Scribe performing at the Awards
Scribe, Brooke Fraser, Hayley Westenra and Dimmer were the leading recipients of the spoils of the 2004 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.
Dominating the winners' list by a country mile was Scribe,who took home seven awards including Playstation 2 Album of the Year, L&P Best Urban / Hip Hop Album and Best Male Solo Artist while Brooke Fraser, Hayley Westenra and Shayne Carter's Dimmer each took out two Tuis.
Disconcerting to some, the award for the Highest Selling New Zealand Single went to NZ Idol winner Ben Lummis for They Cant Take That Away. Goldenhorse took out Airplay Record of the Year with their single Maybe Tomorrow, which thrilled the band as, despite their sales and critical successes, their prize cupboard has previously been a little bare. Salmonella Dub took out the prize for Best Dance/Electronica Album.
Musical legends the Rodger Fox Big Band took out Best Jazz Album whilst John Psathas, who has had a huge year with his compositions being featured in the Olympics' opening and closing ceremonies, took away the award for Best Classical Album. Te Vaka, who are currenrly on tour in Spain, won Best Pacific Album and Ruia went home with the prize for Best Maori Album for 'Hawaiki'. Magnify won Best Gospel/Christian Album.
In a poignant moment during the celebrations the late Shaun Joyce (former Director of Marketing and Buying at Sounds Music) posthumously received the Lifetime Achievement Award from RIANZ president Michael Glading.
In his tribute Mr Glading described Shaun as a person who championed artists saying many, both local and international, owed their music triumphs in New Zealand to Shaun.
In separate ceremonies, Donna Dean won awards for both Best Country Music Song and Best Country Music Album; while Brendan Montgomery and Mike Considine won the Best Folk Album category.
The awards for Best Album Cover, Best Engineer and Best Producer were also awarded at a separate ceremony - see here for more details.
The 2004 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards are presented by RIANZ and are in their 39th year.
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Above: Dimmer Below: Minuit's performance on the night was a highlight |
PLAYSTATIONฎ 2 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scribe 'The Crusader'
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser 'What To Do With Daylight'
Dimmer 'Youve Got To Hear The Music'
Goodshirt 'Fiji Baby'
Phoenix Foundation 'Horsepower'
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scribe Stand Up
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser Lifeline
Dimmer Getting What You Give
Goldenhorse Maybe Tomorrow
Goodshirt Buck It Up
EXPORT GOLD BEST GROUP
Winner: Dimmer 'Youve Got To Hear The Music'
Other finalists: Elemeno P 'Love & Disrespect'
Goodshirt 'Fiji Baby'
EXPORT GOLD BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Brooke Fraser 'What To Do With Daylight'
Other finalists: Adeaze 'Always And For Real'
Minuit 'The 88'
BEST MALE SOLO ARTIST
Winner: Scribe 'The Crusader'
Other finalists: Greg Johnson 'Here Comes The Caviar'
Nathan Haines 'Squire For Hire'
BEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Winner: Brooke Fraser 'What To Do With Daylight'
Other finalists: Bic Runga 'Live In Concert'
Hayley Westenra - 'Pure'
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scribe, P-Money, Con Psy & Savage Not Many - The Remix!
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser Lifeline
Greg Johnson Save Yourself
HIGHEST SELLING NEW ZEALAND ALBUM
Winner: Hayley Westenra 'Pure'
Other finalists: Bic Runga 'Beautiful Collision'
Scribe 'The Crusader'
HIGHEST SELLING NEW ZEALAND SINGLE
Winner: Ben Lummis 'They Cant Take That Away'
Other finalists: Blindspott 'Phlex'
Scribe 'Stand Up'
CHANNEL Z BEST ROCK ALBUM
Winner: Dimmer 'Youve Got To Hear The Music'
Other finalists: Elemeno P 'Love & Disrespect'
Goodshirt 'Fiji Baby'
L&P BEST URBAN / HIP HOP ALBUM
Winner: Scribe 'The Crusader'
Other finalists: King Kapisi '2nd Round Testament'
Mareko 'White Sunday'
BEST DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Winner: Salmonella Dub 'One Drop East'
Other finalists: Concord Dawn 'Uprising'
Shapeshifter 'Riddim Wise LP'
C4 BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner: Chris Graham & Scribe Stand Up (Scribe)
Other finalists: Gary Sullivan Getting What You Give (Dimmer)
Mark Trethewey & Shane Mason Fools Love (Misfits Of Science)
VODAFONE PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD
Winner: Scribe
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser
Elemeno P
Goodshirt
Steriogram
Zed
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Winner: The Rodger Fox Big Band 'A Rare Connection'
Other finalists: Charmaine Ford 'Blues For Guppy'
The Frank Gibson Quartet 'Rainbow Bridge'
BEST MAORI ALBUM
Winner: Ruia 'Hawaiki'
Other finalists: Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns and Aroha Yates-Smith - 'Te Hekenga - a - rangi'
Whirimako Black - 'Tangihaku'
BEST PACIFIC MUSIC ALBUM
Winner: Te Vaka 'Tutuki'
Other finalists: Adeaze 'Always And For Real'
The All Stars 'Pele Ea'
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Winner: John Psathas 'Psathas: Fragments'
Other finalists: New Zealand String Quartet 'Szekely / Dvorak'
NZSO 'David Farquhar: Three Symphonies'
BEST GOSPEL / CHRISTIAN ALBUM
Winner: Magnify 'In Wonder'
Other finalists: Parachute Band 'Glorious'
Peter Posa 'My Pick'
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Winner: Hayley Westenra
Other finalists: Bic Runga
Scribe
AIRPLAY RECORD OF THE YEAR
Winner: Goldenhorse 'Maybe Tomorrow'
Other finalists: Bic Runga 'Listening For The Weather'
Carly Binding 'We Kissed'
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Shaun Joyce
AWARDS PRESENTED AT PRIOR EVENTS
BEST COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM
Winner: Donna Dean 'Money'
Other finalists: JamesRAy 'Chasing the Dream'
Michael King - 'Radio Ranch'
Dennis Marsh 'To Get to You'
BEST COUNTRY MUSIC SONG
Winner: Donna Dean Work It Out
Other finalists: Peter Cairns Reap What You Sow
Rob Innes This Time
JamesRAy Chasing The Dream
Barry Saunders Westland Moon
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Winner: Brendyn Montgomery and Mike Considine 'Mountain Air'
Other finalists: Tinkers with Talent 'Tinkers With Talent'
The Maritime Crew - 'Under The Southern Cross'
BEST ALBUM COVER
Winner: Ben Sciascia for 'Postage' by Supergroove
Other finalists: Kelvin Soh, Simon Oosterdijk and Jay Sandler for 'Youve Got to Hear the Music' by Dimmer
Matt Barnes and Aaron McKirdy for 'Collider' by Fur Patrol
Tana Mitchell for 'Horsepower' by The Phoenix Foundation
BEST ENGINEER
Winner: Chris van de Geer for 'Passenger' by Carly Binding
Other finalists: Clint Murphy for 'You are Here' by Opshop
Dr Lee Prebble for 'Horsepower' by The Phoenix Foundation
BEST PRODUCER
Winner: P-Money for 'The Crusader' by Scribe
Other finalists: Chris van de Geer and Andrew Maclaren for 'Passenger' by Carly Binding
Murray Fisher for 'Fiji Baby' by Goodshirt
Nic McGowan for 'The Taming of the Wasps' by Paselode
Paddy Free and Tiki Taane for 'One Drop East' by Salmonella Dub.
