)
Slyde ‘Frequency’ (NAPT Remix)

Best Chill Out Track
Âme ‘Doldrums’ (Original Mix)
Jerome Isma-Ae ‘Underwater Love’ (Original Mix)
Smooth Touch ‘10 Minutes of Pleasure feat. G-Sax’ (Original Mix)

Best Deep House Track
Manuel Tur, D Play ‘Deviate’ (Original Mix)
Milton Jackson ‘Ghosts In My Machine’ (Original Mix)
Studio Apartment ‘I’m In Love feat. Ron Carroll’ (Rasmus Faber Epic Instrumental Mix)

Best Drum & Bass Track
Bachelors of Science ‘Strings Track’ (Apex Remix)
Lomax, Focus ‘5 Weeks’ (Original Mix)
Sub Focus ‘Timewarp’ (Original Mix)

Best Dubstep Track
DZ ‘Down’ (Original Mix)
Rusko ‘Cockney Thug’ (Original Mix)
TC ‘Where’s My Money’ (Caspa Remix)

Best Electro House Track
Boys Noize ‘Oh!’ (A-Trak Remix)
Jean Claude Ades, Vincent Thomas ‘Shingaling’ (Original Mix)
Sandy Vee ‘Bleep’ (Original Mix)

Best Electronica Track
Loco Dice ‘M Train to Brooklyn’ (Original Mix)
Paul Kalkbrenner ‘Queer Fellow’ (Original Mix)
The Martin Brothers ‘Dum’ (Original Mix)

Best Hard Dance Track
Headhunterz, Tatanka ‘Call It Music’ (Original Mix)
Showtek ‘We Live For The Music’ (Original Mix)
The Real Booty Babes ‘Derb 08’ (Club Remix)

Best Hardcore/Hard Techno Track
Kamui ‘Spielzeug’ (Original Mix)
Miche & Mirzinho ‘Shamans’ (Original Mix)
Raul Mezcolanza ‘Want You Bad’ (Original Mix)

Best House Track
Eric Prydz ‘Pjanoo’ (Original Mix)
Snap! ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’ (Novy vs. Snap! Remix)
The Shapeshifters ‘Lola’s Theme’ (2008 Re-Edit)

Best Indie Dance/Nu Disco
Kid Cudi ‘Day ‘N’ Nite’ (Crookers Remix)
SebastiAn ‘Momy’ (Original Mix)
Streetlife DJs ‘Gunn Crime’ (Original Mix)

Best Minimal Track
Giash, Til Yali ‘My Little Ladybirds’ (Original Mix)
Phunklarique, Dejonka ‘Reflections in Plexiglass’ (Original Mix)
Prompt ‘Evolve’ (Original Mix)

Best Progressive House Track
Delerium ‘Silence feat. Sarah McLachlan’ (Niels van Gogh vs. Thomas Gold Remix)
Mind X ’Sensation Seekers’ (Martin Roth NuStyle Remix)
Thomas Schwartz ‘Jupiter Calling’ (Original Mix)

Best Psy Trance Track
Burn In Noise ‘Transparent’ (Original Mix)
Liquid Soul ‘Prophecy’ (Original Mix)
Symphonix ‘People of the Dawn’ (Original Mix)

Best Tech House Track
George Delkos ‘Deftoner’ (Original Mix)
James Harcourt ‘Call and Response’ (Original Mix)
Mark Knight And Funkagenda - ‘Man With The Red Face’ (Original Club Mix)

Best Techno Track
Dataworx ‘Control’ (Original Mix)
Koen Groenveld ‘ Wake Turbulence’ (Original Mix)
Mark Mendes ‘Beneath You’ (Original Mix)

Best Trance Track
Blank & Jones, Bernard Sumner ‘Miracle Cure’ (Martin Roth Nu Style Dub Mix)
Cressida ‘6AM’ (Kyau & Albert Remix)
Simon Patterson ‘Smack’ (Original Mix)

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