Band-band indie Indonesia kembali berbicara di dunia musik internasional dengan menyabet penghargaan dalam AVIMA (Asia Voice Independent Music Awards) 2009.
Dalam daftar pemenang yang dirilis panitia, terdapat nama Agrikulture, Overload Romance, Sandra, Ritmic-Traumatic, Everybody Loves Irene dan Sore. Agrikulture meraih penghargaan Most Innovative and Inventive Indie Act, sedangkan Overload Romance menyabet gelar Best Pop Act. Lagu milik band pendatang baru, Sandra, dianugerahi penghargaan Best Song To Play At Camp Fire and To Do Away With Monday Morning Blues.
Sementara itu Everybody Loves Irene meraih penghargaan Moody - Melancholic Masterpiece untuk lagunya, Love is So strange. Sore menyabet gelar kategori Best Album/EP Cover of The Year (album Ports of Lima), dan Ritmic-Traumatic meraih bronze award pada kategori Best Rock Act (Group/duo).
Yang menyabet penghargaan bergengsi Song of The Year dan Best Rock Song Categories adalah lagu berjudul Marabahaya hasil kerjasama apik antara Pop Shuvit (Malaysia) dengan Project E.A.R. Project E.A.R adalah band kolaborasi dari 5 negara, yaitu Saint Loco (Indonesia), Thaitanium and Silksounds (Thailand), Slapshock (Philippines), Ahli Fiqir (Singapore) and Pop Shuvit (Malaysia).
AVIMA 2009 adalah event yang digelar oleh Voize.my, situs lifestyle & entertainment Asia yang berbasis di Malaysia. Ajang ini dianggap sebagai penghargaan musik indie terbesar di dunia karena mendukung sekitar 3000 band indie dari 16 negara Asia. Penilaian sudah berlangsung dari tanggal 1 hingga 29 Maret 2009 dengan sistem voting dan juri.
Untuk tahun ini, jurinya adalah Denis Curman (Croatia), Takeshi Ohyashiki (Japan), Anna Kaster (USA), Marcel Santiago (Brazil),Cristin Tomeci (Romania/Belgium), Joshua Ninan (Australia), Emanuel Tomeci (Romania/Belgium), Anna Lindgren (Sweden), Seretse Small (Jamaica) , Fernando Casale (Argentina) dan Vanessa Moses (Australia).
DAFTAR PEMENANG
Song Of The Year
Marabahaya (E.A.R version) - Pop Shuvit & Project EA.R (Thailand/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Indonesia)
'Thank You For Existing Becoz Your Music Makes Each Day Worth Waking Up To', (Most Innovative and Inventive Indie Act)
Agrikulture (Indonesia) & Out Of Body Special (Philippines)
Best Rock Song
1. Marabahaya (E.A.R version) - Pop Shuvit & Project EA.R (Thailand/Malaysia/Philippines/Singapore/Indonesia) (Gold)
2. Archipelago-MRI (Philippines) (Silver)
3. Save our souls-Electrico (Singapore) (Bronze)
Best Rock Act (Group/duo)
1. Motherjane (India) - Gold
2. Pop Shuvit (Malaysia) - Silver
3. Ritmic-Traumatic (Indonesia) - Bronze
Best Rock Vocalist
1. Dia Hassan-Juliana down, (UAE) - Gold
2. Rithan - Deja Voodoo Spells (Malaysia) - Silver
3. Dave Tan - Electrico (Singapore) - Bronze
Best Pop/R&B Song
Naino sey - Sanjay Divecha (India)
Best Pop Act (solo or group)
Overload Romance (Indonesia)
Best Dance/Electronica Song
Funky Wah-Wah-Walking In The Moonlight (Thailand)
Best Dance Act(Group, duo)
Jojouka (Japan)
Best Dance Act (Solo)
CC Sound factory (Singapore)
Best Hip Hop Song
Poppin - Kraft & Jeevz (Malaysia)
Best Hip Hop Solo Act
Krishnan (Sri Lanka)
Best Hip Hop Group
Thaitanium (Thailand) & Dice & K9 (Mobbstarr) (Philippines) (TIE)
Best Instrumental
One day on moon - Jang seiyong (Korea)
Best Song To Play At Camp Fire and To Do Away With Monday Morning Blues (for all songs acoustic, folk or mellow)
Movie song - Sandra (Indonesia)
Best College Act
Bunk Face (Malaysia)
Best Guitar "Goreng" Riff
Funk - Phoeny X (Malaysia)
Most Mind Blowing Music Video
Vivek Rajagopalan - Snake in the city (India)
Best Overall Female Vocalist
Armi Millare - Up dharma down (Philippines)
Sunshiny-Feelgood song of the year
Chantek - Altimet (Malaysia)
Moody-melancholic masterpiece
Love is So strange- Everybody loves Irene (Indonesia)
Genre Bending-Mindboggling-Out of this world Track!
Together again - Shaair and Func (India)
Best Album/EP Cover of The Year
Ports of Lima – Sore (Indonesia)
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BalasHapus