Gotye, 360, Jezabels Lead ARIA Artisan Nominations

In what could well be an insight into the nominations for the main categories of the 2012 ARIA Awards, producers, engineers and designers 360, Gotye and The Jezabels have picked up an early bag of nominations as the nominees for the ARIA Artisan Awards were revealed this afternoon.

Collaborators with The Jezabels and 360 lead the charge with three nominations apiece, their respective records being recognised in the Best Cover Art, Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year categories. Gotye's Making Mirrors was recognised in the both the Cover Art and Engineer categories.

Also announced today were the Fine Arts awards, which include the Classical, Jazz, World Music and Soundtrack categories.

The full list of nominees for both the Artisan and Fine Arts awards are below. The awards will be announced at the ARIA nomination event  on Wednesday 3 October.

ARTISAN AWARD NOMINEES:

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Chong Lim – Sarah McKenzie, Close Your Eyes
Lachlan Mitchell – The Jezabels, Prisoner
Lanie Lane – Lanie Lane, To The Horses
Styalz Fuego – 360, Falling & Flying
Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell, The Good, The Bad and The Awkward

ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

Francois Tetaz for Gotye – Gotye, Making Mirrors
Lachlan Mitchell – The Jezabels, Prisoner
Matt Fell – Tim Freedman, Australian Idle
Scott Horscroft – 360, Falling & Flying
Wayne Connolly – Josh Pyke, Only Sparrows

BEST COVER ART

Carlo Santone – Gurrumul, Bayini (Feat Sarah Blasko)
Christopher Doyle – The Jezabels, Prisoner
Debaser – 360, Falling & Flying
Frank De Backer & Wally De Backer– Gotye, Making Mirrors
Rennie Ellis – Oh Mercy, Deep Heat

FINE ARTS NOMINEES:

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM

Jose Carbo with Slava & Leonard Grigoryan – My Latin Heart
Orchestra Of The Antipodes – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Sally Whitwell – The Good, The Bad and The Awkward
Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy – Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius
William Barton– Kalkadungu

BEST JAZZ ALBUM

Barney McAll – Graft
Grace Knight – Keep Cool Fool
James Morrison – Snappy Too
McGann – Wending
Sarah McKenzie – Close Your Eyes
Steven Rossitto – Night & Day

BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

Dead Can Dance – Anastasis
Joseph Tawadros – Concerto Of The Greater Sea
Nicky Bomba's Bustamento – Intrepid Adventures to The Lost Riddim Island
Sarah Calderwood – As Night Falls
Warren H Williams & The Warumungu Songmen – Winajjara: The Song Peoples Sessions

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/ CAST/ SHOW ALBUM

Jane Rutter – An Australian In Paris
Jon English & The Original Cast Of the Rock Show – The Rock Show
Rockwiz – The Rockwiz Christmas Album
triple j – Straight To You – triple j's Tribute To Nick Cave
Various Artists - The Sapphires Original Soundtrack