18 February 2016 - 0 Comments

Independent Music NZ is very pleased to announce that the finalists for the Taite Music Prize 2016 have now been confirmed.

Named after the late Dylan Taite, one of the country's most highly respected music journalists, this will be the seventh year for the award. The Taite Music Prize's purpose is to recognise outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album. The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, to be spent as they wish. The cash prize is kindly supplied by the Founding Partner Recorded Music NZ. The winner will also receive free recording time at Red Bull Studio Auckland and one years supply of Red Bull product.

This years eight finalists, from a lengthy list of 52 nominations submitted by record labels both independent and major from across the country, are: 

SJD / Saint John Divine (Round Trip Mars)
Nadia Reid / Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs (Spunk Records)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar / Rhythmethod)
Princess Chelsea / The Great Cybernetic Depression (Lil’ Chief Records)
The Phoenix Foundation / Give Up Your Dreams (The Phoenix Foundation)
Anthonie Tonnon / Successor (Canapé King Records / Southbound)
Marlon Williams / Marlon Williams (Universal Music)
Silicon / Personal Computer (Weird World Recording Co / Universal Music NZ)

The eight albums in contention for the 2016 prize include fresh faces and familiar New Zealand musicians alike. Previous Taite Music Prize winners Unknown Mortal Orchestra and SJD return with unique albums Multi-Love & Saint John Divine, as does previous Taite Music Prize finalist The Phoenix Foundation with Give Up Your Dreams. Marlon Williams is a new finalist for his self-titled album and Nadia Reid is debuting with Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs. Also showing as a first-time finalist are Princess Chelsea with The Great Cybernetic Depression and Anthonie Tonnon with his second album Successor. Rounding out this talented group of 2016 finalists is Silicon for the Personal Computer album.

Matthew Davis, chairperson of Independent Music New Zealand says, “We are very proud to be able to celebrate the extraordinary musical and artistic expression to be found in New Zealand, through the recognition of these great albums. This years finalists (and the impressive list of nominees) for the Taite Music Prize show that creativity, diversity and imagination within the New Zealand recording sector is thriving, and we look forward to the award ceremony which is sure to be a great night."

Damian Vaughan, CEO of Recorded Music NZ – Founding Partner of the Taite Music Prize said, “There were some really fantastic New Zealand albums released in 2015, and this years Taite Music Prize finalists are a true reflection of the best local recordings.”

The overall award winner will be announced on Wednesday the 20^th of April at an invitation-only event in Auckland’s central city. The ceremony will also include the presentation of this year’s Independent Music NZ Classic Record award, acknowledging a defining NZ record from our yesteryear. Last years recipient was Herbs’ What’s Be Happen? (Warrior Records, July 1981).

The Taite Music Prize

Presented by: Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ)
Founding Partner: Recorded Music NZ
Official Partners: NZ On Air (NZOA) / the Taite Family
Supporting Partners: NZ Music Commission / The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA-AMCOS) / Native Tongue Music Publishing / Merlin / Media Arts Lawyers / Red Bull Studios Auckland / MOA Beer / Spy Valley Wines / McCarthy Design
Media Partners: 95bFM / iHeartRadio / Juice TV

Previous winners are:

2010: Lawrence Arabia Chant Darling (Honorary Bedouin Records)
2011: Ladi6 The Liberation Of (What? Music)
2012: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Seeing Records)
2013: SJD Elastic Wasteland (Round Trip Mars)
2014: Lorde Pure Heroine (Universal Music NZ)
2015: Jakob Sines (Shoot The Freak)

Previous Independent Music NZ Classic Record winners are:

2013: Gordons Gordons (Flying Nun Records)
2014: AK-79 various artists (Ripper Records)
2015: Herbs What’s Be Happen? (Warrior Records)

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