Electronauts awards reveal best of Georgia’s electronic music scene
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Some of Georgia’s brightest electronic music artists as well as leading events and venues were revealed at the annual Electronauts awards on the weekend.
Marking the 10th edition of the event established to reveal and support local "innovative pop culture” and electronic talent, organisers and enthusiasts of the scene were joined by nominees at the Khidi club in Tbilisi.
At the show that saw performances by invited artists, winning entrants were announced in no less than nine nominations.
Young producer Newa, signed to internationally recognised Berlin-based artist Ben Klock’s Klockworks label, will wear the title of Electronaut of the Year, but it wasn’t the only recognition she went away with from the occasion.
Her work Smash It was named Track of the Year, earning the honour ahead of 10 by IC122 and Swim On by singer and songwriter Sophie Villy and celebrated producer Nikakoi.
DE - Sounds from Georgia, a release featuring music by six artists from the country, was singled out from productions made over the last 12 months for the Album of the Year award.
Rounding off nominations for production work, a KayaKata band video Jungle With Fiction came away from the Electronauts ceremony as the Video of the Year, while Bassiani Records, founded on the back of the extraordinary success of the underground club of the same name, claimed the Label of the Year title.
In five VA (various artists) releases under their belt, the label has featured acclaimed creatives including Hector Oaks, Vril and Cassegrain.
On the performing front, Bassiani resident Zesknel celebrated the Live Act of the Year recognition, while fellow label artist Hamatsuki was unveiled as the top DJ of the past 12 months.
Organisers of the 4GB Festival, launched to celebrate the legacy of late pioneering DJ Gio Bakanidze and hosting nearly 20,000 enthusiasts over recent editions, received appreciation for their work with the Festival of the Year prize.
The 4GB Festival was named the top event of its kind for the past 12 months. Photo: 4GB Festival.
Finally, in the New Face of the Year, emerging artist Tkivilsaari was picked ahead of Andress Noel and Rydeen.
Local and international jury teams selected winners from shortlists of nominees, in addition to online voting by music enthusiasts.
Nearly a dozen invited artists and bands also performed at the anniversary awards for the crowds before the event, first launched in 2007, came to a close at Khidi.
Experimental music producer Natalie Beridze, a prominent figure of the country's music scene, has been named among 15 must-know artists from the former Soviet states by Resident Advisor, a leading online platform of electronic and experimental sound.
British electronic artist Marquis Hawkes has released a musical recording of tracks reflecting realms of Georgian mythology, with the collection launched on Tbilisi-based Horoom label.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi will be one of seven locations around the world to host club music enthusiasts in an extraordinary 24 hours of a raving marathon this summer.
A selection of Georgian artists will be on stage at Berlin Atonal, a major festival of music and visual arts, to perform for crowds in the German capital later this month.
You can find a selection of some of the notable contemporary music producers and artists in Tbilisi performing under the spotlight of a Dutch platform Red Light Radio over the next two days.
Six of Georgia's most fascinating electronic music producers will showcase the contemporary trends of the local scene in Berlin this week with a new recording, as the two countries celebrate a diplomatic anniversary.
Georgian singer Sophie Villy's latest release Planet A has been recognised as the best new album among hundreds of worldwide recordings in the latest awards by the Akademia Music Award competition in the United States.
Georgian experimental hip-hop band KayaKata have been nominated for the latest European Independent Album of The Year award for their release Sadaa, joining just over 20 artists from across the continent looking to earn the title.
An international solidarity campaign to help local clubbing scenes amid COVID-19 lockdown hosted livestreams of Georgian artists in a fundraising effort to support the Tbilisi scene on Wednesday.
The best of artists, festivals, labels and performances of the year on Georgia's electronic and experimental music scene were unveiled at the annual Electronauts awards this week.
Georgian artist Anushka Chkheidze is one of 25 names nominated for the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA)'s European Independent Album of the Year Award for 2020.
It is now easier than ever to follow the brightest and latest Georgian talent in electronic and experimental music with the launch of Radio Electronauts, an online platform hosting 24/7 streams, live performances and recordings of artists.