The Qwartz Electronic Music Awards recognize new and electronic music with awards and grants in music and technologies categories. An annual event takes place in Paris. The Qwartz Awards are presided by the pioneer Pierre Henry. Besides the awards, Qwartz organizes an International New and Electronic Music Market, concerts, parties and conferences. The Qwartz Awards recognize all aspects of contemporary art : music, audiovisual works and graphics, instruments, technological innovations, festivals, medias and new media arts. Pierre Henry, Derrick May, Laurie Anderson, Mathhew Herbert, Björk, Wolfgang Voigt, Otavio Henrique Soares Brandao, Ake Parmerud, Henri Pousseur, Can, Klaus Schulze, Lionel Marchetti in particular have already been awarded with a Qwartz d'Honneur.
Selections are made by juries who select blind, without knowing the names of the artists or labels. After the juries nominate several releases or tracks in the different categories, Internet users are invited to listen to the nominated works and then vote for the prize-winners.
Awarded by the Juries
Album
Experimentation/Research
Discovery
Compilation
Track
Dancefloor
Artwork and Packaging
New Media Arts (no longer awarded)
Artist
Label
Awarded by management/honour committee
Qwartz d’Honneur
Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer
Qwartz Max Mathews (technological innovation)
Awarded by management/honour committee from 2015 Qwartz 10th years anniversary
Qwartz du Génie Musical
Qwartz de l'Innovation Musicale
Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge Under the chairmanship of de Jean-François Zygel (Président of the Jury) et Richard Pinhas (Président d'Honneur)
Official Jury: Christophe Bourseiller, Nicolas Dufourcq, Bruno Letort, Laurent Tran Van Lieu, Thomas Valentin.
Professional Jury : Alix Clément, Manon Deruytere, Fabrice Fassnacht, Kevin Ringeval, Perrine Vincent.
Awards
Qwartz d'Honneur: Derrick May
Album: Sentimental Favourites LP de Andrew Pekler [Dekorder]
Expérimentation: 1-Bell Fantasia de Junya Oikawa [ZKM] 2-Oval DNA de Oval – [Shitkatapult]
Discovery: lucen de afarOne [karlrecords]
Track: Lente dépression de Arne Vinzon [dokidoki]
Qwartz Max Matthews: Le Dyskograf
Paris - 104 Under the chairmanship of Robert Henke / Monolake and Arnaud Rebotini as Juries' President
Official Jury: Nicolas Dufourcq, Olaf Hund, David Jisse, Atau Tanaka.
Professional Jury: Sébastien Auger, Xavier Ehretsmann, Sixto Fernando, Thomas Régnault, Tommy Vaudecrane, Christophe Vix-Gras.
Awards
Album – Kilimanjaro by Superpitcher [Germany] – Kompakt [Germany]
Experimentation – 18 pieces for the Midi harp by Elisabeth Valletti [France] – No label
Discovery – Life on Titan by John Heckle [United Kingdom] - Mathematics Recordings [United States]
Track – Dernière minute by Andy Moor [United Kingdom] and Anne-James Chaton [France] in Transfer/1 Departures - Unsounds [Netherlands]
Dancefloor – Glass by Incite [Germany] in Dare to Dance – Hands productions [Germany]
Artwork/Packaging – Marc-Antoine Beaufils [France] for Semelles de fondation - Bloc Thyristors [France] / Bimbo Tower [France]
d'Honneur – Morton Subotnick [United States]
Pierre Schaeffer – Francis Dhomont [France]
Max Mathews - Hopman Sound Transfer [France]
New Media Arts - Sound in Process : Lights contacts by Scenocosme (Grégory Lasserre & Anaïs met den Ancxt) [France]
RFI contest winners
Alexandre Navarro – France
Bérangère Maximin – France
Dan Charles Dahan – France
Didier Achtal – France
Djiiva, Marise Cardoso – Spain
Elisabeth Valletti – France
Felipe Otondo – Danemark
Franck Dadure – France
Gianluca Porcu – Italy
Hughes Germain – France
Jonathan Rogissart – France
Juan Crek – Spain
Manon Deruytere – France
Nicolas Cante – France
Panayiotis Kokoras – Greece
Sébastien Lavoie – Quebec
Théo Boulenger – France
Thomas Albiach – France
Yannick Franck – Belgique
Ybrid, Sylvie Egret – France
Paris - La Cigale & Le Trianon Under the chairmanship of Alva Noto and with Matali Crasset and Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr as Juries' Presidents
Official Jury: Matali Crasset (President), Gilles Berquet, Mïrka Lugosi, Didier Varrod.
Professional Jury: Alexis Alyskewicz & Aurore Menu, Yannick Blay, Frédéric Malki, Eric Mattson, Thomas Meinecke, Erik Minkkinen, Edouard Rostand, Christine Webster.
