Flume Takes Home First Three ARIA Awards For 2016

Ahead of the ARIA Awards' 30th Anniversary next month, ARIA have unveiled the winners of their Fine Arts, Artisan & Best Comedy Release winners, with producer wunderkind Flume taking out all three Artisan Awards. 

The Sydney producer was crowned Producer Of The Year, Engineer Of The Year (alongside Eric J Dubowsky) and won Best Cover Art (by artist Jonathan Zawada) all for his newest record Skin, going up against the likes of Illy, Troye Sivan, The Avalanches and Bernard Fanning for the gongs.

In the Fine Arts category, Flight Facilities reigned supreme winning Best Classical Album for Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, while Vince Jones and Paul Grabowsky's Provenance took home Best Jazz Album. Josh Pyke & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Live At The Sydney Opera House won the Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album and Melbourne Ska Orchestra won Best World Music Album with Sierra Kilo Alpha.

Going up against Kate Miller-Heidke, Luke Heggie and triple j's Matt & Alex, Roy & HG took out the Best Comedy Release ARIA for This Sporting Life.

The Fine Arts, Artisan & Best Comedy Release ARIA winners were announced at a special nominations event in Sydney today, as well as the big reveal of this year's ARIA nominees for categories like Best Group, Breakthrough Artist, Album Of The Year and Best Male/Female.

check out the full list of 2016 aria nominees & categories