The VIMA (Voize Independent Music Awards) unveiled its list of nominees last night which will redefine the Malaysian music industry.
The announcement was made by the visibly exhausted VIMA founder, Siva Chandran.
"After more than 300 songs, 50 hours of judging, debating, lobbying and tabulating the scores, we are satisfied that the final VIMA nominee list will truly represent the music industry as a whole.
“The Voize team left no stone unturned as we combed through amateur indie acts, bedroom producers, college acts and of course, the who's who of the indie music scene. It's a one-of-a-kind nominee list because you have indie acts from Rock, Pop, R&B and Reggae to Electronica, dance and hip-hop.
He said the team’s toughest challenge was the rock category as there were too many songs vying for a handful of awards.
“Perhaps next year we may be able to break the genre down further. It's been a grueling three days for the team, but it's been worth it. The whole of Asia is looking to us to benchmark Indie music, and the VIMAs is Asia's first indie music awards, so we're elated to have pulled off a massive milestone. For now... I need some well-deserved sleep."
Estrella bags 7 VIMA nominations
Indie act Estrella ( below ) led the way with seven nominations, followed by hip-hop artiste Altimet who tied with Melissa Indot - both bagged six nominations.
"The awards will be handed out on Jan 17 at Titanium Club, and we expect a crowd of almost 400 people comprising of celebrities and readers of Voize.my.
"The event is by invite only and we will be conducting a contest for readers to win exclusive passes for the VIMAs via our Facebook site and voize.my." said Premo, marketing executive of Voize.my
Voize.my (www.voize.my), an Asian lifestyle entertainment portal, is the organiser of VIMAs and another upcoming indie award, the AVIMA2009 (Asia's First Indie Music Awards), comprising of 12 countries and to be held at the same venue on March 21, 2009.
Another hip-hop act, Malique and rock acts Estranged and One Buck Short nabbed five nominations each.
There were also plenty of surprise nominees in the list including reggae act Pure Vibracions (4 nominations), Transient Vortex (4), Vassanth (4), GBOB runner-up Aisunam (3), Luscious, Infinatez, Five and Dime, the blues-funk Curtis Blues Review, dance act Nicky C, Djyapee, Prema Yin, Reza Salleh, Karen Nunis, and the very low-profile electronica extraodinaire, Silent Keat.
1. BEST POP CATEGORY
Best Pop Song
Khabarkan – Luscious
Mi Gal – Pure Vibracion
Ada Masa – Infinatez
Heard You're Ok – Tactmatic
Crazy – Sam
Stay - Estrella
Best Pop Group
Pure Vibracion (
right
)
Luscious
Infinatez
Estrella
Milli'z
Radiostar
Best Pop Vocalist
Jerome Kugan
Reza Salleh
Yuna
Yuri Wong
Llyana (Estrella)
Reggae Joe (Pure Vibracion)
Best Female Vocalist (Over All)
Prema Yin
Karen Nunis
Llyana (Estrella)
Najwa
Melissa Indot ( right )
Dina
2. BEST ROCK CATEGORY
Best Rock Song
Wanting You – Deja Voodoo Spells
The Slave In Us – Estranged
My Generation – Seven Collar T-Shirt
Kelibat Korupsi - One Buck Short
Rise Above – Frequency Cannon
Hanya - Paku
Best Rock Group
Estranged
Deja Voodoo Spells
Love Me Butch
One Buck Short ( right )
Aisunam
Curtis Blues Review
Best Rock Vocalist
Russell Curtis (Curtis Blues Review)
Vijay (Five and Dime)
Rithan (Deja Voodoo Spells)
Fauzi (Aisunam)
Mooky (One Buck Short)
Prema Yin
3. BEST HIP-HOP CATEGORY
Best Hip-Hop Song
Bak Datang – Rebel Scum
Truth Hurts – Vassanth & KK Kanna
Come My Lady – Ad Voc Feat Kraft
Layu – Malique
Keep Your Head Up – Ghetto Republic
You Got Me – Altimet
Best Hip-Hop Solo
Malique
Altimet (
right
)
Vassanth
Ad Voc
Joe Flizzow
Sayla
Best Hip-Hop Group
Rabel Scum
Ghetto Republic
KLG Sqwad
Dose Two
DNA
Phlowtron
4. BEST DANCE CATEGORY
Best Dance Song
I Feel Love – DJay Pee
Crystal – Transient Vortex
Redirection – Nicky C
Residue – Lurks
This Time – Melissa Indot
Life Is A Mystery – Shruthi
Best Dance Act
Transient Vortex
Melissa Indot
Nicky C
Lurks
Deejay Pee
Silent Keat
Best Dance DJ (Club)
DJ Fuzz
DJ JD
DJ C-Za
DJ T-Bone
DJ GoldFish
DJ Nesh
5. BEST REMIX
Boys I Like – Transient Vortex
Apologize – Immortal Souls
This Time – Melissa Indot
6. BEST COLLABORATION
Mantera Beradu – Malique Feat M Nasir
Chantek – Altimet Feat Adeep
Starlight (Remix) – Melissa Indot Feat Kraft
Truth Hurts – Vassant Feat KK Kanna
Kids – Deejay Pee & Nicky C
Kau Yang Punya – Malique Feat Najwa
7. BEST INSTRUMENTAL
Wadi – Melodica
Little V – Phoeny X
Kids – Deejay Pee & Nicky C
Crystal – Transient Vortex
Put Your Dreams To Sleep - Deepset
Electric Baby – Silent Keat
8. BEST GENRE BENDER
You Got Me – Altimet
My Girl – Jay Walia
Rise Above – Frequency Cannon
Truth Hurts –
Vassanth
(
right
)
Nasi Campur – Karen Nunis
Kelibat Korupsi – One Buck Short
9. BEST SONG TO PLAY AT CAMP FIRE AND TO DO AWAY WITH MONDAY MORNING BLUES
Chantek – Altimet
Stay – Estrella
When We Were Boys – Yuri Wong
50 Down The Way – Reza Salleh (Pop TeeVee Sessions)
Be Good – Ika
Wont Be Very Far – Remy J
10. BEST COLLEGE ACT
Ghetto Republic
Eric Hermono
Marionexxes
Ikay Stanna
Phoeny X
11. BEST GUITAR 'GORENG' RIFF
Arora – Estranged
Wanting You –
Deja Voodoo Spells
(
right
)
Farewell – Coda
Pendekar Tangan Berapi – Nrocinu
Manusia - Aisunam
Kau – Private Whizz
12. BEST ACT IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE (INTERNATIONAL ACT)
The Diplomats (Indonesia/Malaysia/Canada/Hong Kong)
Vanessa Mosses (Australia/Malaysia)
Thaitanium (Thailand)
MotherJane (India)
Koil (Indonesia)
The Great Spy Experiment (SG)
13. BEST PRODUCER
Estranged & JD Wong (Estranged)
Altimet (Altimet)
D Navigator & Malique (Malique)
Greg Handerson (One Buck Short)
Jeffrey Little & Saiful Ridzuan (Estrella)
Andy A Marican (Luscious)
14. MOST MIND BLOWING MUSIC VIDEO
Barricade – Love Me Butch
Love Surreal - Melissa Indot
Fantasy Girl - Caprice
Yang Pernah – Estranged
Stay – Estrella
Mi Gal – Pure Vibracions
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