Taite Music Prize

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Taite Music Prize
File:Taite Music Prize logo.jpg
Awarded for Best album from New Zealand
Sponsor PPNZ Music Licensing
Country New Zealand
Presented by Independent Music New Zealand
Reward $NZ10,000
First awarded 2010
Last awarded 2015
Official website http://www.indies.co.nz/taite-music-prize.html

The Taite Music Prize is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from New Zealand.

The prize is named after respected New Zealand music journalist and broadcaster Dylan Taite, who died in 2003. The Taite Music Prize was established in 2009 in his honour by Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ) in conjunction with the Taite family. The first prize was awarded in 2010.[1] The Taite takes its inspiration from successful international prizes such as the Mercury Prize in the UK and the Australian Music Prize.[2]

The award carries a cash prize of NZ$10,000 and sponsors' prizes. It is primarily sponsored by Recorded Music NZ (formerly known as PPNZ Music Licensing).[2] The award is judged on originality, creativity, and musicianship displayed on an album, rather than on sales or commercial factors.[1]

The prize shortlist is decided by a group of IMNZ members and 10 outside judges, including musicians, music journalists and music industry personnel. The prize winner is decided by a 10-person judging panel chosen by IMNZ.[3]

In 2013 a second award was added to the Taite Music Prize event. The Independent Music NZ Classic Record award honours a previously released album that is now considered a classic, and the award aims to "acknowledge New Zealand’s rich history of making fine albums that continue to inspire us and that also define who we are." Like the Taite Music Prize, it is selected by music media and music industry specialists. The inaugural recipient of the Classic Record award was the Gordons' 1981 album Gordons.[4]

History

In 2014, Lorde, the winner of the Taite Music Prize, asked that the $10,000 cash prize, studio time and other sponsors' prizes be split among the seven other nominees, saying, "I think everyone is kind of sick of me winning stuff at the moment and other people are in more in need of the funds and exposure right now."[5]

The Nielson brothers, Ruban and Kody, formerly of The Mint Chicks, have each won the Taite Music Prize for their different music projects. Ruban as Unknown Mortal Orchestra in 2012 and Kody as Silicon in 2016.[6]

Winners and shortlisted nominees

Ladi6, winner of the 2011 prize.
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Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, winner of the 2012 prize.
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Lorde, winner of the 2014 prize.
Year Winner Shortlisted nominees Ref(s)
2010 Lawrence Arabia - Chant Darling [7]
2011 Ladi6 - The Liberation Of... [8]
2012 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra [9]
2013 SJD – Elastic Wasteland
  • @Peace – @Peace
  • Aaradhna – Treble & Reverb
  • Collapsing Cities – Strangers Again
  • Home Brew – Home Brew
  • Lawrence Arabia – The Sparrow
  • OPOSSOM – Electric Hawaii
 [10][11]
2014 Lorde – Pure Heroine [12]
2015 Jakob – Sines
  • @peace – @peace and the Plutonian Noise Symphony
  • Aldous Harding – Aldous Harding
  • Delaney Davidson – Swim Down Low
  • Electric Wire Hustle – Love Can Prevail
  • Grayson Gilmour – Infinite Life!
  • Kimbra – The Golden Echo
  • Tiny Ruins – Brightly Painted One
  • Mulholland – Stop & Start Again
  • Tami Neilson – Dynamite!
 [13][14]
2016 Silicon - Personal Computer [15][6]

Independent Music NZ Classic Record award

Year Winner Record Label Year of release Ref(s)
2013 The Gordons Gordons Gordons 1981 [4]
2014 Various artists AK79 Ripper Records 1979 [16]
2015 Herbs What’s Be Happen? Warrior Records 1981 [17]
2016 Upper Hutt Posse "E Tu"[note 1] Jayrem Records 1988 [18]
  1. ↑ "E Tu" is a 12-inch single.

References

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External links

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