New Media Arts Jury: Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr (President), Gilles Alvarez, Charles Carcopino, Régine Debatty, Benoît Guérinault, Anne Roquigny, Gerfried Stocker, Alain Thibaut.
Awards
Album - Doll Divider by Olivia Louvel [France] - Optical Sound [France]
Experimentation/Research - Antichamber by Yannis Kyriakides [Cyprus] - Unsounds [Netherlands]
Discovery - Peste by Sturqen [Portugal] - Kvitnu [Ukraine]
Compilation - A Man and A Machine 2 by Le Son du Maquis [France]
Track - Fine Mouche by Khan (feat. Brigitte Fontaine) [Germany] – I’m a single Records [Germany]
Dancefloor - The Beat of the Heart by Daniel Meteo [Germany] in Working Class – Shitkatapult [Germany]
Artwork/Packaging - Loafnest (Andrew Lange + Michael S. Carlson) [United States] for Fever Dream by MAP
Artist - Sturqen [Portugal]
Label - Kvitnu [Ukraine]
New Media Arts - Dust by Herman Kolgen [Canada] / Special Mention to Deshérence by ANTIVJ [France]
d'Honneur - Matthew Herbert [United Kingdom]
Pierre Schaeffer - Eliane Radigue [France]
Max Mathews - Harpe MIDI Camac [France]
Special - Christine Groult by KM Pantin [France]
Paris - Le Palais Brongiart Under the chairmanship of Gudrun Gut and with Alejandro Jodorowsky as Jury's President
Official Jury: Christophe, Bernard Parmegiani, Patrice Renson
Professional Jury: Jocelyne Auzende, Alain Brohard, David Chauveau, Marek Choloniewski, Jean-Marc Clogenson, Hubert Michel, Damien Moreno, Kevin Ringeval, Remco Schuurbiers
Awards
Album: Fedayi Pacha - From the Oriental School of dub [Hammerbass]
Experimentation/Research: Hughes Germain - Esprit de sel [Volume-Collectif / Césaré]
Discovery: Cercueil - Shoo Straight Shout [Optical Sound]
Compilation: Alec Empire Plays Staubgold: Rauschgold (Staubgold)
Anthology: Francisco López - Through the Looking-Glass (KAIROS)
Track: Fractional - Tansw extrait de Still Life [The Centrifuge]
Dancefloor: Daniela La Luz - Elle Routine extrait de Musik Non Stop Uno [Syncopated Musik]
Artwork/Packaging: Mounir Jatoum (La Commissure) - Split d’Arnaud Rivière & Antoine Chessex [Le Petit Mignon]
New Media Art: Kurt Hentschläger
Artist: Arnaud Rebotini
Label: Shitkatapult
Max Mathews: Olivier Sens - logiciel Usine
Pierre Schaeffer: François Bayle
Qwartz of Honneur: Laurie Anderson
Paris- Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione
Chairmanship: Taylor Deupree
ALBUM: krill.minima / urlaub auf balkonien / Thinner Netlabel
EXPERIMENTAL/RESEARCH: Lionel Marchetti / Hadèle et Hadrien: Le Livre des Vacances / Optical Sound
DISCOVER: Pirata / Minimental / The Arrogance of Simplicity / Pueblo Nuevo Netlabel
ARTWORK&PACKAGING: skoltz_kolgen for Silent Room / ARCADI / Optical Sound
VIDEO: skoltz_kolgen for Silent Room / ARCADI / Optical Sound
TRACK: Stefan Mallmann / Chicken and Wings in Interlude Ep / Night Drive Music
DANCE FLOOR: Apparat/ apparat ibiza version in Things to be frickled / Shitkatapult
COMPILATION: Autumn Leaves / Gruenrekorder
ARTIST: Lionel Marchetti
LABEL: Kompakt
D'HONNEUR: Wolfgang Voigt
D'HONNEUR FOR INNOVATION: Lawrence Lessig
PIERRE SCHAEFFER: Åke Parmerud, Roger Cochini
MAX MATHEWS: Bert Schiettecatte / AudioCubes Percussa (Belgium)
WEB: Kenneth Goldsmith for UbuWeb
PRESS: Tony Herrington for the magazine The Wire
DIGITAL ARTS: Maurice Benayoun
Paris- Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione
Présidence d'Honneur: Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner
ALBUM: Edith Progue / Timeline / Mille Plateaux
EXPERIMENTAL/RESEARCH: Laurent Chambert / Suspense
DISCOVER: The Penelopes / The Arrogance of Simplicity / Citizen Records
ARTIST: LR & RadioMentale
ARTWORK & PACKAGING: Jon Wozencroft, for “l’album 4 Rooms”/Jacob Kirkegaard /Touch
