Flume, Tame Impala and Empire of the Sun are among the big names in Australian music nominated for the ARIA Awards 2013.
The first batch of announcements were made Wednesday and included nominees for the 2013 Fine Arts & Artisan Awards, with categories including jazz, world music, classical, soundtrack, producer and engineer awards, and Best Cover Art.
Most interesting will be the Producer of the Year award which features Flume for his self-titled debut album, Empire Of The Sun duo Nick Littlemore and Luke Steele for their sophomore release Ice On The Dune, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker for the band’s Lonerism and Wayne Connolloy from Boy & Bear for the Harlequin Dream album.
Producer of the Year
Wayne Connolly and Boy & Bear – Boy & Bear, Harlequin Dream
Luke Steele/Nick Littlemore/Peter Mayes/Jonathan Sloan – Empire Of The Sun, Ice On The Dune
Harley Streten – Flume, Flume
Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell, All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman
Kevin Parker – Tame Impala, Lonerism
The best cover art category includes Tame Impala, Bliss n Eso, The Cat Empire and Empire of the Sun. Below are some of our favourites.
Somehow Harlequin Dream didn’t make the cut.
Best Cover Art
Justin Maller – Bliss n Eso, Circus In The Sky
Aaron Hayward and Dave Homer (Debaser) – Empire Of The Sun, Ice On The Dune
Glen Hannah – Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Wreck and Ruin
Kevin Parker & Leif Podhajsky – Tame Impala, Lonerism
Graeme Base – The Cat Empire, Steal The Light
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