THE MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS OE NEW ZEALAND

Rip It Up, Issue 224, 1 April 1996, Page 8

THE MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS OE NEW ZEALAND

The Recording Industry Association of NZ (RIANZ), and New Zealand Entertainer Of The Year (NEOA) have combined to introduce The Music & Entertainment Awards Of New Zealand (MEANZ), to be held at the Aotea Centre in Auckland on Saturday April 13. Finalists for both the Single Of The Year and Album Of The Year categories were chosen on the basis of commercial success, ie. sales figures, and were not voted on by the main judging panel. The winner in these two categories will be chosen by public voting on the Clear toll-free line 0800-333-050 until April 8. Specialist judging panels voted on the following categories; Producer, Engineer, Mana Reo/Maori, Polynesian, Country, Jazz, Classical, Folk, Gospel, Childrens, Songwriter, and Cover Design. On the main judging panel were Paul Ellis (Sony Music), Kirk Harding (BMG), Nathan Graves (Polygram), Christine McGavin (Virgin), Shirley Charles (Festival), Jonathan Hughes (Warner Music), John Taite (95bFM), Mike Haru (Mai FM), Scott McPherson (The Box), Graham Reid (NZHerald), John Russell (RipltUp), Geoff Wright (Echo Records), Paul Olsthoorn (Astral Records), Craig Nuttall (Truetone Records), Petra Bagust (Ice TV), Richard Driver (Maxwell Film & TV), Eddie Hribar (Max TV), Cyril Chapman (Radio Tautoko FM), and Chairperson, lan Magan of Concert Promotions.

SINGLE OF THE YEAR OMC'How Bizarre’ D-Faction ‘Down In The Boondocks’ —- Exponents ‘La La Lulu' Herbs 'French Letter 95’ Strawpeople ‘Sweet Disorder’ Jan Hellreigel 'Manic' ALBUM OF THE YEAR Shihad Killjoy ' Finn Brothers Finn Max Lines Beautiful Panflute I Sir Howard Morrison This Is My Life Starlight Strings Quartet Romantic Strings Suzanne Prentice 25th Anniversary TOP GROUP Shihad Exponents Finn Brothers TOP MALE VOCALIST JonToogood Dave Dobbyn Greg Johnson TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Jan Hellreigel Sulata Teremoana TOP INTERNATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST Shihad' Finn Brothers . . Mutton Birds SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Greg Johnson 'Don’t Wait Another Day’ Glen Moffatt Somewhere In New Zealand Tonight Mark Tierney I Paul Casserly I Anthony loasa ‘Sweet Disorder’ MOST PROMISING GROUP • T-'-V Garageland Joint Force OMC

MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST Jeremy Eade (Garageland) - Otis Frizzell (Joint Force) ——-r. •— Paul Fuemana (OMC) MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST Bic Runga Celia Patel (King Loser) ; j. - '- Jordan Reyne VIDEO Greg Page (Throw ‘Honeyblonde’) S. Path & Jo Fisher (Supergroove ‘You Gotta Know’ I Inti, version) Matt Noonan & Josh Frizzell Joint Force ‘Static PTI’) MANA REO . Moana & the Moahunters ‘Akona Te Reo 95’ Ruia ‘Ka Tangi te Tiitii Ka Tangi te Kaakaa’ Southside Of Bombay ‘Kia Mau’ MANA MAORI Maree Sheehan ‘Past To Present’ Moana & the Moahunters 'Give It Up Now’ Rina ‘Ka Tangi te Tiitii Ka Tangi te Kaakaa’ Southside Of Bombay ‘Umbadada’ POLYNESIAN D Faction ‘Down In The Boondocks’ Purest Form ‘lf I Fell/U Can Do It’ Southside Of Bombay ‘Umbadada’ John Akaata 'Ura Mai Koe’ COUNTRY Glen Moffat Somewhere In New Zealand Tonight Kevin Greaves Over The Sorm Kylie Harris Let It Be Love JAZZ Hattie St. John Flying High At Iguacu Nathan Haines Shift Left Christchurch Polytechnic Sextet Collaboration

: CLASSICAL i Alexander Ivashkin & Tamas Vesmas -Alfred Schnittke : j Michael Houston Beethoven Piano :• Sonatas From The Middle Period \ L. Subramaniam Pacific Rendezvous FOLK i Chris Thompson Song For Laura i Peter Skandera & Dave Maybee ; Acoustic Spirit ; Rua Harbour Lights i GOSPEL : Alastair Brown Narrow ; Brent Chambers Living Sacrifices ; Paul Stephens Apocalypse i CHILDRENS .: Radha & the Kiwi j Kids Sing The World Around ; Suzy Cato You &Me Songbook - ; Universal Childrens Audio Nga Pihi 1 & 2 J ALBUM COVER ; Alec Bathgate Abbasalutely : Chris Knox Songs Of You & Me ■ Neil Finn & Wayne Conway Finn \ PRODUCER i Alan Jansson/Nathan Haines/James : Pinker (Nathan Haines Shift Left) ; Eddie Rayner ; (Rikki Morris ‘World Stand Still’) ; Malcolm Welsford \ (Exponents La La Lulu) i ENGINEER ; Alan Jansson (OMC ‘How Bizarre’) ; Malcolm Welsford : (Exponents 'La La Lulu’) : Chris Sinclair (Grace Black Sand Shore)

STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES Future Stupid are set to release their debut recording in the first week of May. The self-titled EP features the student radio faves ‘Shit Biscuit’ and ‘Big Dumb Future’, plus four other tracks. The Stupids play an all ages show at the Powerstation on Saturday May .4 with Nothing At All! and Muckhole. 1996SM0KEFREE ROCKQUEST ; The seventh annual Smokefree Rockquest is underway. For the first time this year, the competition is open to Intermediate school pupils as well as High school students. Also for the first time, a compilation album of Rockquest bands wil be released by Roadshow Music, and TVNZ and New Zealand On Air have combined to produce a one hour Rockquest special to be broadcast after the competition is completed. The regional finals run from May through till August, and the grand final takes place at the Wellington Town Hall on September 13. Entries close April 26, for an entry pack write to; Smokefree Rockquest, 35 Cumberland Ave, Westmere, Auckland, or contact your local Intermediate/High School music department.