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Aotearoa Music Award For Best Electronic Artist
The New Zealand Music Award for Best Electronic Artist is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand artists for outstanding dance-pop and electronica recordings. The inaugural award was presented as Best Electronica Album in 2002 to Sola Rosa for their album ''Solarized''. The following year the award was renamed Best Dance Album, then in 2004 the award was again renamed, this time to Best Dance/Electronica Album. In 2010 the award reverted to Best Electronica Album, and from 2016 it became Best Electronic Album. In 2017 the award was changed to Best Electronic Artist with the entry criteria changed to require either an album or a minimum of five single releases in the eligibility period. Salmonella Dub and Concord Dawn have each won the award twice, while Shapeshifter (band), Shapeshifter has been nominated six times but won only once. Recipients Best Electronica Album (2002) Best Dance Album (2003) Best Dance/Electronica Album (2004 to 2009) Best Electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ladyhawke may refer to: * Ladyhawke (musician) (born 1979), New Zealand singer-songwriter ** Ladyhawke (album), ''Ladyhawke'' (album), her 2008 studio album * Ladyhawke (film), ''Ladyhawke'' (film), a 1985 film starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer See also * Ladyhawk (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2005 New Zealand Music Awards took place on 5 October 2005 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. Awards and nominees The 'Lifetime Achievement Award' category was changed to 'Outstanding Contribution to the Growth in NZ Music on Radio'. One new category was added: 'Best Roots Album'. The Best Maori Album and Best Gospel / Christian Album categories were not awarded due to insufficient entries. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Multiple winners on the night included Fat Freddy's Drop with five awards. ;Key : – Non-technical award : – Technical award References {{New Zealand Music Awards, state=collapsed New Zealand Music Awards Music Awards Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ... Aotearoa Music Awards October 2005 events in New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladyhawke (musician)
Phillipa Margaret "Pip" Brown (born 13 July 1979), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She took her stage name from Richard Donner's 1985 film '' Ladyhawke''. Brown was part of the Wellington-based band Two Lane Blacktop (2001–2003), before moving to Australia where, in 2004, she formed the art rock band Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau. In 2007 she moved to London, afterwards relocating to Los Angeles around 2013, and then subsequently relocating back to her native New Zealand after the release of her third album, Wild Things. Brown's debut solo album, '' Ladyhawke'', was released on 22 September 2008 through Modular Recordings, and topped the RIANZ Albums Chart. It spawned five singles of which "My Delirium" was the most successful. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, Ladyhawke won Breakthrough Artist in both album and single categories. Brown's second solo album, ''Anxiety'', was released in May 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2009 New Zealand Music Awards was the 44th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical artists based in or originating from New Zealand. Finalists for the three technical awards were announced on 6 August 2009, with winners announced on 2 September at the Langham Hotel. Finalists for 14 'non-technical' categories were also revealed the same night. Five 'non-technical' awards were presented without a group of finalists being selected. The awards ceremony took place on 8 October 2009 at Vector Arena, Auckland. Broadcast live on television by C4, the ceremony was hosted by comedian Dai Henwood. Ladyhawke won six awards, including Album and Single of the Year. This was the most awards won at a ceremony since 2004, when Scribe also won six. The People's Choice Award was won by Smashproof, who also claimed the award for the highest selling New Zealand Single. Fat Freddy's Drop were nominated in seven categories, including all three technical categories, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2008 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards took place on 8 October at the Vector Arena in Auckland. Straitjacket Fits were induced into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The Technical awards took place on 3 September. Awards and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Multiple winners included Flight of the Concords and Opshop, who each received four awards. ;Key : – Non-technical award : – Technical award Performances Performances on the night included the following: * Cut off your Hands * Anika Moa * Tiki Taane * Scribe * Julia Deans, Anika Moa, Lani Purkis and Greta Anderson performed a version of Legacy Award winner Straitjacket Fits' "Fast Women". References {{New Zealand Music Awards New Zealand Music Awards Music Awards Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfax New Zealand
Stuff Ltd (previously Fairfax New Zealand) is a privately held news media company operating in New Zealand. It operates Stuff, the country's largest news website, and owns nine daily newspapers, including New Zealand's second and third-highest circulation daily newspapers, '' The Dominion Post'' and ''The Press'', and the highest circulation weekly, '' Sunday Star-Times''. Magazines published include ''TV Guide'', New Zealand's top-selling weekly magazine. Stuff also owns social media network Neighbourly. Stuff Ltd has been owned by Sinead Boucher since 31 May 2020. It was called Fairfax New Zealand Limited until 1 February 2018. History The print publications and the Stuff website previously belonged to Independent Newspapers Limited, until they were sold to Australian company Fairfax Media in 2003. When a 7.8 earthquake struck Kaikōura 14 November 2016, cutting the town off via road access, Stuff (then Fairfax New Zealand) flew free copies of its newspapers to reside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuff (website)
