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Future Classic, Ivy League up for Independent Music Award

PRESS RELEASE: AIR (Australian Independent Record Labels Association) today announces this year s Carlton Dry Independent Music Award nominees for 2015 Best Independent Label. This year s nominees…

By Unknown AuthorPublished Oct 27, 2015
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future classic ivy league up for independent music award

PRESS RELEASE:

AIR (Australian Independent Record Labels Association) today announces this year’s Carlton Dry Independent Music Award nominees for 2015 Best Independent Label.

This year’s nominees are Elefant Traks, Future Classic, Ivy League Records, Liberation Music and Milk! Records.

The Best Independent Label award category was introduced in 2012 to celebrate and pay tribute to the great work that is done by our homegrown labels. To be eligible, labels need to have artists or releases nominated for Awards in the given year. This forms the long list of nominees, from which AIR members vote.

The winner of the Best Independent Label Award will be announced at the Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards at Meat Market, North Melbourne on October 22nd and will join the list of previous winners I OH YOU (2014), Future Classic (2013) and Elefant Traks (2012).

AIR is also excited to announce that this year’s Awards will again be hosted by Dylan Lewis. Infamously known for his time as the presenter of ABC’s ‘Recovery’, Dylan is also an award winning radio host and can currently be heard on Nova 919 in Adelaide.

BEST INDEPENDENT LABEL NOMINEES 2015:

ELEFANT TRAKS

Elefant Traks is one of Australia’s leading hip hop and beats labels and were the inaugural winner of Best Independent Label at the 2012 AIR Awards.  Since 1998, Elefant Traks have released over 50 albums, organised countless tours and cultivated some of the most accomplished artists in the country.

2015 Nominations:

Hermitude (Best Artist)

Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light (Best Album)

Hermitude – The Buzz (Feat. Mataya & Young Tapz) (Best Single/EP)

Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light (Best Dance/Electronica Album)

One Day – Mainline (Best Hip Hop Album)

 

FUTURE CLASSIC

Established in 2004, Future Classic, moved from a vinyl-only imprint, to touring international artists through Australia. Future Classic has released music from artists including Flume, Flight Facilities, New Navy, Joakim and Chet Faker and took out Best Independent Label at the 2013 AIR Awards.

2015 Nominations:

Chet Faker (Best Artist)

Flight Facilities – Down To Earth (Best Album)

Flight Facilities – Down To Earth (Best Dance/Electronica Album)

Seekae – The Worry (Best Dance/Electronica Album)

Ta-Ku – Songs To Make Up To (Best Dance/Electronica Album)

Hayden James – Something About You (Best Dance/Electronica or Club Single)

 

IVY LEAGUE RECORDS

From humble beginnings in 1997, over 15 years on Ivy League Records has been called home to some of Australia’s most successful acts such has Cloud Control, Lanie Lane, The Rubens, Alpine, Youth Group, The Vines and Josh Pyke. 

2015 Nominations:

Bad//Dreems – Cuffed & Collared (Best Single/EP)

 

LIBERATION MUSIC

Melbourne based label Liberation’s roster includes The Temper Trap, Husky, Adalita, Dan Sultan, TZU, World’s End Press and this year’s nominees Vance Joy, British India and Troy Cassar-Daley.

2015 Nominations:

Vance Joy (Best Artist)

Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away (Best Album)

Vance Joy – Fire and the Flood (Best Single or EP)

Troy Cassar-Daley – Freedom Ride (Best Country Album)

British India – Nothing Touches Me (Best Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album)

 

MILK! RECORDS

Milk! Records was born in 2012 with the release of Courtney Barnett’s first EP and has gone on to release music from Jen Cloher, The Finks, Fraser A. Gorman and Ouch my Face.

2015 Nominations:

Courtney Barnett (Best Artist)

Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Best Album)

Courtney Barnett – Depreston (Best Single or EP)

Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best (Best Single or EP)

Fraser A. Gorman – Slow Gum (Best Blues and Roots Album)

Presented in partnership with Naming Rights Partner, Carlton Dry, and supported by Major Partner, Rdio, the 2015 Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards will be presented on Thursday 22nd of October in the meantime check out the full list of 2015 Award nominees here: https://www.air.org.au/2015-awards/

2015 CARLTON DRY INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER

MEAT MARKET

5 BLACKWOOD ST, NORTH MELBOURNE

 

Image: Future Classic's Nathan McLay and Chad Gillard.

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