TRACK: Long tongue / Micro Audio Waves in odd size baggage / Magic Music
DANCE FLOOR: Cocotte / Teenage Bad Girl in Cocotte / Citizen Records
COMPILATION: 50 AÑOS (1956–2006) de Musica Electroacustica en Chile
Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes / Pueblo Nuevo / 3 CDs /press1 /press2
LABEL: Citizen Records (France)
HYBRID: Naphtaline, Ez3kiel, Jarring Effects
EVENT: Les Nuits Electroniques de L’Ososphère (Strasbourg, France)
D'HONNEUR: Blixa Bargeld
PIERRE SCHAEFFER: Jean-Claude Risset, Beatriz Ferreyra, Max Mathews
Paris- Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione
TRACK: The Ukrainians / Bryce Kushnier / Intr-version (Canada)
ALBUM: Dovetail / Coloma / Klein Records (Great Britain)
DISCOVER: The correct use of pets / Hypo & Edh / Active Suspension (France)
DANCE-FLOOR: Ripple effect / 20for7 / Chocoflash (Australia)
EXPERIMENTAL/RESEARCH: Shaper of form / Dani Joss / Poeta Negra (Greece)
COMPILATION: Bip_Hop generation vol.8 / Bip-hop (France)
CLIP: Under the bridge / Baiyon / Brain Escape Sandwich / Rec-Catchpulse(Shinsuke Yamaji) (Japan) and SchnittMenge / Spenza / Stephan Bolch (Germany)
ARTWORK & PACKAGING: Olivier Weber for Zombiparti ! de Kid Chocolat - Poor Records (Switzerland)
ARTIST: Coloma
LABEL: Staubgold (Germany)
HYBRID: Rodolphe Von Gombergh. RVG (France)
EVENT: Synch (Greece) and Nuits Sonores (Lyon, France)
MAX MATHEWS: FM3 Buddha Machine (China/USA)
ROBERT MOOG: Haliaetus (France)
D'HONNEUR: Björk
PIERRE SCHAEFFER: Henri Pousseur (Belgium) and Otavio Soares Brandão(Brazil)
Paris- Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione
TRACK: Sofa / Motel *** / Dazzle and Delight (France)
ALBUM: No Waves / Micro Audio Waves / N Records (Portugal)
DISCOVER: Scatter Scards / Andrey Kiritchenko / Minusn Netlabel (Ukraine) and 2 / Leonard de Leonard / Leonizer Records (France)
DANCE-FLOOR: No fun (OK Cowboy) / Vitalic / Citizen Records (France)
EXPERIMENTAL/RESEARCH: Zap Meemees / Satanicpornocultshop / Sonore (Japan)
COMPILATION: Fax collaborations & remixes / Static Discos (Mexico)
CLIP: Fully Connected / Marco Madruga & Daniela Krts
ARTWORK & PACKAGING: Nicola Bork for "Mimetic Dancing" de Mimetic – Hands (Germany)
PROMISING ARTIST: Murcof (Mexico)
LABEL: Tomlab (Germany)
LIVE ACT: Felix Kubin (Germany)
DJ PRODUCER: Helius Zhamiq
HYBRID: Mladafronta DVD – Parametric (France)
ARRANGEMENT & COMPOSITION: Vitalic (France)
VINYL: "Vista le Vie" de A futuristic family film – F Communications (France)
EVENT: Dis-patch Beograd
D'HONNEUR: Pierre Henry (France), Klaus Schulze (Germany), Can (Germany)
PIERRE SCHAEFFER: Bernard Parmegiani
Paris - Le Cabaret Sauvage
d'HONNEUR: Pierre Schaeffer
ALBUM: Welcome Tourist / B.Fleischmann / Morr Music (Germany-Austria)
DISCOVER: The Exchange / Alix / Les Disques Sérieux/Nocturne (France)
TRACK: Escal in The Exchange / Alix / Les Disques Sérieux/Nocturne (France)
VINYL: A heart & two stars / Music A.M / Quatermass (Germany-Belgium)
COMPILATION: Maximas Texturas / Discos Konfort (Mexico)
REMIXE & REPRISE: High again in Tribute To Remixes / Brain Damage / Dub Wiser - Hammerbass (France)
CLIP: Hey Bonus ! - Octet / Camille Henrot / Diamond Traxx/Metronomic (France)
ARTWORK & PACKAGING: January / Taylor Deupree / Photographe & Uison Design / Spekk (Japan)
COMPOSER/ARRANGEMENT: Uwe Schmidt (Germany)
LIVE: Dzihan and Kamien - Crouch Records (Yugoslavia-Switzerland)
LABEL: Poeta Negra (Greece)
ARTIST: Coloma - Ware Records (Germany/England)
DJ PRODUCER: Automat - Sounds Around Records (France)
AUTOPRODUCTION: Des hauts & des bas / Lou / Ici (Londres-France)
HYBRID: Cocoon, Optical Sound (France)
MAX MATHEWS: TUB X, Rémi Dury (France)
ROBERT MOOG: Live [software], Ableton
EVENT: Festival MUTEK, Québec, Canada