Stuff is a New Zealand news media website owned by newspaper conglomerate Stuff Ltd (formerly called Fairfax). It is the most popular news website in New Zealand, with a monthly unique audience of more than 2 million. Stuff was founded in 2000, and publishes breaking news, weather, sport, politics, video, entertainment, business and life and style content from Stuff Ltd's newspapers, which include New Zealand's second- and third-highest circulation daily newspapers, ''The Dominion Post'' and ''The Press'', and the highest circulation weekly, '' Sunday Star-Times'', as well as international news wire services. Stuff has won numerous awards at the Newspaper Publishers' Association awards including 'Best News Website or App' in 2014 and 2019, and 'Website of the Year' in 2013 and 2018. History The former New Zealand media company Independent Newspapers Ltd (INL), owned by News Corp Australia, launched Stuff on 27 June 2000 at a cybercafe in Auckland, after announcing its inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Mind (band)
State of Mind is a New Zealand drum and bass duo consisting of Patrick Hawkins and Stuart Maxwell. The band formed in 2002. They are from Auckland, New Zealand. The State of Mind discography includes labels such as Teebee's Subtitles Recordings, Total Science's CIA Recordings, DJ Friction's Shogun Audio, Concord Dawn's Uprising Records, Doc Scott's 31 Records, Bad Company's BC Presents. They are now signed exclusively to Blackout Music. Biography State of Mind were the hosts of the New Zealand radio station 95bfm drum and bass show "The Next Level". They have released 5 studio albums. ''Take Control'', ''Faster than Light'', ''Nil by Ear'', ''Eat the Rich'', ''Land of the Blind''. ''Take Control'' was released through Uprising Records in New Zealand only via CD format, featuring the artist's most successful single ''Sunking'' licensed from CIA Recordings. It is no longer available, although most material from the album is available via streaming. Their second LP, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soulstice (album)
''Soulstice'' is an album released by New Zealand drum and bass band, Shapeshifter in 2006 on Truetone Recordings. The album reached No. 4 on the New Zealand Albums chart. Overview It is the third album from the group, and the first to have former part-time contributor P Digsss as a permanent feature in the group's line up. This is reflected throughout the album as many of the tracks contain vocals compared to Shapeshifter's earlier, more traditional work. Soulstice manages to successfully blend many genres into this album which might be described as 'intelligent drum and bass', but is influenced by jazz, hip hop, dub, funk and soul. Ladi 6 also returns for the third collaboration in as many albums. Soulstice has spawned some of the group's most popular songs, such as fan favourites "Electric Dream", and "Bring Change", "New Day Come" and "One" have all become staples of their live shows, as shown in their live album release. Track listing # New Day Come: 7:15 # In The Rain (fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2007 New Zealand Music awards took place on 18 October at the Aotea Centre in Auckland, which also included the first inductee into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. A number of awards were presented at parallel ceremonies (the NZ Radio Awards, Technical Awards, Gold Guitar Awards, Pacific Music Awards, Auckland Folk Festival, and the Wellington International Jazz Festival). Multiple winners on the night included The Mint Chicks with five awards (including guitarist Ruban Nielson's Best Cover), Hollie Smith with three awards and Evermore with two. Awards and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. ;Key : – Non-technical award : – Technical award New Zealand Music Hall of Fame This year was the first to include an award for the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, a split award shared between RIANZ and APRA. The first inductee was Johnny Devlin. References External links NZ Musician coverage of the winners {{New Zealand Music Awards New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recloose
Matthew "Recloose" Chicoine is an American electronic music producer, DJ and musician hailing from Detroit, Michigan, US. He is known for numerous releases on independent dance labels like Planet E, Rush Hour, Peacefrog, Studio !K7, Sonar Kollektiv and Delusions of Grandeur. Chicoine is also a touring DJ who has played in and around Europe, the UK, the United States, Japan, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. Life and career His professional career began in 1997 when he met techno artist Carl Craig via a demo tape slipped into a sandwich while working at Detroit's Russell Street Deli. He released his debut EP ''So This Is The Dining Room'' EP in 1998 and follow up ''Spelunking'' EP in 1999 on Planet E recordings, which were both re-issued via Rush Hour Recordings in 2010. His debut album ''Cardiology'' on Planet E/Studio !k7 came out in 2002, a critically acclaimed release that featured Detroit area artists Dwele, Genevieve Marentette, Colin Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaos By Design
''Chaos by Design'' is an album by New Zealand drum and bass group, Concord Dawn released in 2006. This album features tracks with Tiki of Salmonella Dub and Wellington soul singer Hollie Smith. Track listing #"Broken Eyes" #"Chloroform" #"One Night In Reno" featuring Devin Abrams #"Man For All Seasons" featuring Paul McLaney #"Lost At Sea" #"Aces High" featuring State of Mind #"Fly Away Home" #"Blow" #"Never Give Up On Love" featuring Tiki Taane #"You Don't Have To Run" #"Say Your Words" featuring Hollie Smith Hollie Smith (born 17 November 1982) is a New Zealand soul singer-songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand. Her four solo albums ''Long Player, Humour and the Misfortune of Others, Water or Gold,'' and ''Coming In From The Dark'' have all reach ... References Uprising Records :: RISE009CD :: Chaos By Design rolldabeats. Retrieved on 23 September 2008. 2006 albums Concord Dawn albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
